Genevieve Kirk
Osteoarthritis
The Latin breakdown: “Arthro” = Joint “Itis” = Inflammation Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common, degenerative, painful disease with chronic...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Dec 4, 2020
- 5 min
Bones.
Bone is made of a mix of inorganic minerals and organic material including collagen (mainly type 1), which creates a highly responsive...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Nov 20, 2020
- 7 min
Scratching the surface of tendon injury and rehabilitation
In early 2017 I made an ambitious 12-month competition plan with Pokemon for that year. The goal was Under 25 Grand Prix for my last year...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Nov 7, 2020
- 5 min
Step 1. Balance.
The difference between the average test, and the elite test, at least aesthetically (and in my humble opinion), is down to balance. Some...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Oct 23, 2020
- 6 min
No foot, no horse... how?
To preface this blog, farriery and horse hooves are something that I find extremely interesting, however, also very perplexing. This is...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Oct 9, 2020
- 5 min
CONFORMATION - the good, the bad, the ugly.
Good conformation is fundamentally what is anecdotally or scientifically regarded as the most efficient spread of: - Weight - Force...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
LASER
LASER works by using light energy of the visible to near infra-red range to increase the activity in the engine of the cell: the...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Sep 16, 2020
- 6 min
What are the Electrotherapies used by Veterinary Physiotherapists for?
Electrotherapies include the machines available to Physiotherapists to target healing in more focussed ways than what our hands alone are...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
What is Veterinary Physiotherapy?
Trying to summarise a 4-year degree to an accessible blog post was a lot harder than I gave it credit for! On a literal level,...
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Genevieve Kirk
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Beginning.
I made a bold statement during my placement year at University (roughly 2018) that I was going to start a blog… There’s nothing quite...
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