Flynn Grimstone prepares for high school by walking the South Island leg of Te Araroa (the Long Pathway) Flynn, son of Focus Health...

Keep an eye out for the new-look Focus Health newsletter (issue #8). There's a great story about Flynn, son of Focus physio Mark...

Ruben Parker: HBU Keeper passes on to next generation - Safe summer fitness - Angela Hardy: hands-on therapy - Andy's weight loss tip

Physios get busy in early summer with lots of patients who try to get back to fitness too fast or too hard. Here's how to avoid injury

Ruben Parker, HBU goal keeper and team captain tells us about his passion for football and how he's helping shape the next generation

Summer is almost here and it’s time to get back in to shape. For many this means increasing exercise and losing a few kilograms. The...

Sporty teenagers need support for both growth and development, as well as meet their energy needs for exercise.

Meet Wynona-Jo Joyce, Hawkes Bay squash star and her inspiring story

As eager as they are to grow up, teenagers also know that it comes with many pains. Physiotherapy can help with growing pains.

Gluteus Medius Strengthening You need a band for this exercise, (your physio can provide the right one for your level) Loop the band...

Check out the 6th issue of Focus. Featuring: - Wynona-Jo Joyce - Understanding growing pains - Recommended Exercises - Diet tips for teens

Our physiotherapist Marie O'Connell tells her Coast-to-Coast story and what it takes to train for such a challenging event

The Achilles Tendons are aptly named: they are one of the most injury-prone parts of our bodies. Here is how to protect them

Focus #5 is out! Marie's Coast-to-Coast Journey; Diet tips for endurance; Holistic approach to physiotherapy; Preventing achilles injuries..

Our physios recommend these exercises to prevent and deal with achilles tendons strain (tendinopathy or tendinitis)

Andrew Pickering is a full-time dietitian at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. In this issue of Focus, he tells us how to eat best when training for end

Here are some secret extra exercises that you can use to strengthen your pelvic floor.

Pelvic floor issues are not something that anyone should just 'put up' with. Most of them are usually addressed using the right approach

Read Julie Jones' inspiring fitness story. How does she keep age at bay using Pilates and exercise?

Meet Jolene Smith, our pelvic floor and women's health expert.