Kinesiology

What is Kinesiology?

Kinesiology is often described as the study of human movement. When being treated by a Kinesiologist, they often assess posture, body mechanics and movement patterns. But what does that mean? How can our Kinesiology clinic help you?

The ultimate goal of a session is to start to build proper habits within functional movements to maximize performance in work and leisure activities as well as sports.

A session with a Kinesiologist will often include mobility and flexibility, strengthening and some manual techniques.

Benefits of Kinesiology treatment:

• Motor vehicle accidents Injuries

• Improved lifting technique

• Improved posture

• Correcting muscle imbalances

• Decreased physical stress

• Improving athletic injuries

Who benefits from Kinesiology?

As human-movement specialists, our kinesiologists work with everyone in the Kelowna area. From high-performance athletes to deskbound workers to people dealing with more chronic pain. Nearly every client our team sees, improves their performance, function and well-being across physical parameters through movement and exercise.

With life expectancy increasing, our Kinesiology therapy team can enhance the quality of your later years by maintaining your body's alertness health and preventing injuries. Our Move RX team prides itself in helping people live a healthier daily life, less chronic pain, faster recoveries and enhanced sports performance. If you’re looking to find a kinesiologist, we’re here to help!

What are some of the conditions Move RX treats?

We treat a wide range of patients, including:

• High-performance athletes

• People suffering from a disease such as high blood pressure or diabetes

• People preparing for or recovering from surgery

• Fall prevention for seniors

• Non-specific low back pain

• Muscular strengthening

• Anyone wanting to improve their overall health