I meant to write this blog back in January when our local dog park reopened after the floods. There was plenty of excitement and I saw many carks parked in front of the gate and lots of dogs running around. This got me thinking about the general advise I give…
Rehabilitation hits all the right buttons for the Bali dogs
What a fantastic start to my week in Brisbane atttending the annual Australian Veterinary Conference. My Saturday was spent presenting a rehabilitation workshop including acupuncture and animal biomechanical medicine to a group of veterinarians and veterinary nurses. The problems ranged from cruciate disease in a beautiful 16 year old Maltese…
Hind limb lameness and the sacroiliac joint
Hind limb lamenesses can have many causes. Hip dysplasia and stifle problems such as cruciate disease or patella luxation are a few of the problems that vets commonly see. However, sometimes the radiographs come back looking normal and the anti inflammatories don’t seem to have made much difference. What happens…
First ever Australian Zoobiquity Conference, www.zoobiquity.com
Zoobiquity? Held in Sydney yesterday, I was very excited to attend the first ever conference where human and animal scientists and practitioners got together to present their findings in relation to the ailments that commonly afflict modern day humans and animals. Not surprisingly the focus was on obesity, diabetes, diet…
A New Era
Last week, I was at a very special event at Box Hill TAFE. It was the start of the new Graduate Diploma in Animal Biomechanical Medicine. It has been six years since RMIT closed the Graduate Diploma in Animal Chiropractic. After many 100s of hours getting the new course up…