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Blog - Ramps vs Stairs continued...
And Four Leg Info on My Clinic & Members' Advice!
The life updates:
With Christmas over, I can confess that I packed on a hefty 13 pounds!!! Seriously, I am a very easy keeper! I'd make a great cow! It'll be okay. I'm already down by 5! That's the light and cheerful side.
On the other side, over Christmas my eldest son and his girlfriend were staying with us. He had two major anxiety attacks over very minor things. We've not seen him this bad. The good thing is that we got to 'see it' and subsequently have gotten him directed to people he can talk to. It's also opened the door to be able to talk about his mental health in an open manner and ask questions, give suggestions, and offer
support.
And it was the straw that broke this camel's back! It made me take a step back for a moment. It put me over the top. My bandwidth for being able to 'do more' is at capacity. So I thought long and hard about what I could release in order to free up more time, mental space, and energy. I went through all the things in my life... not many can I give up. But I came up with one thing. That was my overseas teaching. I
cancelled all of my 2020 overseas teaching on the eve of December 30th. I had declined some invitations already, but there were 3 that I had already committed to. I e-mailed or sent messages to cancel and everyone was very gracious about it. They were all far enough into the future that this decision wouldn't impact finances for any of them. So I felt good about that. But I also feel disappointed in myself. However, I'll be upfront. I'm hanging on by a
thread. While my husband is currently doing very well. His cancer diagnosis means that we do a lot of things differently, and I am always the one looking for what to do next and how to provide the optimal healing environment... and it's exhausting. But that's the battle we're were facing, and it's most important that we do. So MY health has to be important as well. All of that to say that I'm sorry to any of you that were hoping to see me overseas in
2020. I'll see what next year brings. But this year I'll be a bit more of a 'home-body'.
That's all for now!
So, now on with your learning...
Four Leg News Volume 9: Issue 1
Objective Outcomes - GONIOMETRY
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Objective Outcome Measures: In this edition of FourLeg News we look at goniometric use in canine studies. Validity of the tool, as well as measurements of canine extremity joints in different breeds are reported here! Dive on in and update your goniometry knowledge!
CLICK HERE! To get to FourLeg!
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Blog:
Stairs versus Ramps Continued (Guest Blog)
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This guest blog post is an e-mail response I received in regards to last week's blog post on Ramps, Stairs, or What? It's from Sonya Bevan, B.Sc. (Physio), Dip Canine Behaviour Science & Technology). I thought she had some great point from her own personal experience and she also had links to a couple of great videos that she created.
"Thanks for that great blog on a really practical topic. I have the PetLoader and highly recommend it. It’s a little heavy but I used mine everyday with my amputee and I also used a lighter ramp. The ramp was easier for me but so much harder for her, so I sucked up the weight and changed my mindset to getting my biceps curls in every day. She struggled with the ramp..."
>>> (keep reading to learn out more)
k below to get reading now!!!
CLICK HERE to continue READING the BLOG!
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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
feed! Permission granted!!! :)
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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!
My Clinic & Advice from Others
So I was scrolling through the Video Training section and I found the video "What to Expect". It's one I created for my clinic's website. It made me think that this would be a good topic. My Clinic... but then it got me thinking about the content on FourLeg that I got from FourLeg Members. So... this is a You & Me trip down memory lane!
Check out:
Blogs
Video Training
Video Training 29: What to Expect
Video Training 32: Equipment Recommendations
Video Training 33: Products I Sell
Video Training 34: My Exercise Area
Newsletters
2013 July-Aug: Volume 2, Issue 4 (Case studies & Ah-ha moments from fellow practitioners)
2014 July-Aug: Volume 3, Issue 4 (The Failure Edition - what others have learned from failure)
Articles
Business & Marketing - Pricing & Packaging (compilation of survey results)
Business & Marketing - How to Increase your Busy-ness (compilation of ideas & suggestions)
Differential Diagnoses - Clinical Reasoning Form
Objective Measures - Canine Fitness Centre Measurement Form
Objective Measures - 4Leg Initial Assessment
For, those of you that aren't members yet, I just updated the Sneak Peak Page - https://www.fourleg.com/Sneak-Peek for you to SEE how much is on the MEMBERS side of FourLeg!
OVER 199 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!
Be a forward thinking & up to date practitioner! Join Four Leg Now!!
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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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AND Members can 'search' for specific content - use the white search bar in the upper right hand corner that appears when you log in. P.S.
Hey Members, sign up on the FORUM
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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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