You are receiving this e-blast because you signed up for these e-blasts on FourLeg.com. If for some reason, this makes you unhappy... then unsubscribe at the bottom. But for everyone else... HEY! Let's get on with the show! Training Video: Conditioning the Canine Athlete 2
Blog - Survey Results - Return to Sport Testing
And Four Leg content regarding Spondylosis!!
The life updates:
I finally got a hair cut! It was 8 months (or more) since my last one!
Web-guy has fixed the forum.
We finally got out to our cottage this past weekend.
My clinic is busy!
The meeting with the College of Veterinarians of Ontario went well (non-vets might be able to continue to use laser and radial shockwave in clinical practice!)
However, I still need your help with this issue in Ontario. More info below.
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What I spoke about 2 weeks ago was this:
The College of Veterinarians of Ontario (CVO) (the regulatory body) passed position & policy statements that categorize class 3B & 4 Therapeutic Lasers as High Risk energy tools (along with laser surgery, cryosurgery, MRI, radiology, etc.) and as such, have put them in a category that allows only veterinarians to use them or directly supervise their use. They categorized Shockwave as needing veterinary delegation specifically. The latter is perhaps fine
for Focused Shockwave, however Radial Shockwave is different, not requiring sedation, much more comfortable, and commonly used in rehab and physiotherapy practice.
So we had a meeting with the CVO and select practitioners last week. It went well. However, the CVO Registrar and Staff are not the ones that ultimately make the decision. A vote is still needed to amend the Policy and Position Statements so that the many non-veterinarians that use laser therapy & radial shockwave will be able to continue to do so.
Where this next goes is that we also need to prove that Physiotherapists as well as Registered Veterinary Technicians with training in Animal Rehabilitation are SAFE PRACTITIONERS! Can I ask for your help?
I NEED LETTERS OF SUPPORT (mainly from Veterinarians)!
To be considered a subject matter expert, I am looking for letters that cover topics such as:
- Laurie Edge-Hughes taught me safe & effective use of modalities (such as laser, shockwave, etc.)
- Laurie taught me effective physical assessment skills and how to use clinical reasoning to make a PHYSICAL / Pathofunctional / FUNCTIONAL diagnosis
- Laurie taught me how to plan treatments for rehab cases
- Laurie taught me manual therapy skills
You get the gist.
I am looking for DOZENS of letters. Please! Please! Thank you to those that already sent one. I appreciate it so very much.
Thank you in advance for considering my request!
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Alrighty... enough about me. On with your learning!
Four Leg Training Video # 207
Conditioning the Canine Athlete! (part 2)
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The picture of the slide above says it all. This time we'll cover balance, flexibility, agility, core stability, warm up and cool down, and then put it all together!
Click the link to go to FourLeg, Member's can then Login, Click Video Training, and scroll down to the bottom to find Video Training 207.
Enjoy!
CLICK HERE! To get to FourLeg!
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Blog:
Survey Results - Return to Sport Testing
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Last week’s blog was well received. Within the blog, I posted a survey to gather more ideas on the topic of Return to Sport Testing. The survey didn't get TONS of responses, but those that it did were well thought out and are being includes as this week's blog. More Ideas for Return to Sport Testing!
>>> (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!
So this time I did a search on FourLeg using the term Spondylosis and then I searched the term spine to see if there was anything that mentioned spondylosis in regards to spine. Here's what I came up with for:
SPONDYLOSIS
Check out the following content to learn more!
Check out:
Video Training
Video Training 13: Traction and the Canine Spine
Video Training 173: Rottweilers with & without tails
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 210 Videos!
42 Audios!
50 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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