New study shows icing muscles after exercise ineffective, counter-productive
26 Apr, 2021 10:31 PM
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New York Times After a particularly vigorous workout or sports injury, many of us rely on ice packs to reduce soreness and swelling in our twanging muscles. But a cautionary new animal study finds that icing alters the molecular environment inside injured muscles in detrimental ways, slowing healing. The study involved mice, not people, but adds to mounting evidence that icing muscles after strenuous exercise is not just ineffective; it could be counter-productive.
Check inside the freezers or coolers at most gyms, locker rooms or athletes kitchens and you will find ice packs. Nearly as common as water bottles, they are routinely strapped onto aching limbs after gruelling exercise or possible injuries. The rationale for the chilling is obvious. Ice numbs the affected area, dulling pain, and keeps swelling and inflammation at bay, which many ath
Cavalier CEO steps down from role
27 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM
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Paul Alston. File photo / Stuart Munro
Otago Daily Times
By: Riley Kennedy
Wool and carpet company Cavalier Corporation has announced the resignation of its chief executive just days after receiving a significant government grant.
Last Thursday the company s board announced it had regretfully accepted Paul Alston s resignation as its head after six years in the job.
Last Monday, Cavalier announced its subsidiary Bremworth had received $1.9 million from the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund to go towards the company s $4.9 million strategy of moving away from synthetics to only producing woollen carpets.
Far North soldier awarded Defence Meritorious Service Medal for bravery in Iraq
27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Corporal Charles Douglas Munns-Everitt - awarded for outstanding military professionalism and leadership in Iraq. Photo / supplied
Northern Advocate
When almost 30 rockets exploded at an Iraqi military camp last year Northland soldier Corporal Charles Douglas Munns-Everitt and two of his colleagues knew just what to do.
Now all three have been recognised for their bravery to save lives of injured coalition soldiers.
Munns-Everitt is one of three New Zealand soldiers to be decorated for his response to a rocket attack on Camp Taji, which killed two Americans and a British medic, and wounded 17 more, none of them New Zealanders, on March 10 last year.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Why India s Covid crisis poses a threat to the whole world
27 Apr, 2021 06:54 PM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
news.com.au
By: Natalie Brown
Despite India s insistence, just weeks ago, that it was in the endgame of its battle against Covid-19, experts have warned for months that the nation of 1.4 billion people was a growing threat to the global fight against the virus.
And now those fears have been realised - with a tsunami of coronavirus cases, escalating deaths and dwindling medical supplies – as experts warn the devastation could have a knock-on effect for the rest of the world.
Dannevirke Dairy Supplies not just dairy services
21 Apr, 2021 03:07 AM
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Karl commissioning a newly installed instant hot water system.
Bush Telegraph
Pic: BTG260421DDS2 Caption: Karl commissioning a newly installed instant hot water system.
From lifestyle blocks to sheep and beef stations, residential to commercial and everything in between - Dannevirke Dairy Supplies has got you covered!
Over the last 19 years Dannevirke Dairy Supplies has been expanding to provide service and supplies to mainly the agricultural sector of the Lower North Island. Starting in a two-bay garage, with only two guys on the tools, they have come a long way.