Tanya Lourens, founder of the Movement Science Institute, is a Registered Biokineticist with a special interest in the retraining of movement dysfunction. Tanya uses the latest rehabilitation techniques based on scientific based research in the field. She believes in the active participation of patients in their retraining programs, as opposed to just being passive recipients of treatment. Patient participation can range from control of small, low threshold movements to large total body high threshold movements. Active patient participation is the key to regain movement control and to prevent the recurrence of musculoskeletal pain. Identifying, correcting and retraining patients’ movement faults are one of her passions. Tanya uses both land based conditioning and hydrotherapy techniques as treatment modalities.

She believes that the management of movement dysfunction, has become one of the most important cornerstones in the practice of neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation. Tanya obtained her MSc (Med) Biokinetics degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2012. She is also a member of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), Biokinetics Association of South Africa (BASA) as well as the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Tanya is also an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance (ARAD). She started a Dance Wellness Program in 2008 at the Movement Science Institute. She also consults and conditions dancers at numerous ballet schools in Johannesburg. To read more visit www.dancekinetics.com.