Get a comprehensive medical assessment with a biokineticist

Lorene Marneweck, registered biokineticist and guest blogger on the Good Life ("The Role of Biokinetics in Living the Good Life"), tells us about a new product on offer. Lorene believes in keeping fit and healthy, and, like us all at the Good Life, encourages people to live the good life.

I would like to let you know about a product we are offering.  It is a Comprehensive Medical Assessment, which is used for your benefit to monitor your training progress.  This assessment includes:

• ECG testing
• Lung function
• Glucose and cholesterol
• Cycle fitness test
• Body composition (BMI, body fat %)
• Circumference measurements

We recommend doing this assessment once a year, and we have a follow up assessment at the 6-month mark to monitor your progress.  It also allows you to have as many body composition checks throughout the year, provided you have had this assessment.  Your results are given to you in the form of a report, which includes comprehensive information about your results.

The initial assessment is R750 (medical aid pays ±R660), the 6-month follow up is R500 (medical aid pays ±R470).

Alternatively, we offer the Discovery Vitality Assessment, where you can add at least 7500 points for your vitality status, and possibly earn another 7500 depending on your results.  The assessment is R175, which Discovery will pay you back for. 

If you are interested in doing either assessment, please contact me for more information or to book an appointment.

Keep well and healthy everyone! 

The Emperor

8 West Road South, Sandton

Cell:      072 356 0364

Fax:      086 760 8615

Email:  lorenem1@gmail.com

For your comprehensive medical assessment, contact Lorene on  076 356 0364 or e-mail lorenem1@gmail.com.

The Role of Biokinetics in Living the Good Life

This Fitness Thursday we welcome guest blogger, Lorene Marneweck, a registered biokineticist practicing in Sandton.

Good morning to all the Good Life Dietician blog readers.  I’m a biokineticist and your blog writers have asked to me write a piece for them.  For those of you who don’t know what biokinetics is, we use exercise as a form of therapy to treat all types of conditions ranging from high blood pressure, to muscle and joint injuries, to diseases such as osteoporosis and Parkinson’s disease.  In many cases, our role comes after the physiotherapist; and we help you complete that final stage before reaching your goal– be it fitness, weight loss, returning to sport after an injury or just maintaining a good quality of life. 

As our work is very exercise based, and goals are reached through being physically active.  As a result, people tend to stay away! Although a large part of staying healthy is through following a healthy diet, eating the right balance of food groups and drinking lots of water; exercise and physical activity are part of staying healthy as well.  The big misconception comes in when people view exercise as killing yourself for an hour on the treadmill– not true! Exercise can mean stretching, it can mean correcting posture, it can mean preventing high blood pressure and cholesterol, and it can mean fun! There are so many aspects to it, so many different ways of going about and it can be enjoyable!

Biokinetics is not personal training, but it works closely with personal trainers in many instances. Biokinetics is in place to treat a medical condition, reach the goal set and see people fully functional and happy, able to go about their lives with a high quality attached to it.  To do this, we work closely with doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors, dietitians and personal trainers to ensure the best all-round care.  It can be beneficial for everybody, there are no rules, and that includes those that have never exercised a minute in their life before! It’s never too late to start.

Please contact me should you have queries and questions, and would like more information.  The door is always open and the ear is always listening!

Lorene Marneweck, Registered Biokineticist

Lorene Marneweck

Registered Biokineticist

Planet Fitness Village Walk Shopping Centre

Cnr Maude Street and Rivonia Road

Sandton

Cell:        0723560364

Email:    lorenem1@gmail.com

Fax:       0867608615