Dr Karien Gouws has been in private practice for 22 years. She started her career as Biokineticist at the Institute of Sport Research at the University of Pretoria. She was involved as Biokineticist of professional tennis coaches as well as the International Tennis Federation and traveled to Wimbledon in 1999. She completed her Doctoral degree "Prevention and Rehabilitation of Shoulder injuries" in 2006. Services available at the practice in Perl: Rehabilitation of sport injuries, Pre- and post operation rehabilitation, weight management programmes, exercise during pregnancy, postural analysis, sport specific testing and exercise prescription.

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A Biokineticists can be thought of as a specialised exercise therapist that functions in professional alliance to health and medicine