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Health, be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual is never in a static state.  All of these cornerstones of wellbeing are constantly shifting up or down.  In business it will often be stated that there is never any standing [...]

Physical stress, like hitting the gym, running, or tackling tough physical tasks, can be a game-changer for your health. It’s like a double-edged sword for your immune system—it can make you stronger or leave you open to getting sick, [...]

On July 14th the FISU World University Championship Games will kick off in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany. A team of 85 athletes across 10 sports from New Zealand will compete against the best tertiary students in the world. [...]

Headaches are one of the leading causes disability and time off work in the Western World.  Despite this, it is not very well known that there are multiple types of headaches, causes and different ways to manage or treat [...]

The concept of longevity, aging and healthy living has been an interest of mine for a long time.  Research that has gone into the so-called Blue Zones has frequently popped up on newsfeeds or in books that I read.  [...]

Over the last few weeks, we have been graced by warmer temperatures, more sunlight and a welcome reprieve from a rather wet winter.  A long held past-time of mine also increases in frequency, with beehive inspections now becoming a [...]

We frequently hear these words on the sideline of sports fields, in our clinic rooms or even in social settings.  It’s a statement that makes me cringe every time. To set the record straight from the beginning – concussion [...]

With a particular focus on end of life, I wanted to take a swing at this seemingly heavy topic with a different perspective. You see so often we talk about the years of life, instead of the life in [...]

In the year 2019 BC* (*Before Covid), society was trundling along, generally business as usual.  Then suddenly, we had a lurching shift demanding that everything we once knew now had to be done remotely.  Our businesses went online, schooling [...]

Physical stress and the impact on the human body has been well documented in the scientific, medical, and psychiatric literature for a long time.  Even low level stress is shown to have an impact on the human body, let [...]