by SportsLab | Jul 9, 2019 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Photo Credit: Michael Dawson “An emotion is a strong instinctive or intuitive feeling distinguished from reasoning or knowledge of one’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.” (This is a visual representation of the distribution of the 27 emotional...
by SportsLab | Jun 24, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Photo Credit: Michael Dawson “You’re a physio, don’t you know that running is bad for your knees?”. Whilst we see plenty of knee injuries from clients that run, running isn’t inherently bad for your knees. The most common myth we hear around runners and knee pain is...
by SportsLab | May 27, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
Let’s face it, life these days can be stressful! There are more stressors in our lives than ever before. External stressors from work, finances, and family life. Physical stressors such as alcoholism, drug use, over exercising. Common emotional stressors including...
by SportsLab | May 20, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
We live in a fast-changing world where new practices are being developed, new technologies are being invented and new discoveries are made. We need to be able to keep up and adapt quickly. The physiotherapy profession in New Zealand appears to have been caught unaware...
by SportsLab | May 7, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
One thing, at Sports Lab, we think is important to discuss is sporting culture, and the positive and negative impacts this can have on athletes. One negative area we have observed in sports culture is that which surrounds concussions. There is an estimate that 69% of...
