A warm welcome.
Let us help and support you through your rehab process, to restore your body to full optimal function and feeling your best.
Medical Aid Claimable.
What is BIOKINECT?
Biokinect promotes the connection between rehabilitation, moving and maintaining to prevent and rehabilitate injured, diseased or unconditioned parts of your body, as quickly as possible and to maintain optimal body functioning. Biokinect operates within the allied health professional framework of Biokinetics, consultations claimed from your medical aid. Biokinect aims to guide, support and help you, using prescribed exercise / movment, to better your quality of life using physical movment therapy, whether you have an injury, operation or chronic diseases. Biokinect has special interest (but not limited to) in people with the following conditions:
Biokinect Services and Therapy determined by diagnosis/condition:
Biokinect promotes the connection between rehabilitation, moving and maintaining to prevent and rehabilitate injured, diseased or unconditioned parts of your body, as quickly as possible and to maintain optimal body functioning. Biokinect operates within the allied health professional framework of Biokinetics, consultations claimed from your medical aid. Biokinect aims to guide, support and help you, using prescribed exercise / movment, to better your quality of life using physical movment therapy, whether you have an injury, operation or chronic diseases. Biokinect has special interest (but not limited to) in people with the following conditions:
- Orthopaedic and Injury Rehabilitation
- Backs and Necks
- Shoulders, Hips, Knees, Ankles, Elbows and Feet
- Ligaments and Muscles
- Chronic Disease Management
- Cardiac and Diabetic Rehab
- Anxiety and Depression
- Neuromuscular Disease
- Posture
- Stokes
Biokinect Services and Therapy determined by diagnosis/condition:
- Assessments
- Relaxation
- Cardiovascular
- Respiratory
- Muscular Strength
- Muscular Endurance
- Mobilization
- Proprioception and balance
- Functional Stability Training
- Flexibility and Stretch Therapy
- Co-ordination
- Co-contraction
- Agility, Speed
- Plyometrics
- Blood pressure
- Blood Sugar Testing
- Total Cholesterol Testing
- Individual, Specialized groups, home based treatments and online programs
What is Biokinetics, the Profession?
The Science of Movement and the application of exercise in rehabilitative treatment of performance.
Biokinetics (Bio – human, Kinetics – Movement) The scientific study and application of human movement to prevent or rehabilitate weakness, disease or injury to the body, using scientifically based principles, with a view to maintaining the benefits gained.
What is a Biokineticist, the Professional?
A Biokineticist is a clinical exercise specialist who:
Biokinect is part of the medical health professional team, medical aid claimable, who use various forms of movement or exercise to:
1. Pre-hab (before the operation/injury/condition), reducing recovery time.
2. Rehabilitate as quickly as possible (after the operation/injury/condition) a specific part or area of the body.
3. Maintain/sustain/improve the whole body’s optimum function, and therefore the individual’s quality of life, for special populations. These groups of people have orthopaedic, injury and chronic disease problems that affect the body’s optimal function.
The Science of Movement and the application of exercise in rehabilitative treatment of performance.
Biokinetics (Bio – human, Kinetics – Movement) The scientific study and application of human movement to prevent or rehabilitate weakness, disease or injury to the body, using scientifically based principles, with a view to maintaining the benefits gained.
What is a Biokineticist, the Professional?
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.
Biokinect is part of the medical health professional team, medical aid claimable, who use various forms of movement or exercise to:
1. Pre-hab (before the operation/injury/condition), reducing recovery time.
2. Rehabilitate as quickly as possible (after the operation/injury/condition) a specific part or area of the body.
3. Maintain/sustain/improve the whole body’s optimum function, and therefore the individual’s quality of life, for special populations. These groups of people have orthopaedic, injury and chronic disease problems that affect the body’s optimal function.
Helderberg: Gordons Bay, Strand and Somerset west, Grabouw, Biokinetics, Rehabilitation, Stress, Relaxation, injury UA-33565216-1