Hello, I am Suné Smit, and I am a biokineticist.

What is a biokinetics and what does a biokineticist do?

Biokinetics primary function is to improve physical functioning and health care through exercise as modality (so health by means of exercising).

BIO + KINETICS   =   LIFE + MOVEMENT   =   LIFE THROUGH MOVEMENT

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.

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. So if you have benefits in your medical aid and need a Biokineticist you can claim the sessions from your medical aid.
• 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. Being fit and healthy really makes those daily chores so much easier. Even if it just the flight of stairs you need to climb every day or carrying the groceries from the shop to the car.