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Monday 8am - 6:30pm Tuesday 8am - 6:30pm Wednesday 8am - 6:30pm Thursday 8am - 6:30pm Friday 8am - 6:30pm Saturday 9am - 2pm

Refresh Physio & Pilates

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Pelvic Health & Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, pilates, breathing pattern disorders, exercise prescription

Refresh Physio, lead by Principal Catherine Millar, is a physiotherapy
practice with experienced & well qualified physiotherapists - offering superior, specialist services in exercise prescription, sports injuries - elite & recreational, treatment of spinal injuries - acute & ongoing, pilates (group sessions & one one one), acupuncture, hydrotherapy, massage, women's health for all ages preschool to the elderly.

05/11/2026

👉🏾 ageing, hormonal changes, symptoms & activity patterns can combine to influence heart & metabolic health during the MT.
❤️

(Salvadores,2026)

03/11/2026

👉🏾 Australasian Menopause Society

01/11/2026

👉🏾 Many athletes inadvertently fall into Low Energy Availability (LEA), leading to Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S). This happens when dietary intake doesn’t match exercise energy expenditure, affecting everything from bone health & immunity to performance & mental well-being.

👉🏾 This infographic by Dr. Emily Dudgeon is worth a share …

01/11/2026

👉🏾 Metabolism during perimenopause is more complex than a simple ‘slowdown’.

👉🏾 Marcantei & colleagues reviewed evidence suggesting changes in resting & sleeping energy expenditure, activity levels & how the body uses fat for fuel.

👉🏾Findings were variable, & separating hormonal effects from ageing, body composition & lifestyle remains a challenge.

👉🏾 This narrative review helps explain the physiological context. It does not show that a particular workout reverses menopause-related metabolic changes—or that burning more fat during exercise necessarily means losing more body fat.

👉🏾 At Refresh Physio, exercise advice considers your symptoms, health, preferences & goals, alongside work, whānau & everyday demands.

(Marcantei, 2026)

31/10/2026

👉🏾 A higher overall percentage of women in a study sample does not necessarily mean women across the lifespan are well represented.

👉🏾 Buehler et al. found that women were 45.6% of pooled participants in their sample of sports & exercise medicine research, yet just 20% in studies of athletes from a single sport. McNulty et al. outlined another gap: women in midlife and beyond made up only 9% of participants in the female-only studies they examined.

👉🏾 These papers looked at different samples, so their % are not a before-& -after comparison. They collectively make a strong case for research that tells us which ngā wāhine were studied, as well as how many.

(McNulty., 2024) Invisibility of female participants in midlife & beyond in sport & exercise science research: a call to action.

(Buehler et al., 2026) Gender Participation by Sport in Published Sports and Exercise Medicine Original Research.

30/10/2026

(Greendale, 2019)

29/10/2026

👉🏾 resistance training, jogging, walking, yoga…. combined exercise 🎯

(Zhou, 2025)

29/10/2026

👉🏾 this pic might capture some lighter moments in my practice - there’s also space for conversations that are difficult to start.

👉🏾 pain with in*******se (Dyspareunia) is one of those. & it can be complex, no matter what age.

👉🏾 helping with painful in*******se involves more than treating muscles. It means listening to your story, understanding what influences your pain, & finding an approach that feels right for you …

👉🏾 he aha te mea o te ao? he tangata, he tangata, he tangata

28/10/2026

👉🏾 doing some rounds …

Address

70 Kilbirnie Crescent
Wellington
6022

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 6:30pm
Thursday	8am - 6:30pm
Friday	8am - 6:30pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm

Website

http://www.refreshphysio.co.nz/

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