Active Health News

Anthony took out 3rd place in the Points Race at the weekends National Track Championships! Congratulations on a top effort! Read more...

Blake placed a very credible 5th in his heat for the Short Track 1500m speed skating. He has been a regular athlete at our clinic for the past 4 years so we are very proud to see Blake competing as part of the NZ Olympic team. He will also be racing in the 1000m and 500m later in the week. We will keep you posted on the results. Blake first c... Read more...

Congratulations to Glen Robertson, previously our Sports Scientist and PT extraordinaire, on his graduation to Police Constable late last year. Look out for him at your nearest checkpoint! Further congratulations to Glen, his wife Deb and son Connor on the arrival of daughter Brooke while Glen was still at Police College (although he did make it ho... Read more...

We are currently undergoing a complete renovation but WE ARE STILL OPEN! All services are still available but may be in temporary locations whilst we complete a 3-stage revamp. Please bear with us, as it can be a little dusty and noisy at times, as we plan to have completed the entire clinic by the end of January. We thank you for your patience. Read more...

Liesel Geertsema (our sports physician) has been named as a Team Doctor for our New Zealand Commonwealth Games Team heading to Delhi in October 2010. Liesel will be part of the medical team looking after some 300 athletes for the duration of the Games. ... Read more...

19-year-old Southlander, Tom Scully, stunned the New Zealand cycling fraternity at the weekend when he won not one but two gold medals at the track cycling World Cup meet in Melbourne. Scully had expected to use the Points and Scratch races as experience in the lead-up to his big event, the Madison. But he cruised to win the Scratch race by five l... Read more...

Congratulations to Anthony (physio) and his wife Vic on the birth of Peter in August, and also to Mark Harrison (physio) and his wife Nic on the birth of Baxter in September. Read more...

Active Health is pleased to welcome Dr John Hellemans back to the clinic as a Sports Doctor. Dr Hellemans sees a wide variety of patients from children with injuries, sports-related conditions such as asthma, general sporting injuries through to elite athletes. John also has a focus on exercise prescription for those with medical conditions such as... Read more...

Nat blitzed the competition in the Winter Triathlon at the Wanaka Winter Games recently. Whilst this is not an Olympic qualifying event it puts him in good stead for selection in the team for the 2011 Winter Olympics. Nat heads off to Finland next month for 6 weeks for the final qualifying races before team selection is announce in February 2010 Read more...

Our very own Becs (physio) claimed 10th place at the feature age-group Olympic distance Triathlon at the 2009 ITU World Championships on the Gold Coast. This is a fantastic effort to get a top 10 place in a World event. Read more...