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Underwater treadmill is used commonly in animal physical therapy. It provides the benefits of land exercises while decreasing the weight placed on the animal's limbs. Underwater treadmill and swimming can be very useful in dogs recovering from surgery, such as anterior cruciate ligament and cranial cruciate ligament repairs and break repairs ...
Cable pull-down exercise to the front with a medium-width overhand (pronated) grip. The pull-down exercise is a strength training exercise designed to develop the latissimus dorsi muscle. It performs the functions of downward rotation and depression of the scapulae combined with adduction and extension of the shoulder joint.
Tight latissimus dorsi has been shown to be a contributor to chronic shoulder pain and chronic back pain. [10] Because the latissimus dorsi connects the spine to the humerus, tightness in this muscle can manifest as either sub-optimal glenohumeral joint (shoulder) function which leads to chronic pain or tendinitis in the tendinous fasciae ...
Dogs are guided through an obstacle course to compete for speed and accuracy [47] Dog show: Purebred dogs are judged for conformity to breed standards [48] Dog skateboarding: Dogs ride skateboards [49] Disc dog: Dogs compete to catch frisbees [50] Flyball: Teams of dogs race over hurdles to retrieve a ball [51] Junior showmanship
The dog jumps on a box releasing a tennis ball. Flyball started as a dog sport in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Southern California. Some dog trainers combined scent hurdle racing with the dogs bringing back a tennis ball to the finish line. Then a tennis ball-launching apparatus was added, and the first flyball box was born.
Shadow Dancer (1989 video game) Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi; Sheep (video game) Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf; Sleepwalker (video game) Snoopy and the Red Baron (video game) Snoopy Concert; Snoopy Flying Ace; Snoopy Tennis; Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (video game) Snoopy's Magic Show; Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular; Solatorobo: Red the Hunter ...
The erector spinae (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k t ər ˈ s p aɪ n i / irr-EK-tər SPY-nee) [1] or spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back.The spinal erectors work together with the glutes (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus) to maintain stable posture standing or sitting.
The McKenzie protocol also now includes flexion protocols and stresses the importance of differentiating whether flexion or extension improves patient's symptoms. As a result, McKenzie principles are used by many physical therapists in the treatment of low back pain, whereas Williams Exercises are no longer taught as a physical therapy protocol.