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Blog - Joint Stiffness & How to Assess...
And Four Leg Info on... Stretching !
The life updates:
Well, it's been an up and down week.
UP: My youngest son got a puppy. So, I'm officially a grandma! He is so cute about it. He's reading dog training books and blogs, and being very diligent with potty training, positive reinforcement, playing games like hide and seek, and working on teaching her new things and stimulating her desire to learn. I'm a very proud momma watching him with this little pup and to see the care and thought he's putting into raising this
little being already!
DOWN: I had to put down my 15 3/4 year old sheltie on Wednesday. Kidney disease. But my vet told me that he was amazed she made it this long given her kidney values a year and a half ago. Misty was my 'heart dog'... and I'm missing her terribly. But I believe that all things happen for a reason. And with her passing, we can focus more on my husband and his treatments at home. So I will thank her (and the other little sheltie
Layla that we had to put down in October) for this gift... as hard as it might be to accept.
NEW: So, with the latest blood work showing improvements, the naturopath has felt it would be good to start Mistletoe injection with my hubby. Just a wee bit subcutaneously to stimulate a reaction and stimulate the immune system to fire up. So far so good.
THANK YOU: Thank you to everyone that has sent me e-mails, messages, and even cards to sent me and my hubby positive energy, prayers, and good intentions. I appreciate it so very much.
THIS WEEK: This week, I head out to Belgium to teach. I've never been to Belgium so I'm looking forward to it. Maybe a bit crazy, but I'm looking forward to seeing the main train station. I've seen pictures and videos of it and it is supposed to be gorgeous.
That all for now!
Okay, now on with your learning...
Four Leg News - Volume 8: Issue 6
Wobbler's & Conservative Management
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WOBBLER's again! Caudal Cervical Spondylomyelopathy, Disc-associated Wobbler Syndrome... This time, we dive into conservative treatment options. What's in veterinary literature, and what we can do to improve upon that with our rehab / physio skills as well!
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Blog:
Loss of motion or stiffness. Is it muscle, soft tissue, or capsule?
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I was listening to a podcast-video the other day, and it was a Question & Answer session for physical therapists. So the question came in: “How do you differentiate between muscle, soft tissue, or joint capsule in the case of loss of motion or stiffness?” The panel proceeded to answer the question and came up with a number of pieces of advice.
What I found fascinating was that it required the panelists (and my own brain), to slow down and describe the actual thought processing required to differentiate between these things. It made me realize, yet again, how much of the physio thought processing that I take for granted.
>>> (keep reading to find out more)
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SHARING MY BLOGS! My web-guy reformatted the blogs, so that they can be shared more easily as individual blogs. PLEASE feel free to share any blogs that you'd like on your own Facebook page or Twitter
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In this NEW section, I want to inspire you to GO BACK THROUGH some of the OLD Four Leg Education Modules!
STRETCHING
Need to do some stretching? For a dog? For you? Wondering about the research?
Look no further, it's covered here!
Check out:
Blogs (free access for all - check them out!)
Articles
Canine Athlete Considerations: Stretching and Injury Prevention
Video Training
Video Training 04: Stretching & ROM in the Musculoskeletal Assessment
And for YOU...
Video Training 140: Stretches for the Upper Body
Video Training 141: Stretches for the Lower Body
Video Training 142: Stretches for the spine (chest, torso, abdomen)
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OVER 198 Videos!
41 Audios!
48 Newsletters!
TONS of articles, protocols, & handouts!
And a FRIENDLY forum to ask questions!
No other educational platform has this depth of educational materials, available to you right from day one after you subscribe!
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I've put all of my exercises (and some of yours) onto a handy platform - Physiotec! It's a wonderful online resource for delivering home exercise / advice programs.
There are HUNDREDS of exercises FOURLEGEXERCISE.COM already! You can find the exercises, print off a handout, send them a link to the VIDEOS of the exercises. There's
so much! Massage, Owner-friendly joint therapies, Exercises, Advisement, etc, etc.
NOW... be aware that this platform is run by / owned by / billed for separately, by... Physiotec... and the support for the website is via physiotec as well. The MAIN GLITCH I am finding now... is that when you e-mail or call tech-support you will NEED to LET THEM KNOW that your question pertains to
FOURLEGEXERCISE! (Otherwise, it's a bit of a schmozzle to get sorted, because they direct you to the Physiotec website vs FourLegExercise website!!!) Check it out and LET ME KNOW (what you think, your experiences, etc... so that I can report back if there are issues!)
I hope you find it useful! GO THERE... CHECK IT OUT!
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WHY THE HECK NOT???
Sign up for a Month... cancel at any time...
And just see what you think! There's so much more than you can even imagine in the learning area!! You really should check it out! Click on the link to go to the Sneak Peek page and see the listing of content!
AND AS A BONUS... MEMBERS GET SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND ON FOURLEG PRODUCTS!
- Spectravet Lasers
- Respond Systems
- DogTread treadmills
- Hero Braces
- Lollipup exercise equipment
- FourLeg posters & books
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And that's a wrap! Have a great week ahead everyone!
Until next time... Cheers!
Laurie
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Okay, so I had some questions about about the Forum, and I thought that I should pass on the info to everyone. - The Forum is located on the Members' side of FourLeg, so you'll need to login to find it. Then look over to the right hand column where you normally look up the content, and at the bottom, you'll find Forum. Click it!
- Now, to get on, you need to sign up with a NEW
username and password. (Password can be the same as what you you to get into the Member's area). Next time you want 'in', it should remember you.
- Pick a user name that you want displayed.
- Answer questions. Post questions.
- Sign your posts please... It's nice to reply to a person by name!
- If you
want to post a document or a picture, you can drag it into the message box or scroll down, click attachments, and then 'add files'.
- Videos... Upload to Youtube and then post the link.
- It's really cool when you sign your name, that way people can respond to you by name. :)
And get on there and engage with the community!
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