PWD Biokinetics
Rehabilitation in Johannesburg

Scope of practice is primarily orthopaedic rehabilitation (mainly backs, necks and knees/lower limb) through strengthening, posture and movement awareness techniques.

A Biokineticist is an exercise specialist that improves a person’s strength, physical status and quality of life by performing an individualised assessment followed by prescribing, correcting and monitoring specific strength, stretching and cardio exercises which are progressed at the rate of the individual’s improvement. Besides our social lives and mental state, our postural muscles take the biggest beating. People constantly talk about bad posture, but what does it actually mean? Poor posture affects the optimal functioning of the various joints and surrounding muscles in our bodies. If our posture is incorrect, it displaces both the joint and the muscles surrounding it from it’s proper position; thereby inhibiting the actual action and function of the muscle and joint. This cascade can all be relieved by correcting our posture. Poor posture is literally a bad habit that has developed over our entire lifespan and thrives on our lifestyle. We can assist in posture correction, teach effective strategies to implement into the working environment and activate and strengthen as well as stretch and lengthen all the muscles that need it. Many Medical Aids require us to complete and submit medical and fitness assessments at least once a year to earn points and extra benefits. To improve convenience, we offer onsite wellness solutions at companies whereby we come to your workplace to conduct the various assessments. In order to maximize training efficiency and minimize travel time, we will come to your workplace and conduct group exercise classes with your management, staff or both. Apart from the obvious benefits mentioned above, training at the workplace motivates staff members to be more compliant toward exercise as well as create a teamwork approach to solving problems and working together. We tailor the exercise classes to suit the level of the people in the class so that everyone is included. Child Biokinetics is a branch of Biokinetics that focuses on the neuromotor and developmental side of movement in children. Many postural problems tend to manifest themselves at a young age and can become increasingly difficult to rectify the older one gets. Once adolescents have matured skeletally (around the age of 16), their skeletal posture is mostly set for life. By using supervised correction of movement techniques, many postural problems can be managed during childhood. The role of exercise and play is paramount in augmenting a child's development and ability to tackle tasks and conduct activities of daily living with ease.