Inflammation: friend or foe?
Inflammation is a double-edged sword when it comes to soft tissue injuries. On one hand, it’s a natural and essential part of the body’s healing process, helping to repair damaged …
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The mystery of the missing mallet fingers
What was the first thing you noticed when you moved to Queenstown? Perhaps the paragliders landing on the school football field (while the kids play on as if nothing’s happening), …
Physiotherapy vs Physical Therapy
The history of mankind is marked by divides in the population that jostle and grind together like tectonic plates. They can coexist quietly for centuries, or collide violently creating shockwaves …
Four and a half ways to have an injury-free ski season
So, we are a well into winter now, and well into winter injuries at our clinic!As much as we love meeting new people and seeing old friends again, our mission …
Power to the pinky!
So you drift off to sleep tonight, and find yourself in a dream – you’re in a Bond film, the baddies are threatening to chop off one of your fingers, …
A deep dive into the carpal tunnel
What actually is it, what does it do… why does everyone seem to have a problem with it these days? We get a lot of queries from people trying to …
Observations over the long run
Another year another successful Air New Zealand Queenstown Marathon. Over 11,000 runners turned up to see some of Queenstown’s nicest trails under flawless blue skies – and tick off a …
Is your pumpkin going to hurt you this Halloween?
Fake detached fingers and blood-soaked knives have been part of the Halloween experience for years – but unfortunately so have the real things. According to the American Society for Surgery …
Breathing Matters
Breathing is automatic and most of us go day to day without even thinking about it. How do we know if we are breathing correctly? Is there even a correct …
The new concussion consensus – five concepts every health professional should understand.
The Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) has just released its new consensus statement from the 5th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Berlin late last year. The consensus …