by SportsLab | Aug 27, 2020 | Multidisciplinary
All New Zealanders are coping with some form of change right now. Of course, there is the overarching change that we are all facing simultaneously of a global pandemic (and for all you Aucklanders out there; a second round of Level 3 restrictions), but within this...
by SportsLab | Aug 25, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology, Uncategorized
To all you men out there, I have a simple question for you……. How sexually fatigued are you? Or to phrase it another way; Think back over the past month, how’s your libido been? In a previous blog post I talked about Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)...
by SportsLab | Jul 8, 2020 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary
Let’s do a little test… While sitting with good posture, see if you can fit 3 of your knuckles into your mouth.Now, slump over with bad posture and do the same.Do you notice a difference? What this tells us, is that your posture plays an impact on what is...
by SportsLab | Jun 28, 2020 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary
Headaches. They’re a pain. There are numerous causes of headaches, which makes this topic challenging to summarise. Today we will start by talking about the common types and what can be done to help manage the pesky things. It is important to start off by stating that...
by SportsLab | Jun 21, 2020 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary
Regular exercise can lead to muscles getting tight. Whilst tightness isn’t necessarily a bad thing, too much can impair muscle function resulting in poor movement patterns and injury risk. Getting on top of excessive muscle tightness can be a great way to prevent...
by SportsLab | May 26, 2020 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology
In today’s blog, we are going to discuss what it means to be recovered. Our massage clients often seek to maintain an injury-free state during their training – or recover quickly to reach their goals. However, ‘recovery’ is not as black and white as it first appears,...
by SportsLab | Apr 23, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology
Photo Credit: Michael Dawson (RTB2020) Hippocrates: ‘A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings and learn how, by his own thought, to derive benefit from his illnesses’. Our greatest blessing is our health and our ability to learn and...
by SportsLab | Apr 20, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology
Here at the Lab, we believe in using science to inform our practice, which means we all love to embrace our inner nerd. A belief within our work community is to share information and upskill our clients, so that they have the guidance and the skills they need to...
by SportsLab | Apr 16, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology, Uncategorized
Last blog, we decided to set you and ourselves a challenge! If you have had a look at your Instagram feed lately, you will see that we are pretty much doing what everyone else is – we are setting you a health challenge, but we promise we won’t make you do 20 burpees...
by SportsLab | Apr 14, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiology
Have you heard of the concept of the athlete biological passport? Well if you haven’t it is how the anti-doping agencies monitor athletes throughout their career and detect in their blood and urine if they are ‘clean’ or if they have used banned substances. The...
by SportsLab | Apr 3, 2020 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Uncategorized
We have all just had a sudden dump of fear, uncertainty and stress on our lives. Our day-to-day lives look remarkably different to just a short time ago, and we have all had to adjust to what this now means for us, as an individual and as a community. As we come into...
by SportsLab | Mar 30, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Pilates
In part 1 we talked about what happens to our bodies as we get older and hopefully you weren’t left feeling totally depressed at the prospect, but empowered by how the actions you take can influence your experience of aging. We know that building regular...
