A Kinesiologist can guide you and provide a variety of services in the following areas:
PREVENTION AND CONSULTATION
• Evaluation of physical fitness
• Prescription of suitable exercise
• Coaching sessions for physical activities
• Occupational health and safety
• Wellness programs
• Worksite assessments and ergonomics
• Clinical coordination
• Functional capacity evaluation
• Case management
• Lifestyle management
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
• Promoting physical activity and healthy lifestyles
• Conferences
• Research
TREATMENT
• Personalized sports training
• Brain injury therapy
• Neuromusculoskeletal evaluation parameters
• Physical, metabolic, cardiopulmonary, or neurological health issues
• Weight management (in synergy with nutritionists)
• Orthotics
• Postural assessment
PERFORMANCE AND MONITORING
• Personalized annual planning of sports training
• Sports training
• Sports medicine
• High-performance training
• Evaluation of athletic form
In provinces where kinesiology is legislated, the definition of the scope of practice is defined in the law; thus, it may be different from one province to another. We have attempted to give it a global definition here.