Blaauw & Partners Biokinetics
What is Biokinetics
A biokineticist is a special exercise therapist that functions in professional alliance to health and medicine, and is recognized by and registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
What does a Biokineticist do?
A biokineticist improves a person’s physical status and quality of life through individualized assessment and exercise prescription in the dual context of clinical pathology (acute and chronic) and performance enhancement. Biokinetics is the profession that uses individually prescribed exercise as a way of preventing medical disorders related to insufficient physical activity and/or for rehabilitating injuries and disease. Biokineticists are registered with the Health Professional Council of South Africa. Their service fees are claimable from Medical Aids and they are generally specializing in:
Disease prevention by reducing the risk factors for chronic disease, by means of using comprehensive pre-participatory lifestyle analysis and individualized exercise prescriptions.
Using physical exercise for people with one or more of the chronic diseases-obesity, and so on to accomplish final-phase rehabilitation.
on the basis of comprehensive fitness assessments, individualized, sport-specific exercise programs and ongoing monitoring.
Scope of Practice
Services offered at Blaauw and Partners include:
Rehabilitation of Sport Injuries with latest isokinetic technology
Sport specific testing and program design
Pre and post -operative rehabilitation
Spinal (neck and lower back) rehabilitation
Orthopedic (knee, shoulder, ankle, hip, elbow, wrist) rehabilitation
Lifestyle, weight loss and wellness management
Cardiac and Stroke patient rehabilitation programes.
Chronic conditions such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension, Parkinson’s, arthritis, respiratory disorders, obesity and muscular dystrophy
Hydrotherapy exercises
Body composition and Posture analysis
Sports massage
Treatment of child related injuries and diseases
Discovery Vitality, Momentum Multiply, Sanlam Reality, Nedlife become, Camaf and Bankmed assessments
