Most people who book a kinesiologist in Calgary fall into one of a few groups. Some are recovering from a car accident on Deerfoot or a workplace injury and need active rehab to satisfy their MVA or WCB plan. Others have a desk job downtown and feel their posture getting worse year by year — rounded shoulders, neck pain, and a low back that aches by Friday. Some are weekend warriors trying to come back from a knee tweak, a shoulder strain, or an old sports injury that keeps flaring up.

Warning signs that you’d benefit from a kinesiologist: pain that comes back every time you push past a certain point, fear of re-injury that stops you doing what you love, weakness on one side compared to the other, or a body that just feels older than it should. DIY workout plans from the internet often miss the underlying issue — they build strength on top of bad movement patterns, which is how flare-ups keep happening.