Deborah Carroll's Blog, page 9

WARM UP MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN STRETCHING

Warm up More Productive Than Stretching- I’ve been reading studies on this topic for several decades, and the consistent evidence is as Dr. Mirkin presents it (below). Every opportunity I get to work with competitive dogs, I press this info … Continue reading →

THE EXERCISE CURE

How can we motivate people to take a free, safe, magic pill? By Jordan D. Metzl “Lack of fitness is the public health epidemic of our time,” says Bob Sallis, past president of the American College of Sports Medicine. If … Continue reading →

GOALS OF THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE

Published on Medscape- Enable ambulation Release contracted muscles, tendons, and fascia Mobilize joints Improve circulation Improve respiratory capacity Improve coordination Reduce rigidity Improve balance Promote relaxation Improve muscle strength and, if possible, achieve and maintain maximal voluntary contractile force (MVC) … Continue reading →

ANECDOTAL PROGRESS – AM I SEEING WHAT I THINK I’M SEEING?

  Anecdotal Progress Exercise is thought to have beneficial effects on Parkinson’s disease. Jay L. Alberts, Ph.D., neuroscientist at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland, saw this firsthand in 2003 when he rode a tandem bicycle across Iowa … Continue reading →

RANGE OF MOTION

Passive range of motion (PROM) should be performed and instructed to owners by an experienced practitioner. Passive range of motion only needs be performed on animals limbs that the animal is not able to move on their own. PROM is … Continue reading →

BRACES

Braces for Dog Stifles (Knees) This post is not meant to trash knee braces; no, instead it is meant to point you, the reader, toward more broad thinking. I have utilized tarsal and carpal braces very often in my practice, … Continue reading →

ONE LEG OR TWO? WOULD IT CHANGE WHAT WE DO?

Recent text convo with the referring veterinarian after I saw a new Doxie X client for ACL/CCL rupture: Me: I’m sending *her* back to you to get joint formula and talk with you about pain meds for the “hard” work … Continue reading →

WHERE DO I PUT THE ICE?

Where Do I Put The Ice? I have read the homework and this is a dumb question, but I do not know where to put the ice on an ACL tear. I would like to have an evalution to see … Continue reading →

WHY ICE DELAYS RECOVERY

Why Ice Delays Recovery March 16, 2014 by Gabe Mirkin, MD When I wrote my best-selling Sportsmedicine Book in 1978, I coined the term RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for the treatment of athletic injuries (Little Brown and Co., page … Continue reading →

MASSAGE, NUTRITION, NSAIDS, ICE, HEAT, AND MUSCLE RECOVERY

Intense Exercise, Muscle Soreness, Recovery, and Anti-inflammatories Rehab Deb’s Comments: One of the most important bits of this report is something I’ve been reading in more and more research: nsaids (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) delay or stop the healing process. I have also … Continue reading →