Human Engineering
Human Engineering is located
within a specially equipped private centre
in Sydney. Following 6 years in the fitness
industry in London, Sydney and Auckland, Chas
Barclay established Human Engineering in May
1996 to service a range of private, rehabilitation,
and sports specific training clients in Auckland.
Chas returned to Sydney in 1999, opening the
centre for corrective exercise and high-performance,
now located in Crows Nest.
Human Engineering operates
from
7.00am to 3.00pm (Mondays & Fridays)
9.30am to 7.00pm (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
7.00am to 6.00pm (Wednesdays)
8.00am to 12.00pm (Saturdays)
If your aim is to:
- Recover from an injury
- Become pain-free
- Enhance your appearance
- Increase productivity in your work, or
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- Increase sports performance
The Human Engineering System will form the
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Multi-Disciplinary
Approach
Human Engineering better
describes the approach taken in treating, coaching
and training clients. Depending on the level of complexity
you present with, our Practitioners may suggest use
of allied professionals. We will gladly recommend
which professionals to network with in order to achieve
your goals expeditiously.
Unlike other ‘one
size fits all’ exercise programs on the market,
the approach at Human Engineering addresses the individuality
of each client in a professional manner, using functional
equipment for the way we need to live today in order
to prevent the many postural dysfunctions that have
emerged over the last 20 years!
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Appointments
Consultations
are by appointment only. Please call (02) 9438-2299
or
email Chas.
You will
be asked a few questions to establish the extent
of any injuries you may
have and the
reasons
for your visit. In order to help you reach
your goals, it is essential that you determine
exactly
what you
are committed to achieving prior to seeing
us.
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Practitioner
Fees
Please call (02) 9438 2299, to discuss
the various fee options available on Practitioner
consultations.
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SERVICES
Corrective
Exercise Rehabilitation
Corrective exercise rehabilitation commonly
addresses:
- Chronic back, neck, shoulder, knee,
or hip pain
- Postural and muscular imbalances
- Work, Home or Sport Injuries that seem
to never go away even after surgery or
initial treatment
If you are one of the many individuals that
are currently suffering from these situations,
then the C.H.E.K.
approach to corrective
exercise could well be the solution that
you have been looking for. We work with your
referring Doctor, Physiotherapist, Chiropractor,
Osteopath, Surgeon, Sports Coach, Masseuse,
etc to get you out of injury and back to
optimal health and performance.
Each client receives a personalized exercise
program that incorporates traditional exercise
with mind-body exercises. What separates
Human Engineering is the series of detailed
assessments used to identify core and autonomic
nervous system dysfunctions. This method
allows us to accurately assess the most complex
clients and provide them with the most scientifically
sound exercise programs specific to their
needs.
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Studio
Client:
Melesande
Carrington-Barclay
(2003)
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Sports
Specific Strength and Conditioning
Sports specific strength and conditioning
is designed for athletes who are training to
be the best they can be in their given sport.
All clients are assessed for individual flexibility,
functional stability, strength and power for
that sporting endeavour and given their highly
specific individualized exercise programs.
C.H.E.K. Practitioners are the finest and
most highly trained exercise therapists and strength
and conditioning specialists in the world!
This approach has allowed our clients to consistently
perform better and remain injury free.
For a list of some of our clients that have used this service, see the elite
clients section.
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Studio
Client:
Melesande
Carrington-Barclay
(2005)
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Exercise
Coaching
Exercise coaching at Human Engineering assists
you in getting in the best shape possible.
Client training is based on more than 17 years
experience with proven results. Clients that
come to Human Engineering range from 7 to mid-60’s
years of age, and are looking to improve their
posture; get rid of back pain; lose some excess
body fat and the way they look, to those training
for athletic teams or competitions.
For some the mere thought of starting regular
workouts can be a daunting prospect. However,
at Human Engineering the utmost is done to
create a relaxed, non-threatening, friendly
environment backed up with a caring professional
service.
Our fully equipped state of the art functional
centre is geared for the way we live today, with
no crowds, nor lots of machines. Fresh air or
air-conditioning! We have both. Our holistic
approach enables clients to get visible results
in a safe and effective manner.
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Studio
Client:
Graham Creed |
Holistic
Lifestyle Coaching
Vitality – Health – Wellness – Through
Your Food and your Lifestyle!!!
- How great do you feel when
you wake up in the morning?
- Do you get the middle of the
afternoon energy slump at work?
- Do you struggle with colds and
flu during the winter months?
- Hows your sex life? Too tired
or just plain lack of interest?
- Are you always on the go? Never
have anything to do? Do you know how
to actually relax?
- Do you get bloated? Constipated?
Suffer with diarrhoea? Get bad headaches?
- Have you ever been taught how
your food choices affect you? Or have
you been left to fend for yourself? Do
you find that what you eat does not fulfil
you or sustain you and you have to keep
on eating more to keep yourself going?
- How many meals or snacks a day
do you skip?
- Have you ever dieted before?
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In today’s
fast-paced world of go-go-go and people
always demanding our attention, these
become just some of the factors that
will totally affect the way your body
operates at a biochemical level. Your
biochemistry is your body’s version
of the working parts of your car – your
food is the fuel you give it. Society
today dictates that we treat ourselves
like machines and that we ignore the
simple signs that begin to show us that
we should be looking at our health more
seriously. If our car runs out of fuel
it just stops – but our bodies
don’t stop; they start to “steal” energy
from other parts of the body. This is
like the cylinders in your car engine
running without lubrication. After a
while they will explode and burst through
the engine casing. This is the stage
when your body will start to break down
with injuries, illnesses and fatigue – and
now, like your car, IT WILL STOP.
Holistic Lifestyle Coaching teaches
you how to take charge of your life again
through focusing on your health. Being
healthy gives you all the added benefits
of great concentration, meeting sales
targets, keeping your family healthy
and in great shape, getting rid of unwanted
fat, removing the bump that just won’t
flatten, improves the sex life and will
even help you look younger for longer!!
Over the last 10 – 25 years so
much has changed in our lives, including
the health and fitness industry. However,
its information overload and people struggle
to make good choices – even when
they are trying to be informed because
the information they are getting may
not be the best for them to make these
decisions with. Making sense of what
is good or bad, correct or wrong is no
easy decision – be it exercise
or be it the right kind of food we are
supposed to eat. Have you noticed how
every article or paper that comes out
on food always promotes how all people
should be eating a certain way. This
raises serious concerns – surely
someone from India will naturally eat
differently to an Eskimo – the
issue here is that two different groups
of people need totally different nutrients
to operate at maximum biochemical levels.
Feed an Eskimo on an Indian diet for
a few days and he/she will fall ill – and
vice versa! This is a very basic way
of saying how different we all are. Essentially,
as has been said in different ways by
many, “one man’s food is
another man’s poison” – as
individual people we all have different
stresses, cultures, daily events etc
that affect us in different ways. And
the same applies to food – we will
all react in our own ways to what we
put in our bodies – be it solid
food or liquid!
Holistic Lifestyle Coaching will benefit
you in the following ways by:
- Providing an understanding of how
every meal, bout of exercise and late
night will affect you hormonally – and
what hormones mean to your physical
and emotional health and stability.
- Teaching you about symptoms of disease
and stress and how they can be treated
through principles of proper eating,
exercise and stress management.
- Obtaining an understanding about
how to identify what is good information
about health and what is not.
- You will be assessed in an overall
manner in regards to your health and
vitality to show you a picture of what
your health really is – and what
you can do to improve it.
- You will learn methods for individualized
eating strategies to enhance your physiology
using metabolic typing with possible
nutrient supplement suggestions to
support this process.
- You will learn about food quality,
meal quantities, food allergies, when
and how to rotate your foods, water
and optimal hydration, exercises and
environmental factors.
- You will understand the correlation
between the immune system and digestive
health.
- Recognise food and lifestyle habits
as a therapeutic medium for maintaining
and restoring health and wellness.
- Aid in developing a plan of action
to improve your health and vitality.
- Implementation of emotional self-management
protocols if the assessment shows a
need
- Identification of toxic exposure.
- Learn what exercises to apply to
balance the energy systems of the body.
- Assessments of possible fungal or
parasite infections.
Once all the information is collected,
it will be time for you to start your
journey. Change is a good thing and it
is by change that all life moves forward.
If you want your life to improve on all
levels then Holistic Lifestyle Coaching
is a tool that can benefit you.
Welcome, I look forward to having a
fantastic time sharing your journey with
you and I promise to do my best to help
you reach your goals.
Read more about our Holistic Lifestyle
Coach, Keith
Donald
Why
is Metabolic Typing Different? (42
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Golf
Biomechanics
All golfers want to
play better! And though many see the
game as a chance to relax, relieve stress,
do business and exercise, most don’t
associate the need for improved physical
conditioning with their performance.
When they want to play better golf they
generally assume they need a combination
of professional lessons and more practice.
Although this approach seems logical,
it is the very reason so many end up
injured and rarely reach their potential.
Most amateur golfers have passed their
athletic prime, having instead entered
their mental and financial prime. It is
in this phase of life that many have taken
up golf, a game that is technical and generally
not considered an athletic event. Unfortunately,
this common misconception results in injury
and/or premature performance plateaus,
frequently resulting in the decision to
seek conditioning as a possible remedy.
Without
a comprehensive understanding of the science
of strengthening and conditioning, golfers
commonly seek help from the bookstore or
a local personal trainer. Following that
advice, many notice an increase in physical
conditioning, yet are dismayed there is
no improvement in their golf performance.
The inevitable result is abandonment of
strengthening and conditioning to improve
performance. Unfortunately, this is often
the result of using programs based on bodybuilding
and not functional exercise. (ref: Chek, Paul. Whole in One Training:
Build a Better Game, Naturally. An EFI/Total
Gym Publication, 1998)
The focus at Human Engineering is on the
physical side of golf preparation (individual
flexibility, functional stability, strength
and power), which complements the technical
expertise from your Golf Professional. Taking
this approach has resulted in reduced golf
handicaps, which is something our clients
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Sports,
Remedial, Deep Tissue & Clinical
Massage Therapy
Sports Massage is a special form of massage
and is typically used before, during, and
after athletic events. The purpose of the
massage is to prepare the athlete for peak
performance, to drain away fatigue, to
relieve swelling, to reduce muscle tension,
to promote flexibility and to prevent injuries.
Remedial
massage is a holistic treatment; that
is, a treatment for the whole of the body,
as well as the area being treated. The
primary aim of Remedial Massage is to find
and treat the cause of the disorder,
not only the symptoms.
Deep Tissue Massage is a massage technique
that focuses on the deeper layers of muscle
tissue. It aims to release the chronic
patterns of tension in the body through
slow strokes and deep finger pressure on
the contracted areas, either following
or going across the fibre's of the muscles,
tendons and fascia. Deep tissue massage
is used to release chronic muscle tension
through slower strokes and more direct
deep pressure or friction applied across
the grain of the muscles not with the grain.
Deep tissue massage helps to break up and
eliminate scar tissue. Deep tissue massage
usually focuses on more specific areas
and may cause some soreness during or right
after the massage. However, if the massage
is done correctly you should feel better
than ever within a day or two.
Clinical massage therapy is beneficial
for patients who may suffer from the following
dysfunctions: Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction,
Fascial Plane Dysfunction, Neuromuscular
Dysfunction, Tonus System Dysfunction,
Dermatomic (pain in an area of the skin)
and Spondylogenic Dysfunctions.
To
book an appointment with our Sports,
Remedial, Deep Tissue & Clinical
Massage Therapist Associate, Michael Gregoric
click here for details
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