Back pain specialists: Muscle People
Whether back pain strikes after a sports game where you took one for the team, it has crept up on you with the passing years, or you simply reached for the can opener in your own kitchen and something went pop, you’ll know that back pain is debilitating – casting a cloud over […]
Myth-busting back pain: Freedom Health Pilates
Back pain is extremely common, affecting up to 80 percent of people at some point in their life. Unfortunately, myths about back pain are widespread, leading to confusion, fear, and sometimes prolonged symptoms. Metropol speaks to Cath Julius, Physiotherapist, and Clinical Pilates therapist about some of the common back pain myths. Myth 1: […]
A timely update: The Endoscopy Clinic
Bowel Cancer New Zealand has recently released some sobering statistics. Gastrointestinal surgeon, Ross Roberts of the Endoscopy Clinic in Christchurch, says these statistics are a definite wake up call for anyone who may be complacent about the possibility of developing bowel cancer. What are the facts? Every year more than 3000 New Zealanders […]
Ancient healing massage: Beauty Progress
Thai massage is an ancient healing practice that originated over 2500 years ago. The gentle pressure and stretching techniques manipulated in Thai massage help to lower stress, increase energy, and improve athletic performance. Beauty Progress offers an authentic and therapeutic Thai massage for both men and women that aims to soothe, […]
Behind the microscope: Mohs and Skin Cancer Specialists
Skin cancer is a daunting reality for many Kiwis. A newly opened practice in Papanui is offering a wide range of treatments for all skin cancer types, expert advice and care, and a welcoming, safe environment. Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS) is the gold standard for treating two of the most common types […]
Caring for your ‘jeck’: Skin Rejuvenation Clinic
In this current technological time, it is cellphones, not sun exposure that are making the skin below the chin (or ‘jeck’: neck, jawline and jowls) our number-one problem area for early aging. In recent years, the team at the Skin Rejuvenation Clinic has seen the sort of aging in the neck […]
Live your best life: Total Fitness
Ever noticed that unhealthy lifestyle habits seem to play on a loop? With excessive stress, limited time, diminishing energy levels and poor food choices, exercise can come to an abrupt pause. Sometimes all you need is one motivating factor. If you had access to top quality PT sessions that were tax […]
Looking from the outside in: Pacific Radiology
Radiology in Canterbury is now more accessible as the Canterbury network of branches expands its patient-based customer care to even more communities, with new branches in Rolleston and Ashburton. Radiology is often the unsung hero of the medical diagnostic world and can play a vital role in disease management by giving […]
Feel good about smiling: Merivale Denture Clinic
Dentures are often thought of as something that look like teeth and will help you eat a little better, but there’s a lot more to them. Senior clinical dental technician Thomas Gu of the Merivale Denture Clinic says dentures are precision oral prosthesis. They restore lost function of the mouth and teeth […]
A new chapter: Flow Wellbeing
Supporting wellness throughout your life journey. There is something for everyone at the Flow Wellbeing Centre – opening Spring 2021. In the centre you will find four elemental themed studios, with class lengths of 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes, alongside multiple clinician rooms offering you gold-standard practitioners to support your […]
