UniSports doctors Mark Fulcher, Craig Panther and Brendan O'Neil are providing the medical care to the athletes participating in the year's first WTA and ATP events. The view from their office is to die for!
The Sports Physicians are away this week at the Australasian College of Sports Physicians conference in Coolum. The majority of the Sports Physicians in New Zealand and Australia will be there along with a number of international experts. The conference will discuss some key issues around the care of injured athletes and the management of medical...
A recent study published in the August 16 online edition of the The Lancet reinforces the life gains to be had from exercise. The data shows that exercising for as little as 15 minutes a day increases life expectancy by three years. It also reduces the risk of dying from all diseases by 14%. Every...
All Blacks Muscle Therapist George Duncan visited for Wine and Wisdom Friday night. He brough his World Cup Winners medal and some great stories from the campaign. Also visiting was Italian FIFA Doctor Stefano Della Villa. Like UniSports Stefano's Italian clinics are also FIFA Centres of Excellence.
Dr Mark Fulcher has been appointed Medical Director for the ITU World Cup event being held in Auckland on November 2011. 110 elite athletes from around the word and 1100 age-group athletes will be participating. The event is going to be based at the Cloud on the waterfront.
*UniSports Dr Chris Hanna comments on All Blacks caught drinking and smoking* Former Warriors and Kiwis doctor Chris Hanna said: "If you are binge drinking and you become dehydrated you are not going to play as well as you would have been able to in a test match. "We are talking about tiny percentages when...
*UniSports surgeon Bruce Twaddle comments on Dan Carter's groin injury in NZ Herald* Mr Twaddle said "an adductor longus tendon tear did not require surgery. It knits back in place and that particular muscle does very well after that kind of injury. It's like any muscle injury - initially painful, there'll be some bruising and then it'll...
A small team of six athletes travelled to Germany to compete in the Hamburg WCS Elite Triathlon race over the weekend. Two athletes, James Elvery and Tony Dodds were forced from the start line with injury. James tripped while running two weeks before the race, fracturing his hand and Tony suffered a terrible bike crash...
The clinic provided medical care for the athletes competing in the USA vs Canada International Ice Hockey Match last night. The game featured a number of NHL players including team captains Aaron Miller (USA) and Derek Armstrong (Canada). The clinic had its own NHL veteran there too. Ross Davidson was the team physician for the Vancouver Canucks. ...
Counties got back on track on Wednesday night defeating Manawatu at home. For the medical staff, calf injuries to tight head props seem to be the order of the day, consistent with what the literature tells us. A recent BJSM paper denoted key injury risks by position and tight head props are indeed more at...
