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senslab, ekf, maternity,
foetal hypoxia, obstetrics, birth, birthing, sport, health, weight loss,
green prescription, fitness, training, A business of BM&S Imports, New
Zealand -
Operating since 1988; A registered NZ
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Kerry James Goodhew - Owner / Managing
Director - “Get Tested!” Looking for the most effective
weight-loss or health & fitness prescription and advice? Click Since 1995 on the launch of the world’s
first small hand held lactate test meter we have been FIRST in NZ to supply
you with the best. You too can be FIRST with lactate test
product from BM&S! Newsflashes Return here often to see what is new! It’s Olympic Year! “Go Kiwi!” 13/1/2012 Bulletins: 1.
LactateScout
at lowest price ...ever! You’ve been watching the financial news;
the $kiwi is screaming higher than ever against the Euro! No better time to ... BUY NOW!
...includes
FREE cable + Software valued at NZ$177 ...a
limited stock offer! Don’t delay as who knows what will happen with our crazy
dollar! 2. IMPORTANT
– Keep an eye here for our office closure notices for biz trips or leave – Don’t
be caught out, PUT IT IN YOUR DIARY NOW! 1. Office closed: Wednesday
to Friday, 1st to 3rd February – incl. 2. Office closed: Tuesday to Friday, 28th
February to 2nd March – incl. 3. We seem to have got on top of your exponential
demand... ...by year end, phew! You’ve all done great helping us
with this, however, please watch out through this year and continue to manage
your requirement by carrying your own extra stock or placing your order
early. 17/5/2011 Stock up! Olympics are
coming! Do not be caught out! In July we are in Olympic Year – 1 Year to the
Olympics: Increased test strip demand is upon us already. This demand every 4
years is unpredictable and exponential. 90% of the time,
or 47 out of 52 weeks of the year, we calculate accurately to meet your
demand, supplying you with next day delivery, and near maximum duration to
expiry, however in Olympic year predicting demand is challenging. You want maximum
duration to expiry (near 12 months) therefore the size of our
import-shipments must be limited, therefore to meet expected demand we change
the frequency. This is where trickiness comes in; frequency vs
demand while ensuring stock is always fresh for you. Even if it was
not Olympic year you take a risk with planning say a month or more ahead for
testing of your sports team and then forgetting until just the day before the
testing is to be done to order your test strips. This has actually just happened! Since you know our product lasts for 12 months on a
shelf in your fridge before expiry, it would be wise management to keep a
specific level of your own stock on hand all year with a minimum level order
trigger. Or, when testing is scheduled, ensure you order
strips at least one month
before the date you require them.
Otherwise 1 in 10 times you might not get them when you order just the
day before! 1/6/2010 Prices must go back up! You saw the news? Our dollar fell back after Bill’s budget
and an OECD (think it was!) report that we’re overvalued plus a run to safe
currencies due to basket-case Euro economies! Unless “the kiwi” climbs back up when
current stock at low cost runs out we must put prices backup with the next
shipment. You’ve had your chance to
buy at 2 year bargain rates ...DON’T DELAY ANYMORE! 4/5/2010 All Users Price Crash! Since early 2009 we have not been as
favourable as we are today against the currencies we buy in. We have shifted 25% against the Euro and in
the past few weeks we have moved better against the Yen by 12%. We always move on the lower cost TO OFFER YOU
BEST PRICE. Who knows what the NZ$
will do next so BEST YOU BUY NOW! 4/5/2010 Birthing/Obstetric Users Research Article:
“Influences of the mother’s lactate on foetal lactate”. Conclusions: 1. Only higher foetal lactate values over
the mother’s indicates foetal hypoxia.
2. Lactate diagnosis has significant methodological edge on
traditional ...methods. Article in
German: 2009. Contact us for
translated version. 4/5/2010 A&E Medical Users Rapid Sepsis Screening Research Article:
An evaluation of our small portable lactate device for increased speed
in recognition of acutely ill patients through severe sepsis. NHS UK study: City Hospitals Sunderland. March 2009. Contact us for a copy. 3/5/2010 Sport Users - An offer from another of our family in
business! The homoeopathic “cure” to carnage on your
school sports day is a little dose of “Carnage
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www.carnage.ahcomputers.com.au 12/2/2010: ATTENTION Students! **WIN** (earn!) Your Own Lactate Test Meter Click here to view
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will do my best to make this site easy to follow and helpful to you. Any suggestions appreciated. We are an
independent importer-distributor. No
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rates, often equal to or BELOW the lowest price found anywhere in the world
(ensuring correct exchange rate, shipping and GST have been accounted
for!). Even though our mark-up is
small we do offer to split and share it with a number of businesses who are
enthusiastic about lactate testing, who on-sell (retail) to their customers. We
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InnerScan has all the accuracy and reliability of TANITA’s top spec’d commercial monitors that cost thousands in NZ$’s
found in hospitals, universities and research centers. However, this model is
a CONSUMER product, made for the home user.
This means that it does not have the heavy duty construction
specifications required for high frequency commercial use such as on gym or
fitness center open floor membership areas.
TANITA offer no warranty on its consumer range used commercially. We, BM&S Imports, independently offer a
limited warranty of 3 months against faulty manufacture if you buy to use
commercially which is extendable for certain professional-commercial
uses. This use must be advised and
agreed upon before we extend warranty to you.
To learn more go
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POLAR Heart Rate Monitors BM&S
was the first nationwide importer-distributor of Polar Heart Rate Monitors in
New Zealand. Polar is what we started
business with back in 1988 therefore we have a particular fondness for this
product which led us to other compatible products we proudly represent today. We
no longer import Polar, however we still enjoy retailing it due to this compatibility
with our other products. We sell at
RRP unless you are a user of our other products where you can then enjoy
EXCLUSIVE BM&S Customer Club discount pricing.
RS800CX with G3 GPS
sensor There
have been many advances in Polar since 1988.
One of the most exciting has been the development around analysis and
feed back of Heart Rate Variability.
Amongst other things this feature can tell you the state of recovery
you are in and whether you should train or not, and if so, at what adjusted
intensity. I feel this is as valuable
as lactate testing for optimising gains in your performance! Support
Information Index: Medical -
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Obstetrics-Maternity 1.
This article posted here 26 Nov. 08 cited from HIV InSite,
University of California, San Francisco. Point-of-care
lactate testing predicts mortality of severe sepsis in a predominantly HIV
type 1-infected patient population in Uganda Point-of-care
lactate testing predicts mortality of severe sepsis in a predominantly HIV
type 1-infected patient population in Uganda. Clin
Infect Dis 2008 Jan 15; 46(2):215-22. Objective 2.
This article posted here 26 Nov. 08
cited from Lab Tests On-line. Lactate Testing in Acute Assessement What is being
tested? When cellular oxygen levels are decreased,
however, and/or the mitochondria are not functioning properly, the body must
turn to less efficient anaerobic energy production to metabolize glucose and
produce ATP. In this process, the primary byproduct
is lactic acid, which can build up faster than the liver can break it down.
When lactic acid levels increase significantly in the blood, the affected
person is said to have first hyperlactatemia and
then lactic acidosis (LA). The body can often compensate for the effects of hyperlactatemia, but LA can be severe enough to disrupt a
person’s acid/base
(pH) balance and cause symptoms such as muscular weakness, rapid
breathing, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and even coma. Lactic acidosis is separated into two types: A and B. Type A may be due to inadequate oxygen uptake in
the lungs and/or to decreased blood flow (hypoperfusion)
resulting in decreased transport of oxygen to the tissues. The most common
reason for this is shock from a variety of causes including trauma and blood
loss, but LA may also be due to conditions such as heart
attack, congestive
heart failure, and pulmonary edema (fluid in
the lungs). Type B is caused by conditions that increase the amount of
lactate/lactic acid in the blood but are not related to a decreased
availability of oxygen. This includes liver
and kidney
disease, diabetes,
leukemia, AIDS,
glycogen
storage diseases (such as glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency), drugs and
toxins, severe infections (both systemic sepsis
and meningitis),
and a variety of inherited metabolic and mitochondrial diseases (forms of
muscular dystrophy that affect normal ATP production). Strenuous exercise can
also result in increased blood levels of lactate. 1. Lactate Testing in General Practise With the advent
of the world’s first small hand-held lactate test meter launched in 1994 by Boehringer Mannheim, the use of lactate prescription for
effective and objective “Green Prescription” was already well
considered. My personal observation is
that the Europeans are well ahead of us in this medically correct and safety
orientated approach to intensity
prescription of exercise. It is
this correct medical approach that has been begging for implementation here
in NZ. Fourteen years later (2008) the right Doctor with knowledge &
motivation to champion this cause here is yet to be forthcoming! To view larger image
in viewer on your PC click here.
2. This article posted here
26 Nov. 08 cited on-line at Wiley Interscience. Interval versus
continuous training in patients with severe COPD: a randomized clinical trial Eur Respir J 1999; 14: 258–263. R. Coppoolse*, A.M.W.j. Schols*, E.m. Baarends*, R. Mostert**, M.a. Akkermans**, P.p. Janssen**, E.F.m.
Wouters* **Astmacentre Hornerheide, and *Dept of Pulmonology,
Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Correspondence: A.M.W.J. Schols
ABSTRACT Abstract Limited
information is available regarding the physiological responses to different types
of exercise training in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). The aim of this study was two fold: firstly, to investigate
the physiological response to training at 60% of achieved peak load in
patients with severe COPD; and secondly to study the effects of interval (I) versus
continuous (C) training in these patients. Twenty-one
patients with COPD (mean±sd
forced expiratory volume in one second: 37±15% of predicted, normoxaemic at rest) were evaluated at baseline and after
8 weeks' training. Patients were randomly allocated to either I or C
training. The training was performed on a cycle ergometer,
5 days a week, 30 min daily. The total work load was the same for both
training programmes. C training
resulted in a significant increase in oxygen consumption (V 'O2)
(17%, p<0.05) and a decrease in minute ventilation (V 'E)/V 'O2
(p<0.01) and V 'E/carbon dioxide production (V 'CO2)
(p<0.05) at peak exercise capacity, while no changes in these measures were
observed after interval training. During submaximal
exercise a significant decrease was observed in lactic acid production, being most pronounced in the C-trained group (-31%,
p<0.01 versus -20%, p<0.05). Only in the I-trained group did a
significant increase in peak work load (17%, p<0.05) and a decrease in leg
pain (p<0.05) occur. Training did not result in a significant improvement
in lung function, but maximal inspiratory mouth
pressure increased in both groups by 10% (C: p<0.05) and 23% (I: p<0.01).
The present study
shows a different physiological response pattern to interval or continuous
training in chronic obstruction pulmonary disease, which might be a
reflection of specific training effects in either oxidative or glycolytic muscle metabolic pathways. Further work is
required to determine the role of the different exercise programmes and the
particular category of patients for whom this might be beneficial. Books Allan
Davie is probably the pre-eminent advocate in Australasia of effective
training of race horses incorporating lactate testing. The great value of his book is the
simplicity of its explanation. Anybody
can use it to catapult the training of their horses into 21st
Century method to earn positive performance improvements.
AU$35 Price NZ$ relative to currency x-rate! Articles Bad news for heavy riders and narrow horses March 3, 2008 Researchers in the US have bad news for
overweight horse riders. A study has found that horses that have to carry
between 25 and 30 per cent of their bodyweight have more physical problems
related to exercise than those who carry 20 percent or less. Horses carrying 30% body weight showed a
significant increase in muscle soreness and muscle tightness scores. The
changes were less marked when they carried 25% body weight. Dr Debra Powell .... conducted a study ....performing a standardised ridden
exercise test in an indoor school arena. After five minutes active walk to
warm up, the horses were ridden at a trot (3m/s) for 4.8km, followed by 1.6km
at a canter (5m/s). This exercise schedule was chosen to simulate a 45-minute
work period of work typical of an intermediate-level riding school horse. The researchers measured heart rate, plasma lactate concentration and creatine
kinase. Lactate is produced in the muscles during
exercise. At low levels of work the body can metabolise it and so levels in
the plasma remain low. As the work level increases the rate of lactate
production exceeds the body's ability to remove it and so concentrations
rise. Creatine kinase
(CK), an enzyme present in the muscles, is released into the blood as a
result of some types of muscle damage. ... Plasma lactate levels were higher
immediately after exercise and 10 minutes after end of exercise, in horses
that carried 30% of their body weight.... ...(more)...
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2008/03/011.shtml 1.
Lactate Threshold Training by Janssen Janssen
wrote the seminal text Training Lactate Pulse-Rate in 1987 which was published
by the Polar Electro company of Finland inventors of Polar Heart Rate
Monitors. At this time when Polar was launched on the world, lactate testing
was not common, and Conconi’s method of analysing
for the Heart Rate Deflection Point was popular. This later 2001 book by Janssen brings you
up-to date in covering what you need to know whether launching into a career
preparing athletes or you are an athlete yourself. Research,
training, and testing of elite endurance athletes at his sports medicine advisory
center in Deurne, Holland, has enabled Dr. Janssen to radically change and
improve coaching methods for a wide range of sports. Recognized as one of the
pioneers in lactate threshold training, Dr. Janssen has put together this
complete and comprehensive training manual. If you want to take your
endurance performance to the limit, you need to understand
exactly what you are doing to generate success. He presents practical programs to improve your lactate
threshold and race faster than ever before.
NZ$39.02 = RRP excl.gst.
DISCOUNT 11.1% purchased with any other BM&S product. 2.
Physiological Tests for Elite Athletes The most successful
sports program in the world tells you how they test their athletes. It covers
the testing approaches in 17 different sports and includes chapters on
lactate testing, blood handling, VO2 max assessment, strength and power
testing, flexibility assessment, anthropometric testing and more. If you are
serious about testing athletes then this is the book for you. Nearly 500
pages with hundreds of charts, tables and diagrams.
NZ$127.91 = RRP excl.gst.
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