Fascia Stretch Therapy™ is a pain-free, personalized, and relaxing therapy that enhances well-being through a variety of movements performed by our Registered Kinesiologist. A highly researched practice started in 1995 that uses a combination of stretch techniques to help enhance quality of life.
What is Fascia (FASH-AH)?
A connective tissue system of the body that penetrates through and wraps around muscles, nerves, organs, and just about everything else in your body. Running in different chains/nets, fascia runs from your head to your toes.
What makes FST™ different?
- Pain free – stretching should NEVER hurt!
- Personal evaluation – ESSENTIAL to reach goals fast.
- Customized, NOT standardized for YOUR needs.
- Hundreds of stretches to personalize your experience.
- Session cost is not based on price, but on VALUE.
What is FST™ good for?
- Improve quality of life
- Reduce pain from lack of flexibility and mobility.
- Faster recovery from fitness and athletic activities.
What is incorporated in FST™ to make it different?
- Traction – produces faster and greater gains in flexibility and mobility.
- Flow – This method moves your body into ranges not attainable on your own.
- NeuroMyoFascia Techniques – the most comprehensive way to achieve optimal function in your neural, muscular and fascial systems.
What is required of an FST™ practitioner?
- Trained with the Stretch to Win Institute – the GOLD standard for assisted stretch training in the industry.
- Over 100 hours of training required before certification.
- Ongoing continuing education required to maintain certification.
How long does it take to see any effects of FST™ treatment?
While providing timelines is a practice not typically used in outpatient care, FST™ research suggests the following changes can happen within three sessions or less:
- PAIN – often greatly reduced or eliminated.
- STRESS – immediately and significantly reduced.
- SLEEP – finally wake up rested and refreshed.
- MOBILITY – greatly improved after one session.
- APPEARANCE – better posture, look and feel healthier and more confident.
- WEIGHT – better mobility, more effective training, stay motivated.
Book your appointment and start feeling amazing today!
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What do Registered Kinesiologists (R. Kins) do?
A Registered Kinesiologist (R. Kin) is a healthcare professional that uses a university based education to apply exercise and movement science to help promote health and well-being. An R. Kin will use the skills they have learned throughout their education and extra coursing to provide many different areas of treatment to:
- Prevent, manage and rehabilitate injuries;
- Treat illness and chronic disease;
- Restore function; and
- Optimize human performance in the workplace, clinical settings, sport, and fitness.
Kinesiologists are the only movement specialists that use science and research to offer movement as medicine. For anyone with a health or fitness goal wanting a hands-on and personalized approach, book with a Kinesiologist today!
What can your Registered Kinesiologist do?
At Kinesis – our Registered Kinesiologist can perform many clinical rehabilitation practices. Most of these practices help to increase quality of life and obtain your goals. The skills that our R. Kin performs include but are not limited to:
- Fascia Stretch Therapy™ (as link to other webpage)
- Musculoskeletal Assessment
- Custom Exercise Prescription (Range of Motion, Strength and Endurance, Rehabilitation, etc)
- Movement Assessments
- Bioflex Laser Therapy
- Ergonomic Assessment/Prescription
- Myofascial Cupping
- Soft Tissue Release
- Scar Mobilization
- Injury/muscular Taping
Would Kinesiology be covered by my insurance?
For the majority of insurance companies, YES!
Insurance companies listed below are those that provide coverage or have access to providing coverage for Kinesiology services.
- Manulife
- Dejardins
- Sunlife
- Blue Cross
- Industrial Alliance
- Excellense
- Claim Secure
- SSQ
- Great-West Life/Canada Life
The best thing to find out your coverage is to call your insurance company to find out what services are covered.
If your insurance company does not have kinesiology included in your coverage – please see the following documents to request kinesiology services to be covered under your insurance.