Temperature treatments

Actresses Courtney Cox loves an ice bath, while Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan of a sauna. Harnessing the benefits of the heat or cold, temperature therapy is gaining popularity as a natural approach to bettering overall wellbeing. For very few people would a plunge into freezing cold water be a comfortable thing. The idea of […]

The milky way

Most adults drink milk in one form or another, in their tea or coffee, on their cereal, by the glass, enjoying a wide variety of cow, goat, nut, and plant-based options. Consuming the correct foods after a workout can be an incredibly beneficial tool in your exercise routine. For hydration, muscle protein increases, and to […]

Getting back to working: Enableworks

If you have had an accident or experience chronic pain, returning to a regular work schedule may seem impossible. Loss of confidence, feeling stressed, depressed, or out of control because of pain, compound the difficulties experienced in committing to a work schedule. Fortunately, local company EnableWorks holds the licence in New Zealand for an excellent […]

Diabetes funding from July

Pharmac has announced that continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps will be fully funded for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from July this year. Dr Rosemary Hall, Endocrinologist and President of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes, says this is “arguably the biggest day for people with diabetes ever in Aotearoa […]

Feeling your age: Connect Chiropractic

“If you would seek health, look first to the spine.” – Socrates Ageing is an inevitability, yet the rate at which it occurs certainly is not. We all know 40-year-olds who look and function like they’re 60, we all know 60-year-olds who look and function like they’re 40. Why is that? “We are all a […]

Future proofing your fertility: Fertility Associates

Egg freezing is an opportunity. It’s a small task now, that sets up your future self with the option to choose. “There are a lot of professional women, who are ‘head down, bum up,’ building their careers. As a result, the biological clock ticks away in the background,” Fertility Associates’ Val Graham says. Choosing when […]