NICO GROBLER (BIOKINETICISTS) - BIOKINETICS
PRETORIA OLD EAST
About Us:
Movement is an essential part of everyday life, depended on constantly by people of all ages. Movement affects development, learning, communicating, working, health, and quality of life. At the most basic level, movement permits people to navigate and to stay oriented within their environment. It is critical for most work and recreation and allows people to interact more fully. For these reasons, movement is a defining element of quality of life. At Nico Grobler Biokineticists they aim to improve the quality of life through research based rehabilitation to improving the defining element of quality of life, movement!
About Biokinetics:
Biokinetics, description of field
A Biokineticist is a trained professional who specialises in final phase rehabilitation for a variety of conditions.
These conditions include rehabilitation for:
- Injuries
- Surgeries
- Special populations with special needs such as diabetes, cancers, cerebral palsy etc.
The primary function is to improve physical functioning and health care through exercise as modality. This is achieved by conditioning individuals according to their needs by means of a scientifically based physical activity program. However Biokinetics is not limited to the list above, it is also concerned with promoting health both in work environments and at home, as well as the maintenance of physical abilities
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.
- Improves a person’s physical wellbeing 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
Services:
Treatment, description of treatments focused on
- Sport performance
- Orthopaedics
- Physical Health (Wellness)
- Chronic conditions
- Special populations
Sport performance
- Sport specific testing and conditioning for sport performance
- Sport specific rehabilitation for all sports
Orthopaedics
- Prescribing injury preventing programs for individuals, this forms part of prehabilitation before operations
- Clinical assessment and prescription of functional exercises programs
- Rehabilitation of all orthopaedic condition
Physical Health (Wellness)
- Physical health promotion and preventative treatment
- Assessment of health risk factors and the implementation of intervention strategies to improve personal wellness
- Promoting healthy lifestyles
Chronic conditions
- Prevention and management of chronic conditions
- Clinical assessment and prescription of appropriate exercise programs
Special population
- Assessment and prescription of safe exercise programs for children, elderly and the work force
Map & Directions
277 Florence Ribeiro Avenue,
Groenkloof,
Pretoria,
0027
Contact Details
064-043-8227
Email:
Website: www.nicogroblerbio.co.za 
