What is a C.H.E.K Practitioner / Exercise Coach?
Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology
The C.H.E.K Practitioner / Exercise Coach approach to movement and fitness combines knowledge of functional anatomy, with the understanding of the interrelationships between the musculoskeletal system, the glands, organs, posture, and breathing to create a full picture of the human body.
Assessment is a cornerstone to the C.H.E.K approach to exercise. C.H.E.K Practitioners utilize a powerful and comprehensive collection of assessments and program design techniques to precisely prescribe the most effective corrective movements to every individual.
Whatever your goals in fitness or life, having a healthy functional body is essential. Your posture both reflects and affects your internal environment. Posture effects the functionality of your organs, circulation of fluids and energy, health of muscles and bones, and impacts your mental emotional state with either good or bad results. Posture is where movement begins, so it’s also where C.H.E.K Practitioners begin too.
Through assessing each client’s mechanics, the C.H.E.K Practitioner ascertains a crystal-clear picture of where every client needs to focus there efforts to correct imbalances, and best optimize posture and performance.
What are some of the factors C.H.E.K Practitioners analyse?
- Static and Dynamic Posture
- Head carriage and first rib angle
- Pelvic tilt and alignment
- Thoracic, Lumbar, Cervical curvature and movement
- Spinal Rotation and torsions
- Goniometric joint range of motion
- Deep abdominal wall function
- Muscular length/tension imbalances
- Physiological load and stress management
- Movement skill and infant development patterns
C.H.E.K Practitioners possess the skills to appropriately address the demands and needs of individuals from all works of life, be they office workers, trades people, non-fitness enthusiasts, or athletes.
