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! Four Leg Video Training 212:
GUA SHA!
Blog -
Knowledge Nuggets: Intensity of Stretching on ROM and Joint Mobilizations effect on Muscle Activation
And Four Leg content on Stretching
The life updates:
So, it's likely time explain my vision for Four Leg a bit better. Honestly, I'm still working it out. Essentially, I love creating new content... but the rate at which I've been coming up with content has been exhausting. Here are my thoughts:
- I'll continue with a weekly blog. I like learning and finding new stuff to write about, so this is something I will enjoy continuing with.
- The New content creation will be slowed down to monthly or every 6 weeks. This will allow me to also create larger content pieces, new courses, and take some courses myself!
- The new website will be more searchable by categories / topic headers. So when you want to find content on Neuro Rehab, it'll be easier to find.
- Your price will go down! Who does that? Maybe I'm stupid, but my goal is for more and more folks to have access to the huge library of information on FourLeg. I've start making the change to the quarterly and yearly memberships and will amend the monthly memberships in December. I hope you'll all stick around. So many folks have told me that they use FourLeg like a library anyways, so that's how I'm presenting it. A
library with new 'books' (aka videos, articles, audio, newsletters) being added in periodically.
- I'm not sure what to do with the Forum yet. There are so many FB groups and the VetRehab chat group etc. So maybe it's redundant. (Feel free to give me your feedback on the Forum for me to take into consideration.)
All in all, I have so much love and gratitude for all fo you! Thank you for being on this journey with me!
REMINDER: I've gotten a few response to the Survey in regards to the use of exercise in your osteoarthritis patients. I'd like a few more! So, if you haven't already, I'll encourage you to go back and read the blog, then answer the survey for me so that I can share it as an upcoming blog. Please & Thank you!
https://www.fourleg.com/Blog/486/Osteoarthritis-and-Exercise
Okay, so on with the show!
Still asking for support!
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I NEED LETTERS OF SUPPORT (mainly from Veterinarians, but I'll take any and all of them)!
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. (Send to Laurie@FourLeg.com)
Thank you in advance for considering my request!
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Four Leg Video Training 212
Gua Sha - part 1!
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Gua Sha, IASTM, Graston, or instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization / manipulation.
Check it out here for a novel technique to try on yourself (and then your dog, and then your canine patients). Another fascial technique to add to your tool kit!
Great for fascia, tendon, or muscle!
Also known as Chinese soup spoon technique, Scraping technique, or Coining.
Watch & Enjoy!
CLICK HERE! To get to FourLeg!
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Blog:
Osteoarthritis and Exercise
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I found a couple of articles about stretching or mobilization on muscle activation, and ROM that I thought to be worthy of sharing!
The first article is about the INTENSITY of stretching and its effect on muscle extensibility / ROM. The second article looks at mobilization on symptomatic joint versus asymptomatic joints and the effect on superficial muscle activation.
These are clinically relevant research papers! So I love that!
>>> (keep reading to learn more about this topic.)
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 section, I want to inspire you to GO BACK THROUGH some of the OLD Four Leg Education Modules!
I figured this would be a good topic to tie in with the blog post for this week. What's on Four Leg about stretching??? Dive on in!
STRETCHING
Check out:
Articles
Canine Athlete Considerations: Stretching and Injury Prevention
Video Training
Video Training 04: Stretching & ROM in the Musculoskeletal Assessment
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)
Video Training 207: Conditioning the Canine Athlete - Part 2
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 215 Videos!
43 Audios!
53 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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