BIO + KINETICS = LIFE + MOVEMENT = LIFE THROUGH MOVEMENT
The Science of Movement and the application of exercise in rehabilitative treatment of performance.
Biokinetics’ primary function is to improve physical functioning and health care through exercise as a modality.
Biokinetics is the profession concerned with health promotion, the maintenance of physical abilities and final phase rehabilitation, by means of scientifically-based physical activity programme prescription.
A Biokineticist is a clinical exercise specialist who:
- Functions within professional alliance to health and medicine, and is recognised by and registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
- Improves a person’s physical well-being and quality of life through individualised scientific assessment and the prescription of exercise in rehabilitative treatment to prevent or intervene with certain ailments and the enhancement of performance (sport and work).
- Evaluates & Measures: body posture, body composition, blood pressure, glucose levels, lung function, heart rate, fitness, muscle strength, endurance, power, flexibility and other health screenings.
- Is a health professional who through health promotion and wellness create a better quality of life for people they work with.
Movement is an essential part of everyday life, for people of all ages. Movement affects development, learning, communicating, work capacity, health, and quality of life.
Movement permits people to navigate and stay oriented within their environment. It allows people to interact more fully in their work and recreation. It is a defining element of quality of life.
Movement may be diminished or lost due to heredity, ageing, injury, or disease. Such loss may occur gradually, over the course of a lifetime, or traumatically in an instant.
Conditions of movement loss that are linked with chronic and disabling diseases pose additional challenges for patients and their families. From the public health perspective, the prevention of either the initial impairment, or additional impairment from this environmentally orienting and socially connecting functioning, requires significant resources.
Prevention of movement loss or the resulting disabling conditions, through the development of improved disease prevention, detection, or treatment methods or more effective rehabilitative strategies, must be a global priority.
The profession of Biokinetics has evolved as a health profession responding to the universal need for quality, accessible, cost-effective health care.
Biokineticists are widely distributed in communities around the world;
they provide economic value for the services they offer;
they detect a wide spectrum of conditions at a savings to the health care system;
they provide entry into the health care system for many patients who would otherwise not seek care;
they prepare our children for the competitive marketplace by assuring their physical fitness and preparedness for learning and achievement;
they maximize employment productivity and benefit economic stability; and they promote quality of life and individual independence, rather than more costly institutionalized and supported care.
WE TAKE YOUR BODY PAIN SERIOUSLY
The Biokinetics Watchwords
Biokinetics has the mantra ‘Restore, Protect, Enhance’ at its core.
Biokinetics, unlike physiotherapy, does not involve hands-on aspects of rehabilitation such as soft tissue release and manipulation. Instead, the emphasis is on prescribing exercises to improve how ordinary people and athletes use their muscles.
The emphasis in Biokinetics is on the manner in which the exercises are performed rather than the type and intensity of each workout. By teaching clients how to use their bodies correctly, biokinetics can restore optimum muscle function and teach them how to prevent further injury. This is usually accompanied by a noticeable improvement in performance.
Custom Solutions
Biokinetics, by definition, favors a one-of-a-kind program for each individual. Before beginning treatment, the client is subjected to a thorough evaluation. This will include an examination of how they are currently using their bodies as well as suggestions for correcting or improving any flaws.
Cardiovascular efficiency, body composition, capacity, strength, endurance, and power, flexibility, range of motion, and posture are some of the areas of emphasis.
Finally, the patient benefits from a personalized program that addresses their weaknesses while enhancing their strengths. Because different strokes suit different people, it stands to reason that this science-based custom exercise regimen is frequently the answer to healing and preventing recurring injuries.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results, ” Einstein said. Biokinetics could be the new approach you need to figure out what’s wrong and fix it once and for all.
A Commitment to a Healthy Balanced Lifestyle
Biokinetic treatment, like selecting a healthy lifestyle, is a long-term commitment. Regular tracking of the client’s progress is essential, as is continuous evaluation and modification of activities to fit that progress.
Biokinetic treatments require effort, patience, and commitment to achieve your objectives. However, it can make it simpler to achieve your goals and pave the path to a better, more balanced existence.