what is Biokinetics?
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.
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A Biokineticist is a clinical exercise specialist who:
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Functions within professional alliance to health and medicine
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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).
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Evaluates & Measures: body posture, body composition, blood pressure, glucose levels, lung function, heart rate, fitness, muscle strength, endurance, power, flexibility and other health screenings.
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Is a health professional who through health promotion and wellness create a better quality of life for people they work with.
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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.
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excerpts taken directly from the BASA website https://biokineticssa.org.za