If you are happy just plodding around and never actually reaching your full running potential that’s fine, you will stay fit and healthy. But if you actually want to run well, smash some PB’s, win some races, make some teams then you need to focus on being addicted to performance not running. This means sometimes taking rest days to recover, freshen up, taper.
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The Younger Athlete Growing children and teenagers are at a higher risk of various injuries at certain times in their development as different growth plates become ‘active’. Because many children are extremely active and participate in high intensity activities that include running, jumping, hoping and fast change of direction on a daily basis, the […]
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Resistance Training- Part 1 I speak to a lot of people in the clinic who are suffering from injuries, many are involved in regular activity ranging from running, triathlon, all the fooball codes, dance and CrossFit to bowls and beach walking. Everyone would like exercise to be easier, have less pain with daily activity, improve […]
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This week the pelvic health group @pelvicroar has headed a social media campaign to put diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA) in the spotlight. This week long campaign has seen the hashtag #pelvicroar used extensively to raise awareness of this condition & hopefully shed some light on the wealth of information & support available to everyone. So […]
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Exercise is developing significant evidence for its benefits in preventing chronic illnesses including cancer but is also proving to be a major benefit during cancer treatment with improved results and managing side effects as well as improving long term outcomes and reducing reoccurrence rates.
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Important Considerations with Exercise in Hot Conditions After Reece’s massive run in the 102km Tarawera Ultra Trail Race on Saturday and the triathlon racing season getting into full swing it’s the perfect time to share some wisdom about exercising in hot conditions. There is no doubt that the recent weather conditions are making life uncomfortable. […]
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Stretching: the what, the when and the why of stretching There are various opinions about the benefits of stretching and what it actually achieves from flexibility to injury prevention and how it affects performance. This blog includes current evidence on stretching as well as my practical thoughts on stretching from 20 years experience in Physiotherapy […]
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The Warm Up: What It Should (& shouldn’t) Include The goal of the warm-up is simple enough, we want to prepare the body to perform dynamic, ideally explosive, powerful movements without injury. In the past, this has involved warming up with light aerobic exercise followed by lots of passive stretching to loosen up tight muscles […]
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Type 2 Diabetes and Exercise Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes making up to 90-5% of cases according to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). It develops slowly over a period of time making the subtle onset of symptoms difficult to pick up and while T2DM can develop at any time […]
WHAT IS A CERVOCOGENIC HEADACHE There are many causes of headaches – from migraine to tension headaches to those which are caused by irritation of the upper neck. Just as nerves in the lower back radiate into the legs and the nerves of the lower neck radiate into the arms, nerves in the upper neck, […]
