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What does Lilly the young, Ragdoll cat and my mother have in common? Both of them have been limping on the left for awhile. Both have sacroiliac issues. The sacroiliac joint connects your spine to your pelvis. In Lilly’s case, she slipped a few months back. My mother slept funny…
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19XRig9Fk4n3Pu6R or read below if you don’t do Facebook The plan was to attend the 50th International Veterinary Acupuncture Society – IVAS Congress in Edinburgh followed by a hike along the famous West Highland Way.Two weeks before the trip, I caught an annoying coughing bug and reached for my collection…
The number one son is back from the wilderness and has fixed my website so I can post again. Many people complain that Melbourne can have four seasons in one day. When the weather changes in autumn and Spring in colder climates, we tend to see more intervertebral disease and…
It was so lovely to be back as one of the teachers of the Graduate Diploma in Animal Biomechanical Medicine. It’s been three and a half years since the last course finished. Yesterday I turned up to be greeted by so many smiles and welcomes from my fellow teachers and…
Last Wednesday, an extraordinary coincidence happened. Hugo A client came in with her elderly pointer for a follow up visit. She then mentioned that she had her ‘granddog’ Hugo with her. Could possibly have a look as he hadn’t been able to walk for about one month despite numerous vets…
Nope, this isn’t about one of my furry patients but about me! I don’t think I’m old but that’s the opinion of my young adult offsprings. Anyway my difficult run of cancer patients seems to have slowed down for now and I learnt something ‘way cool’ recently. I was teaching…
Acute canine polyradiculoneuritis is more commonly known as Coonhound paralysis. There are a number of theories on the cause of this disease. In North America, dog may be affected by contact with something in raccoon saliva. There are obviously no raccons in Australia but Coonhound paralysis does occur here. The…
It has been a crazy two weeks with travel to Brisbane and Newcastle to attend three workshops. The upside is that my toolbox has just ballooned in size. Brisbane and the completion of the final workshop of the Certification as a Canine Rehabilitation Therapist has set me up with a…
Having written ‘Blog’ on my hand, The pressure was on to write one tonight before I forgot, yet again. At the end of a 10 hour day, my brain was not at it’s sharpest and the only thing that came to mind was that the last two dogs for the…
Tuesday next week, I will be heading off to the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society Congress in Tacoma, Washington State for my first ever overseas acupuncture conference. I am especially looking forward to the osteopathic acupuncture sessions and hope to bring home some awesome techniques, …although Australian veterinary acupuncture has advanced in…