by SportsLab | Nov 6, 2020 | Bike Fit, Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiological Testing, Physiology, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Uncategorized
In the last blog we looked at a different definition of performance. One that moves away from a simplistic comparative model of “I ran faster, therefore I performed better”, and moved toward one where we focused on increasing our knowledge, skills and abilities and...
by SportsLab | Oct 14, 2020 | Bike Fit, Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Nutrition, Physiological Testing, Physiology, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Performance (noun). The completion of a task with application of knowledge, skills and abilities. Performance, by definition, is a simplistic word. One that is purely a successful completion of a task. But all words are descriptive not prescriptive and so, especially...
by SportsLab | Jan 30, 2020 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Uncategorized
When it comes to running form, there are currently overwhelming amounts of information available. One common school of thought we have noticed is one that teaches you that you need to run in a very prescriptive way. Proposing that “your cadence should sit around 180,...
by SportsLab | Dec 11, 2019 | Physiotherapy
Everyone seems to have the perfect pre-run routine – even though everyone you talk to will have a different approach, and will be happy to tell you why theirs is the best. Injured people tend to beat themselves up for not stretching enough and blame the lack of...
by SportsLab | Nov 4, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
“Why do I keep getting pain even though I am no longer injured?” I hear this question often, and it can be a tricky concept to get your head around as there are so many elements to consider – with most seeming almost invisible. Let’s say that tissue healing has been...
by SportsLab | Oct 20, 2019 | Massage Therapy, Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Today is November the 2nd, 2020- aka, the day after you tackled the Auckland Marathon! You did it! You ran a marathon. You took anywhere between 50,000 and 60,000+ steps and you were out on the course for anywhere up to 6 hours. We know it can be a little difficult to...
by SportsLab | Oct 9, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy
If we jog our minds back to the previous post, human survival itself is based on being able to maintain a relatively stable internal homeostatic environment. Successful homeostasis is crucial to all living things and deep breathing is a tool we can use to help achieve...
by SportsLab | Sep 30, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiological Testing, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Michael Dawson Females are unpredictable. And yes, we are talking about hormones here. Up until recently there has been very little research in sport and exercise physiology for females, because… they are unpredictable. Or that’s the excuse anyway. Adult...
by SportsLab | Sep 19, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy
The human body is an amazingly adaptable and responsive machine. The tissues in our body are in a constant state of change, responding to the forces and loads that we put it under. But if our bodies are such highly adaptive machines, then why do we find ourselves...
by SportsLab | Aug 19, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
We discussed in previous blogs that discs don’t “slip”, that your disc injury can recover, and that disc injury does not always equal pain experienced. Today we’ll discuss how our environment can be contributing to back problems. We’ll explore why it is that whilst...
by SportsLab | Aug 14, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Tom Rouse Last week we discussed how and why you can’t have a slipped disc, and that if you injure your disc your body does an awesome job of healing itself. (If you missed it, you can check it out here). Today we are going to discuss how you can still...
by SportsLab | Aug 5, 2019 | Multidisciplinary, Physiotherapy, Uncategorized
Before we all go rushing to the operation theatre for our injured discs let’s look at some interesting research on disc healing. In 2010 Chiu et al carried out a systematic review, which basically means he looked for all research on the topic and compiled the results....
