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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 7 ENTREPRENEURS: Trinity Hill, Jorja Loose and Georgia English launched Move It! to encourage children to move in a stress-free environment. Fun way to ease pressure of competition in sport • By Natalie Pham THREE CASHMERE High School students launched their version of charades to raise awareness of sports competition pressure. As a competitive volleyball player Trinity Hall, 17, has seen many of her teammates drop out of sport due to the high levels of stress and competition. “I’ve always felt pressure while doing sports. But I found that having a close bond with my team really help me got through it,” she said. Trinity, along with Georgia English and Jorja Loose, both 17, came up with the Move It! game to encourage children to move in a stress-free environment. “We also hope that people who play our cards game can learn about new sports that they have never heard of before,” Trinity said. The cards have three difficulty levels, with each representing a sport or an action. This feature was added on the final product after receiving feedback GAME: The cards have three difficulty levels, with each representing a sport or an action. from Hoon Hay School pupils. The team also has characters in different body shapes and ethnicity to deliver a message that anyone can do sports. Said Georgia: “One of the reasons why young girls drop out of sports is because of body image issues.” A 2020 qualitative research on young women and physical activity found that 68 per cent of the participants will avoid activities when they do not Save Time - Don’t let “lack of time” slow you down. Lose Weight - Burns Up To 2.5x More Calories. Get Motivated - Fun, low impact workouts combined with a personalised fitness program. Get Healthy with the HIIT technology feel confident about their bodies. The trio is in stage 5 of the Young Enterprise Scheme, where a panel of judges select the regional champion. The winning teams will compete at the national final for a share of more than $20,000 in prize money. Both Trinty and Georgia are hoping to keep their entrepreneurial spirit alive with a commerce degree at Canterbury University, while Jorja will major in law and criminal justice. Want To Burn Fat Fast? Burn Up To 2.5 x More Calories In Just 14 Minutes a Day! Bobbi | Bowflex Max Trainer User I lost <strong>15</strong>kg in 10 weeks. That is ridiculous. The fat just melts right off. I mean, it absolutely changed my life! Why Bowflex Works For You Plus Free $950.00 Gift * *Call for Terms & Conditions CALL NOW! 0800 665 665 OTHER SERVICES ON OFFER AT MCMASTER & HEAP VETS We are a large Practice with 11 vets and over 20 nurses and offer many services to your amazing animal family. Id thought I’d just talk about a few things that you may not be aware that we do.... CAT GROOMING Many long haired cats are booked in for sedation to have there knots groomed out or a Lion clip, to keep them cool for summer. These grooms can take 40 minutes and we can clip nails and clean ears too. Sedation is necessary as grooms take a while and can be painful especially if there are dense matts all through the coat. Most long haired cats won’t tolerate their owners grooming them. Skaapie has just had a Lion Clip with Letitia. NAIL TRIMS UNDER SEDATION Most dogs loathe their nails being clipped. Nails continue to grow and if not kept short can result in pain, lameness, fractured nails and infections due to excess licking. I book clients in for a 30 minute appointment at the end of my consulting schedule, as these patients require sedation to effectively clip the nails to the length they should be. I can reverse the sedation and then the dog goes home with pain relief on board. BREED ETE TESTING WITH Dr Steve Heap Steve eye tests dogs of all ages to rule in or out specific breed ocular abnormalities ( Cataracts and Progressive Retinol atrophy and others) to see whether they are a candidate for Breeding purposes. NEW MRI on Site We are so pleased to be able to offer MRI for all pets in partnership with Pacific Radiology Services. Steve and I have always believed that our special furries deserve the same deal as us humans. Patients are referred to us for MRI, we sedate or anaesthetize the pet and closely monitor while the MRI is in progress. Once the images are complete we send off to a radiologist for their interpretation and then formulate the appropriate treatment plan whether it be surgery or conservative treatment. We are the very first Veterinary Clinic in NZL to have MRI on site. RADIOACTIVE IODINE TREATMENT FOR CATS We are one of a select group of Veterinary practices able to offer Radioactive Iodine treatment for HYPERTHYROID cats. This treatment is a cure and means these cats don’t require lifelong daily medication and expensive ongoing blood testing and monitoring. There are a few criteria that must be met as not all cats are candidates for this treatment. These cats can’t be in kidney or heart failure. It is a painless injection of Radioactive Iodine that must be administered safely by a Veterinarian and then the cats board at our Practice for 7 days to ensure we dispose of their waste safely. We usually do these treatments in batches of 3-4 cats so they have company while they are boarding for the week. CHILL PROTCOAL FOR ANXIOUS/FEARFUL DOGS or CATS Many patients these days don’t enjoy a trip to the Vet clinic. We seem to be seeing more and more dogs that suffer general anxiety, OCD disorders, fear aggression and nervousness around other dogs. We have a concoction of three medications that are staggered and given at different times before the vet visit to hopefully somewhat decrease the anxiety and stress your pet feels on entering McMaster & Heap. This will often allow a vet to perform a limited exam, vaccinate the pet safely and possibly go onto sedate so more testing or a closer examination ( like a nail trim, examine teeth, clean ears) can be performed. BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS Our Skilled team of vets and nurses are able to blood transfuse patients urgently if required. We have donor patients we use ( plus stored refrigerated whole blood) but first we need to find out their blood type so we know if they are a match or not. The first transfusion for a dog can be any blood type though, but cats must always be transfused with their own blood type. CHEMOTHERPAY Dr Kirsty Thompson sees Chemotherapy referrals from all over the South Island. She has become very skilled, knowledgeable and passionate in the field of cancer and is able to make a real difference in terms of quality and extension of life in these patients. In the photo, a slow 2-3 hour infusion of chemotherapy is delivered to Buffy, who was sedated, to treat Pancreatic Cancer. PLUS WE WILL EVEN CASTRATE “PIGS” IF WE ARE ASKED….. Dr Michele McMaster Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place ph: 338 2534 e. mcmasterandheap@yahoo.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz
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