Gail Louw Biokineticist

10/09/2023

Exercise boosts your social life!

One of the biggest social benefits of exercise is just that – an improved social life!

The social benefits of exercise include a sense of community, boosted self-esteem, and increased empathy. In addition, better accountability, discipline, motivation, and goal-setting are all benefits you can expect when fitness becomes a part of your regular routine.

Physical fitness and exercise also help youth to develop important skills such as conflict resolution, cooperation with peers, and social skills such as leadership and fine-tuning motor skills. Healthy behaviors are a positive side effect of exercise while also increasing social skills necessary for development.

Some Social Benefits of Exercising:

🏋🏾 Increased accountability
🧘🏽‍♂️ Improved discipline and health habits
☀️ Increased motivation and inspiration
✔️ Better goal setting
😁 Creates a sense of community and belonging
🤙🏾 Boosts confidence and self-esteem
🌈 Lifts mood
🤗 Increases empathy
💬 Improves communication skills
🧘🏽‍♂️ Creates balance in your life

Benefits like confidence are critical to a good social life and physical activity helps with that. As you become stronger, faster, or just feel good from the serotonin and endorphins release, your self-confidence will grow, and you’ll be able to take pride in the physical things you can now do and appreciate the progress you’ve made.

Physical activity can also help your concentration skills, by providing a release valve for stress and pressure and encouraging higher levels of endorphins. If you can concentrate well on important work and social tasks, you’ll be happier overall.

Being social is most enjoyable when you feel good about yourself, have a positive self-image and high self-esteem. Exercise can help with that. By maintaining a healthy weight and an uplifted mood, you’ll feel better about yourself and can engage in social activities fully and frequently.�

For individualized exercise programs contact your Biokineticist in your area or visit our website on www.Biokineticssa.org.za

10/08/2022

05/04/2020

Good day,
I am available to give video call classes and consultations. Please call or wats app me if you are interested.

28/01/2019

Don't let anything, anyone or any injury keep u back this year from achieving your health and fitness goals. Put your mind to it and do it👍

14/10/2017

Bringing active recovery to race day for LOVE Running Club.

15/08/2017

Now also doing Vitality Fitness Assessments. Make an appointment today, and earn some points.

08/08/2017

Just a little video to give you a better idea as to how I can help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiZiprRwHQM

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31/07/2017

Chattanooga Wireless Pro is my new and exciting rehab tool to help combat things like disuse atrophy, and to speed up rehabilitation by getting a better activation of specific muscles.

24/07/2017

Watch this space for some new and exciting things happening....

11/02/2017

Is that a bulging disc???
And yes it is very treatable with the right exercises!!!

Some more interesting info...

21/05/2016

https://thesportsphysio.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/the-upper-trapezius-over-looked-over-blamed-misunderstood/

For those with neck pain, why we don't stretch upper trapz anymore.

There is a strong culture within physiotherapy to blame a specific structure, be it a muscle, ligament, nerve, fascia etc etc when things are sore and painful for our patients. The Upper Trapezius …

07/01/2016

Happy new year to all the fitness fanatics, weekend warriors and those just trying to improve their quality of life.
We are open for business again.
Book your individual session, pilates class, or Vitality or Multiply fitness Assessment.

17/06/2015

Simple physics....!

There’s a simple physics trick that you can use to increase the demand on the gluteus medius. All you have to do is take advantage of the 1st Class Lever system of the femur and pelvis. You can achieve this by simply loading the opposite side of the hip.

08/06/2015

POSTURE, POSTURE, POSTURE.
Scary to think that the slightest deviation in the optimal/neutral posture can have such a cascading detrimental effect.

19/04/2015

The new Vitality Fitness assessment is now up and running. Make an appointment to do your test now.

11/02/2015

Muscle Mend Recovery Boots are being used to aid recovery after a full knee replacement. The patient is 1 1/2 weeks post op (see the picture).The sequential compression of the boot from the toes up to the thigh helps to reduce ankle edema and swelling around the operated area and helps to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis(DVT).

Muscle Mend Recovery Boots are also good for other circulatory problems, lymph drainage problems, especially in cancer patients where the lymph nodes were removed and helps speed up recovery in muscles after intense training allowing the athlete to train harder with shorter recovery periods.

Please contact me if you have any further questions or would like to book a session.

05/02/2015

Earn some POINTS!!!

I will be doing Discovery Vitality and Momentum Multiply Fitness Assessments on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of February.

Contact me on 082 953 9372 to book.

04/02/2015

A group of ladies enjoying their pilates class in the new venue.