 The body mechanics
Kinesiotherapy program is a corrective therapy
program that is an active functional program
focusing on:
Posture, gait re-training, correct body mechanics,
breathing techniques, active strength and
flexibility work, sleeping, driving, transitions,
bending and moving techniques, proper lifting
techniques, posture during exercise, with and
without weights, with emphasis, at all times, on
technique and position.
Everyone learns the same basic ways to move no
matter what the age or diagnoses with variations for
different populations, stemming off this knowledge.
Modifications are made to adjust to individual’s
tolerance and needs from the senior woman whose
goals may be to work in the garden to the weekend
warrior who lives for golf; from the industrial
injured worker who wants to get back to work or the
professional athlete whose goal is to return to
competitive sports.
We want to increase your, body awareness, isolation
skills, muscle function, biomechanics, unit moving
skills, and how to apply all of this to your
lifestyle to ultimately gain body control! This gives patients the skills necessary to manage
their mechanical problems, related to the activities
of daily living, work, recreation and sport
environments. We progress to full function as this
neuromuscular re-education process gives patients
the skills necessary to manage their own bodies. And
fix themselves.
 These
sessions are structured to meet the needs of all
levels of client function and age, and are
progressed according to patient tolerance. This
program is challenging and achievable for all
abilities and diagnoses as modifications are made
immediately when problems occur.
For low level of function or elderly patients, activities of daily living are stressed to gain strength in
necessary areas to improve the quality of their
lives. (Getting out of bed, kitchen mechanics, daily
housework mechanics, transitions, shopping
technique, etc)
 For
the regular population with aches and pains from life’s stresses in general, movement techniques
are taught to decrease the stress in injured parts
and how to apply all of this to their lifestyles.
Learning to think about what you do and how you move
before you move, gives you the ability to control
your dysfunctions.
For the athlete,
the program is structured to meet the specific needs
of their particular sport incorporating all the
movement skills involved with the sport to maximize
their power, decrease injury, and improve
performance by creating a symmetrically muscle
structure that you can control.
 For
the industrial worker, it is structured to re-educate movement for their work tasks.
Educating the worker in how to modify their body
position to best handle the demands of the workload
and the equipment, to prevent further injury, is
essential. Increasing body awareness, energy
conservation techniques, helps workers tolerate
their workload and have more energy at the end of
the day to enjoy their family and lifestyles.
Pre-Op patients
benefit considerably from sessions learning to move
correctly before surgery. Removing the stress from
the injured area allows patients to use different
muscles to take over the workload. This knowledge
helps patients tolerate the surgical process with
less pain as skills are learned in how to move and
set the muscle structure to prevent stress into
injured areas to expedite the healing process.
Post-Op-start
with low level treatment, alignment and manual
therapy, to allow surgical site to heal, and
education in moving correctly to build strength and
range of motion actively. Applying the concepts
learned into the lifestyle by creating new habits
of operation improves recovery.
American
Kinesiotherapy Association (AKTA)
The mission of the
(AKTA) is to promote
Kinesiotherapy by improving recognition of the
profession through the pursuit of legislation and
public relations. The AKTA will serve the interests
of its members and will represent the profession to
the public. The organization will work to enhance
the standard of care provided by Kinesiotherapists
through educational opportunities.
For more information about
Kinesiotherapy contact:
American Kinesiotherapy
Association
PO Box 614
Wheeling, IL 60090
800 296 AKTA
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