It’s been a strange time for our active, adventurous, sport-loving community. The Queenstown community, along with the rest of New Zealand, has shown real resilience during a difficult time when a lot of what we have taken for granted suddenly changed overnight. On a positive note, this has seen a resurgence of home-based exercise programmes, regular walking, and even picking up of new skills/activities, all of which have a lot of health benefits but also may cause injury.

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Now is a great time to get on top of your injury.

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Whether it’s that niggly shoulder pain that was there when on the construction site before Level 4 lockdown and ‘she’ll be right’ hasn’t fixed it. Or doing the home-based HIIT circuit, DIY-ing, or reinventing the garden has caused that hip pain to resurface.

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Whatever your injury, we can help get your diagnosis and management plan sorted, whilst liaising with your local allied health, GP and physio providers.  

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You don’t even have to leave your home, we can conduct our consultations over video.

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At Axis we’ve been doing video consults for a long time – as our management of our elite overseas athletes is often performed like this. You can stay safe in your bubble and have a specialist consult and any required follow-ups; free with an ACC referral or utilising health insurance providers.  I can also sort further urgent diagnostic tests if required (such as MRI) and help direct a management plan while helping you keep active with your goal in sight.

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To make an appointment

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Email: alpine@axissportsmedicine.co.nz
Ph: +64 3 662 9400

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Stay tuned, next week I will be sharing the basis behind ‘ load management in achieving your physical goals’

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See you soon

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Dr Sarah Beable

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Axis Sports Medicine - Queenstown is run by Dr Sarah Beable, a locally based Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician, she is one of the New Zealand Olympic team doctors and also works with the New Zealand Snow Sports team.  Sarah is a keen athlete herself and she has excellent knowledge of the demands of certain outdoor pursuits and physical occupations specialising in the diagnosis, and management tailored to your goal.

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