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Active+ Howick moves to bigger and better premises! (Just next door!)

Returning to after an injury - how does a vocational consultant help?

Many readers will no doubt be familiar with the term “career transition” – that time in our working life when we look to move in a new direction. The reasons for making such a transition could be voluntary or due to financial or lifestyle factors. M Read more

What is Good Workstation Posture?

Many of us work in desk-based roles that requires constant sitting for prolonged periods. Amy Burr from Active+ Counties is here to tell us if we are doing it well... Read more

Are you getting a good nights sleep?

Sleep is important for our everyday lives and lack of sleep can have a negative effect on our mood, relationships, work and quality of life. Poor sleep quality can increase the prevalence of illness which in turn reduces our capacity of work and can resul Read more

Welcome to Active+ Taupo!

We are pleased to announce that from today, we now have a clinic based in Taupo! Read more

Active Physio is now Active+

Introducing even better healthcare for our patients! Read more

Warkworth and Snells Beach clinics now open!

We are pleased to annouce that we now have clinic sites open in Warkworth and Snells Beach. Alyssa Gordon, who has previously worked in the Albany clinic for the last five years, is the new franchisee in these clinics, which have been in Warkworth and Sne Read more

$78,829.81 raised at Paddle for Hope 2016!

It was a great day on Saturday 13th of Feb, in Okahi Bay, Auckland, for the 2016 edition of Paddle for Hope. We had 13 teams of staff and patients from Active+ taking part, who all got in to the spirit of the occasiin in dress-up and in mood! In total, ov Read more

Podiatry services now available in Albany

The Albany clinic are pleased to announce that sports podiatrist Nick Leef will be available for appointments in the clinic on a Saturday morning, from Saturday January the 23rd. Read more

Te Rapa clinic now open in Hamilton, and Te Kuiti also comes under the group!

We are pleased to be able to announce the official opening of our brand new clinic in Te Rapa, Hamilton! Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe was on hand to cut the ribbon, and there was plenty of interest from local business people and the Hamilton ACC branch. Read more

Low Back Pain on the Rise - what is the best treatment for it?

'Survive to Thrive' Cancer Rehab Journal now available

Megan Schmidt from Active+ Albany has been involved in the development of a beautiful new journal which would make a great gift for anyone you know going through cancer. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the journal will go the PINC & STEEL Cance Read more

My 8 Top Tips to Prevent Running Injuries

Running is good for you, despite what some of you might think! Running helps reduce the risk of hip and knee joint replacements, helps gets your weight down, improves bone mineral density and reduces the risk of many other modifiable diseases such as hear Read more

Active+ Milford joins the group!

We would like to take this oppurtunity to welcome Active+ Milford into our group of clinics! Formerly Milford Physiotherapy, and owned and operated by Ashley Lake, Active+ Milford are experts in assessment and diagnosis. They specialise in using innovativ Read more

Why Exercise in Later Life? Part 2

Here is the link to the second part of our blog post on exercising in older life - written by Active+ Bay Roskill head physio Alastiar Prentice http://www.grownups.co.nz/read/health/active_body/adv-exercise-its-never-too-late-to-start Read more

Why Exercise in Older Life?

Here is a link to our new blog post by Active+ clinic owner Alastair Prentice, on the benefits of exercise on health in general, particularly as we age. Alastair will follow this one up in a few weeks, with a part 2 to this post on how we make exercise fu Read more

Blog Post: Osteo vs Rheumatoid Arthritis

We have a new blog post that we have written for the GrownUps New Zealand website, discussing the difference between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatiod Arthritis. The post describes the commonly seen presentations and treatments for these conditions. Please cl Read more

What is Sports Physio?

We have added a page to our website that explains a bit about that Sports Physiotherapy entails, and what kind of treatments you could expect to have. Please click here to be taken to the relevant page. Read more