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As Longevity Nexum Kinesiologists, we are experts in exercise prescription. While your mind might go to our courses at University and the Canadian movement guidelines, we think of ourselves as the experts to work around your life to create a strategy to keep you moving regularly, preventing pains, chronic disease and delaying the effects of aging. One of the most challenging periods for regular movement is the holiday season. With…

Kinesiologists use evidence-based research to treat and prevent injury and disease and to improve health, quality of life and performance. Our accredited Registered Kinesiologists and Exercise Physiologists specialize in movement and use individualized exercise prescription as medicine for the treatment of varying health conditions ranging from knee and back pain, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis and much more. Our mission is to help people be the fittest and healthiest version…

At Longevity Nexum in Barrie, we have Kinesiologists working with a variety of people. From office workers with low back pain, to middle aged women looking to lose weight, to teachers with shoulder pain to veterans recovering from active duty. We are even happy to help anyone looking for a private exercise space to have a personal trainer guide them how to improve strength, fitness and long term health outcomes.…

At Longevity Nexum Kinesiology in Barrie, one of the most important things for us is to help people maintain their long term health. With diabetes, this puts long term health at risk and can lead to problems with vision, nerves in the feet and hands, ulcers and amputation.  In short, exercise allows people living with Type 2 diabetes to better control their blood glucose level. This happens by utilizing glucose on…

At Longevity Nexum Kinesiology in Barrie, Ontario we see a wide variety of conditions and unique circumstances, including cancer, particularly hormone related cancers like breast cancer. Exercise has been proven to improve quality of life of those undergoing breast cancer treatment as well as breast cancer survivors. Exercise is an effective way to manage the side effects of treatment, as it is with many other cancers. Breast cancer patients can suffer…

At Longevity Nexum Kinesiology in Barrie, our mission is to extend the health span of Canadians to create meaningful lives for people in their 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and beyond. This starts much earlier than you think, with active children having more productive and fulfilling lives well into their older years. This means that the best time to start is yesterday, and the best time to start is today. Thankfully, many…

Back pain is the most common condition that we see at Longevity Nexum Kinesiology in Barrie. During pregnancy, we are particularly susceptible to back pain and it can be experienced during any trimester. Longevity Nexum discuss the common reasons as to why back pain occurs during pregnancy and how exercise can be used to help manage this pain. Some likely causes of back pain during pregnancy: Increase in weight growing a baby.…

At Longevity Nexum Barrie, Ontario we treat a large variety of clients in various professions such as trade workers, office employees, emergency medical service workers to fellow allied health care professionals, athletes and younger individuals.  The life of an Emergency Worker Within the last two and half years, more than ever, our emergency service workers have been overly exhausted and putting in timeless hours providing the highest level or care…

Registered Kinesiologist Melanie Williams slumped at our front desk Today at Longevity Nexum Barrie we discusses the importance of posture in today’s culture. Thanks to the many technological advancements over the past few decades, food has become more convenient to retrieve, we have phones to stay in touch with friends and family, and many people are able to work from the comfort of their own home. Unfortunately, this means that society…

In today’s blog, Longevity Nexum Kinesiology in Barriediscuss what the research says about exercise and low back pain! Impact of back pain Back pain can be attributed to a complication with our bones, joints, connective tissue, muscle, and nerves of the back. This pain can often also persist after any of these tissues have fully healed. Back pain is one of the the leading causes of disability and lost productivity globally…