REST: The Good, the Bad and the Frustrating
In the veterinary profession, it is currently normal practice to prescribe crate rest, stable rest or restricted activity to our patients for...
Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon (SDFT) Injuries: A Practical Reference for Vet Rehab Therapists
This reference summarises current practices and teachings on superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) injury assessment and management as presented...
Stretching or Strengthening for Improving Range of Motion?
One of our common goals in the rehabilitation of a multitude of conditions is to increase range of motion. In this months’ Research Refresh we...
Equine Tendinopathies: Evidence-Based Treatment And Its Limits
In a published review of the literature on equine tendinopathies (2004), Roger Smith highlights just how difficult it is to run and publish...
Goniometry and Passive Range of Motion: The Importance of the Individual
The large variation in body type, conformation and size in our canine patients makes it necessary for us to treat each dog as an individual when...
Flexion Tests in Context: What They Reveal (and What They Don’t) in Equine Lameness
As rehabilitation therapists, assessing movement is a huge part of what we do. Lameness assessment is a part of the evaluation of movement, but it’s...
Palpation: Our Most Reliable Outcome Measure?
In the never-ending search for reliable outcome measures, are we overlooking our most valuable, reliable and repeatable measure – manual palpation?...
Bucked Shins in the Young Racehorse: What Vet Rehab Therapists Need to Know
I don’t love that I’m writing about a condition that affects 2 year old racehorses in training, because I don’t think the conditions for this injury...
Equine Developmental Orthopaedic Diseases for Vet Rehab Therapists
Developmental Orthopaedic Conditions (DODs) are conditions that affect young, growing horses. These conditions can impact the skeletal system,...
Bringing Excellence to Every Patient
When we want to be the best Vetrehabber – the first one others refer to or come to for help, the Vetrehabber who consistently rehabilitates the...
Building your Confidence in Vet Rehab Practice
Writing about confidence is hard. It pushes me out of my comfort zone and into the unknown. I have often wondered, as I am sure many of you have,...
Ringbone, Splints and Windgalls for Vet Rehab Therapists
Ringbone, splints and windgalls are everyday findings in equine rehab practice. Some are benign adaptations; others signal underlying joint or...
Equine Hock Pathologies: Reference for Vet Rehab Therapists
Bog Spavin, Bone Spavin, Capped Hocks, Thoroughpin - Hock “puffs and bumps” are common. Some are benign adaptations; others signal joint or sheath...
Understanding the Pathophysiology of Joint Conditions
This guide summarizes the definition, aetiology, and pathophysiology of common joint conditions in dogs and horses. Presentation, treatment and...
The Power of a Schedule
“A schedule defends form chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at...
The Key’s to Consistency
We’ve all heard that consistency is the key to success. We have heard or read stories about people achieving great things, and the credit given to...
Habits, Good and Bad
We like to believe we’re in full control of our choices… until we notice how often our hands move, our words form, or our feet walk on autopilot....
Between Stimulus and Response: Finding Your Space in a Noisy, Fast-Moving World
Inspired by the work of Viktor Frankl and a conversation with Marijke de Jong “Between stimulus and response, there is a space.In that space is our...
Adding Life to the Years of Geriatric Dogs and Cats
"Years have been added to life; now we must add life to years." – WHO Through advances in veterinary medicine, nutrition, and lifestyle, dogs...
Looking Back at Photobiomodulation
Trying to synthesise the research available on photobiomodulation (PBM) is overwhelming – at least, if you’re anything like me! There is such a...