Chantelle Hawkins Biokinetics

05/06/2020

10/08/2018

16/01/2018

Get the year off to a healthy start by joining us at our first Wellness Day of 2018 on 31 January 2018!

6:30am-7:00pm
Cresta Virgin Active

We will have the sister on site for your HEALTH CHECK and the biokineticists available for your FITNESS ASSESSMENT for both Momentum Multiply and Discovery Vitality.

The Dietician will also be available for your Nutrition Consultation for Discovery Vitality.

Get in touch if you would like to make a booking:
- chawkinsbiokinetics@gmail.com or kendra.dykman01@gmail.com
- 0116783034 or 0844549710

15/01/2018

Our state of mind is often the most under-rated and important variable when recovering from injury or illness.

We can have the best rehab protocol or therapist, best surgeon, best nutrition and dietary advice... but where ones mind is churning with thoughts of fear and doubt, the body responds in kind.

Being diagnosed with scary terms such as 'tendon rupture', 'muscle tear' or in this articles case 'lumbar disk sequestration' is scary enough. These terms make it very difficult to allow patients to come to terms with the possibility and probability that THEY WILL BE OK, and recover, in MOST cases, without surgery. The same can be said for, what research is showing to be significantly unreliable in terms of its correlation with clinical presentation, medical imagery such as MRI and ultra sound findings.

If you have an injury that you're battling with at the moment, HAVE FAITH in your bodies ability to heal and to tolerate progressive loading programs that encourage tissue regeneration.

This is an excerpt from the attached article which demonstrates just how misleading medical diagnoses can be in musculoskeletal medicine (the article refers specifically to lumbar disk herniations):

"The correlation between disc regression and improvement of clinical outcomes is a controversial topic, because there are so many variables that influence recovery besides the size of the disc herniation. The sole variable of "disc herniation size" or "disc herniation regression" cannot predict clinical outcomes. But this study does offer some very encouraging statistics to tell us that the larger or more severe herniations often have a higher chance of spontaneous recovery."

http://www.themanualtherapist.com/2016/06/the-bigger-bulge-better.html

Happy Monday...

Greg the Bio

29/11/2017

(In case you missed it...)

Due to popular demand, we have arranged one FINAL Wellness Day for 2017. 🎉

Date: Wednesday 6 December 2017
Time: 6:30am-7pm
Place: Cresta Virgin Active

Who and what:
- Health Check with the nurse
- Nutrition Consultation with the dietician
- Fitness Assessment with the biokineticists

To book, fill in your details at the front desk of the gym, or give us a call

- 0116783034
- chawkinsbiokinetics@gmail.com

16/11/2017

Smooth af
Sent by Uršulė :D

06/11/2017

06/11/2017

Year end is fast approaching 🎄 which means you are running out of time to get to gold🥇

But have no fear... (Halloween is over after all 🎃)

We are hosting our FINAL Health Day for the year on 21 November 2017 at Cresta Virgin Active from 6:30am-7:30pm.🎉

We will have the sister (for your health check - glucose, cholesterol and HIV), the dietician (nutrition consult) and the biokineticists (fitness assessment) all in one convenient place.

Get in touch to book and let's see how many more points we can squeeze out of this year.

011 678 3034
Chawkinsbiokinetics@gmail.com

07/09/2017

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Were you one of those brave souls who trained outdoors in the cold all through winter?❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄

Let me tell you, it really stands in your favor if you did! Even if you exposed yourself to a bit of cold from time to time it would have benefited you in more way than one - the most significant being, cold thermogenesis and the adipose tissue (fat) adaptations that occur when exposing your body to cold for prolonged periods of time.

You see, when our bodies are exposed to prolonged bouts coldness, they actually start to adapt in order to warm themselves up.

We actually start to develop a highly metabolically active type of fat called BAT (brown adipose tissue) which literally burns energy, to give off heat. The accumulated heat in turn warms the blood and keeps our bodies warmer! Its this BAT which therefor allows us a higher resting metabolic rate and in turn causes more fat burning! In other words, we lose weight, by being cold. Convenient right :p

Interestingly, and understandably, infants have large amounts of BAT in their bodies, something that helps their helpless selves keep warm. Although as we get older and we expose ourselves to less and less cold, we lose our BAT, and gain more WAT (white adipose tissue), which hardly has the same effect.

So next time winter comes around, or if you feel brave enough to expose yourself to some cold water from time to time, don't think of it as a bad thing at all!

MAY THE BAT BE WITH YOU!

Happy Thursday!

Greg the Bio

04/09/2017

Boy I could use one of these right now :p

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXQc1PMjMA-/?hl=en&taken-by=greg_the_bio

19 Likes, 2 Comments - G R E G S C H W A R T Z () on Instagram: “I dunno about you but I agree!! !!! ”

29/08/2017

You'll hear myself and many others in the health system say it time and time again - !!THERE IS NO BIOLOGICAL FREE PASS!!

Pain is natural and a healthy part of healing. How we manage that pain is the key to healthy and natural recovery.

Hear it from the professionals themselves:

Although their careers depend on consistently high level performances, managing injuries with non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs does NOT have high level performance or health outcomes.

Read below to learn exactly how ex-Liverpool FC star, Daniel Agger's final years as a professional footballer was plagued by the side effects of NSAIDS!

Not pretty!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jul/20/daniel-agger-liverpool-story-athletes-pills

The former Liverpool defender opens up on his overuse of anti-inflammatory drugs and the day in 2015 when his body had simply had enough

24/08/2017

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How to talk to your daughter about her body, step one: Don't talk to your daughter about her body, except to teach her how it works.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Don't say anything if she's lost weight. Don't say anything if she's gained weight.

If you think your daughter's body looks amazing, don't say that. Here are some things you can say instead:

"You look so healthy!" is a great one.

Or how about, "You're looking so strong."

"I can see how happy you are -- you're glowing."

Better yet, compliment her on something that has nothing to do with her body.

Don't comment on other women's bodies either. Nope. Not a single comment, not a nice one or a mean one.

Teach her about kindness towards others, but also kindness towards yourself.

Don't you dare talk about how much you hate your body in front of your daughter, or talk about your new diet. In fact, don't go on a diet in front of your daughter. Buy healthy food. Cook healthy meals. But don't say, "I'm not eating carbs right now." Your daughter should never think that carbs are evil, because shame over what you eat only leads to shame about yourself.

Encourage your daughter to run because it makes her feel less stressed. Encourage your daughter to climb mountains because there is nowhere better to explore your spirituality than the peak of the universe. Encourage your daughter to surf, or rock climb, or mountain bike because it scares her and that's a good thing sometimes.

Help your daughter love soccer or rowing or hockey because sports make her a better leader and a more confident woman. Explain that no matter how old you get, you'll never stop needing good teamwork. Never make her play a sport she isn't absolutely in love with.

Prove to your daughter that women don't need men to move their furniture.

Teach your daughter how to cook kale.

Teach your daughter how to bake chocolate cake made with six sticks of butter.

Pass on your own mom's recipe for Christmas morning coffee cake. Pass on your love of being outside.

Maybe you and your daughter both have thick thighs or wide rib-cages. It's easy to hate these non-size zero body parts. Don't. Tell your daughter that with her legs she can run a marathon if she wants to, and her ribcage is nothing but a carrying case for strong lungs. She can scream and she can sing and she can lift up the world, if she wants.

Remind your daughter that the best thing she can do with her body is to use it to mobilize her beautiful soul.
~ Sarah Koppelkam

We see a lot of injuries and chronic issues in our practice which are attributed to the most basic assumptions of 'training too hard' or 'with improper form', etc.. However, it is the MINDSET and BELIEF systems of our youngsters (and 'oldsters') that are very often the driving force behind these problems...



Greg the bio

21/08/2017

ACL tear?

Check out the post below on pattellar tendon graft ACL repairs, from the SURGEON and BIOKINETICIST themselves!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYC0hXDDwTn/?hl=en&taken-by=greg_the_bio

0 Likes, 2 Comments - G R E G S C H W A R T Z () on Instagram: “Patellar tendon ACL grafts seem to be the popular choice for many orthopedic surgeons today but not…”

18/08/2017

Rub your knee and get rid of farts and bloating... hmmm, interesting

14/08/2017

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Why waist circumference is possibly your most important metric in a health screening and why females are at LOWER risk for heart disease.
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For YEARS health care professionals, like ourselves, have suggested that BMI (Body Mass Index), is an important measurement with respect to body composition and cardio-metabolic health. In fact, we still calculate this measurement in almost all of our health screenings. Despite its widespread use for so many years, I'm sure you're aware that it has its pitfalls.

Despite this measurements uses (it does have its place in health risk assessment protocols), BMI can certainly mislead us as to whether a person is at risk for cardiovascular related illnesses and for this reason can create undue stress and inaccurate diagnosis for people in health care settings. Furthermore, BMI alone should not be the sole measure of heart and vascular health risk.

Why waist circumference?

BMI should really be looked at in conjunction with several other tests relating to body composition. One of the most important being waist circumference.

The waist circumference measurement is an extremely simple measurement to take and gives us one of the most significant indicators of cardio-metabolic health.

Research clearly indicates that obese people with visceral fat accumulation (more common in males) more frequently demonstrate impaired glucose and lipid metabolism compared to those those with subcutaneous fat accumulation (more common in females). So ladies, your thunder thighs are hardly an issue!
You see, the fat around our thighs and bums is mostly sub-cutaneous. For this reason, and several others, both physiological and psycho-social, woman are at a lower risk for heart disease.

It has been suggested that visceral adiposity is present in almost 90% of obese patients with ischemic heart disease. Even in non-obese groups, visceral fat accumulation is highly related to impaired glucose tolerance, dislipidemia and hypertension.

How do we combat visceral fat?

From clinical perspective, aging, s*x hormones, excessive sugar consumption and lack of exercise have been suggested to be the cause for visceral fat accumulation. Practically, these issues are not difficult to address:

1) Limit your sugar intake. Put the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream DOWN!

2) Manage stress effectively. Wooossaaaah! Meditate!

3) Engage in a balanced and consistent physical activity regime. FYI - Research studies support the efficacy of short-term, high-intensity aerobic exercise training for the reduction of visceral fat in overweight adults.

Over and out....

Greg the Bio

10/08/2017

A very special happy birthday shout-out to Darren Reiser and Kerry Matthysen ! Hope you have a super day!!

07/08/2017

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It's woman's day on Wednesday and to celebrate, were offering FREE HEALTH CHECKS!!
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Look out for Greg, our resident Biokineticist, who'll be performing FREE blood glucose, total cholesterol and blood pressure measurements for the week of the 7th to the 11th of August.

In health and happiness

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03/08/2017

Who's looking forward to the VS THE FINAL this weekend??

WE ARE! WE ARE!

GO ON YOU !!