Not just the site of the problem, but the whole body.

All movement starts and finishes with posture – if the wheels on your car aren’t properly aligned then your car won’t drive smoothly or straight. The same applies to the human body.

Our Rehabilitation specialists will
* Complete a total postural and injury assessment
* Provide a full explanation of the problem
* Design a tailor made exercise and/or stretching programme.

In today’s society our lifestyle does not lend itself to optimum posture. How many of us slouch for 8 hours or more infront of a computer or desk and then get home to slump in front of the TV for the evening. No wonder so many people end up with low back problems, neck pain, shoulder pain and chronic headaches.

As a test for your posture stand side on to a mirror – a line should run straight up from your ankle bone through your knees, hips and shoulder, straight to your ear. Not many of us have the ideal posture!!

If we can achieve this ideal posture the stresses and strains on the body are automatically reduced. So if you are a housewife with backache, or a serious sports person, or anyone in between, then we can provide the programme to help your body achieve the perfect posture.

Corrective Exercise

Corrective exercise focuses on the foundations of optimum posture, muscle balance and ‘core’ condition and function. For the athlete or active person corrective exercise can improve performance, reduce chances of injury and provide rehabilitation. For those with joint aches and pains, corrective exercise can correct the imbalance that might be the ‘root’ cause of their problem.

Corrective Exercise commonly addresses:
® Degenerative Spine
® Disc Derangements
® Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis
® Neck & Shoulder Pain
® Knee & Hip Pain
® Posture and Muscle Imbalances

Our Rehabilitation specialists will empower you with the knowledge to resolve your own problem. We will enable you to take full responsibility for your own goals and total recovery.

Core Stability: Back Pain

Many back problems can be greatly helped by improving the functions of the abdominal muscles and those muscles attaching into the lower back (‘the core’). By providing strength and stability through these areas, the pressure and therefore the wear and tear placed through the lumbar spine is greatly reduced.

Whether you have just endured back surgery, are a house wife, or an Olympiad, it is vital that the core performs when required or your back will take the strain and may cause your pain.

A core assessment from one of our Rehabilitation specialists will analyse which areas are weak and need strengthening. They will explain their findings and what the results mean before you are given a safe, sound programme that you can perform either at home or in the gym.

The aim is for you to be a living person, free from aches & pains, not someone too scared to ‘live’ for fear of your back ‘going’.

How Can Exercise Help You?

Exercise can be used to help achieve your goals:

v To recover from injury
v Become pain-free
v Increase your sports performance
v Increase your productivity at work
v Improve your appearance

By using corrective, traditional and mind body exercise therapy, complex complaints can be addressed and resolved. Every client’s individuality (there is no ‘one size fits all’ exercise programme), will be assessed in a professional manner and ‘conditioned’ for the demands of today’s lifestyle – so preventing the many postural dysfunctions that emerged over the last 20 years.

What does a Session Involve?

1st Appointment – Evaluation

History of Injury
Exercise History
Posture Analysis
Core Stability & Co-ordination
Joint & Muscle Range of Motion
Muscle Balance
Joint Stability
Functional movement patterns
Co-ordination
Lifestyle Assessment
Athlete bio-motor ability assessment (if necessary).

Programme Design
After the assessment, the results will be analysed and interpreted in relation to your goals. Your exercise programme will then be designed, taking into account your lifestyle, time schedule and equipment availability (often none is needed).

2nd Appointment – Programme Instruction

You will be personally guided through each specific exercise and stretch that is included in the programme that has been designed for you to progressively achieve your goals.

Programme Progression

A re-evaluation and assessment every 4 – 6 weeks is required in order to monitor your progress, update your programme and gain maximum benefit from your effort.

What is High Performance Conditioning?

High performance conditioning is designed for clients who have completed corrective exercise sessions or for athletes who are training to be the best they can be in their given sport.

By addressing factors such as individual flexibility, functional stability, strength and power for that sporting endeavour, a programme is designed to help you develop your body condition and improve your sporting performance. It is essential that the client is ‘trained’ in functional movement patterns specific to everyday, work or sporting environment. Therefore if isolated strength is initially required, the body must later learn the movement rather than just train individual muscles.

The rehabilitation or high-performance conditioning programme can only be as good as the assessment – which is why our rehab specialists spend the entire first appointment assessing your body and your needs.