Tosca, Dr. John’s Canine Companions breeder dog, had her first litter of puppies on January 10, 2012. There are 5 boys and 2 girls and they’re just adorable. Tosca is an almost 2 year old Golden Retriever.
Tosca’s puppies will be raised by volunteer Canine Companion puppy raisers to hopefully become Canine Companions in the future.
Make sure to keep visiting this blog for  photos and updates on the cute puppies!
Muscle Energy Technique: used in osteopathy and physical therapy to treat somatic dysfunction presenting as loss of range of motion secondary to muscular inhibition or facilitation. There are several distinct techniques which may be called muscle energy techniques including reciprocal inhibition, and post-isometric relaxation. Muscle Energy is an Active (requires patient utilization of force) Direct (engages the barrier) technique that promotes muscle relaxation by activating the inhibition reflex. The purpose is to gain motion that is limited by restrictions of neuromuscular structures.
Biofeedback can teach you how to regain control of your body’s functioning in order to establish normalcy and change acute or chronic weakness. Biofeedback is a system based on monitoring biological signals produced by the body. Electronic instrumentation monitors the body’s physiology and displays the monitored information back to the person whose body is being monitored; hence the name bio-logical signal feed-back. This process increases your awareness of physiological activity in muscles and allows Muscle re-education. Muscles and nerves can have their function diminished in several ways, accidents or surgery being the most common. Muscle monitors can help retrain depressed or damaged muscles by helping injured muscles and nerves work together. At OSPT we utilize the Prometheus Pathway Biofeedback monitor as a muscle monitor to help patients to re-educate muscles.