A Kin Can Help!

A Registered Kinesiologist is part of your healthcare team at the Haldimand Family Health Team. There are lots of Kins working in Ontario, but many people have never heard of this healthcare profession.

Registered Kinesiologists are experts in human movement and use their skills to help you get moving, stay moving, and use movement to maximize your health. If exercise was a drug, it would be the most prescribed drug in Ontario.

Most people know that exercise has positive health impacts, but did you know that exercise can help prevent at least 25 chronic conditions including diabetes, dementia, certain cancers, and coronary artery disease? Even knowing exercise is important for a healthy lifestyle, it can still be hard to start exercising or increase your physical activity. A Kinesiologist can help you figure out where exercise fits into your life and how to make being active more fun and less of a chore.

If you are dealing with an injury or a chronic condition like osteoarthritis, a Kinesiologist can help you find what types of activity will help manage your symptoms. For most people with pain, exercise can be an important tool in taking control of their symptoms and increasing their ability to live their life the way they want to.

Kinesiologists can help at any stage of life: from pregnancy and postpartum, to childhood injuries, to aches and pains of aging, and to help keep older people strong, balanced, and living well at home. If you are wondering if a Registered Kinesiologist can help you, just ask!

Learn more about Kinesiologists and how they help keep Ontarians healthy and moving:

Ontario Kinesiology Association: https://www.oka.on.ca/index.html

Exercise is Medicine Canada: https://exerciseismedicine.org/canada/