r/Kinesiology

I've read so far that Kin and PT are not the same thing for most in this sub. Not sure which country this sub is for though.

I have also read not very encouraging comments about the profession. Is it because Kin is crappy and PT is not?

I'd love getting to know pros and cons of the profession but there's no such sub for in my country, so I found this one. Though it really seems that the University programme is completely different.

For us Kin and PT are the same 5 or 6 UG programme (depending on which Uni), in fact the programme is called Kinesiology & PT, studied in Medical school and involved clinical time in hospitals.

Not the same over here?

I’m considering majoring in kinesiology and would love to hear from people who have studied it or are working in the field. Looking back, do you have any regrets about choosing kinesiology? If so, what are they? If you don’t regret it, what makes you happy you chose it?

Ok so first of all I think the CPT certs are a joke to a degree as you can take some of them open book. My reason for asking is because I was told I should think about it by a professor who I highly respect. I would love to coach people, but in the US its not really required unless you do in person, which I do for my internship. My dream is to eventually run my own coaching business. I need to start somewhere, but I do not know what to do with the shitty and lacking structure in the laws.

Hello Everyone,

For the sake of privacy I am using a Bruner account, but I wanted to come in here and ask about the different career options there are with kinesiology. I am a kinesiology major who was recently have been on the pre-PT track then with to pre-PA track due to a more aligned career goal of medicine. I have taken a one of the prerequisite courses for the PA track (I guess not many I’m going into my sophomore year) and was really set into going to PA school. So far I have a 4.0 gpa which sounds like a flex but it honestly does not translate to anything I’m doing in the real world

Now we fast forward a month after my freshman year (This May) and I started an EMT job to get some experience. By all means, this has been the most stressful, unlikable, and upside down flip of how I thought the career of medicine would be like. I am constantly stressed, anxious, and a bad EMT and the job is just so hard on me. I had a really bad call not to long ago which made me decide to come on here and ask for some advice because as soon as that call finished, I decided to start looking for different careers.

Now here I am today, still working trying my best to stay up float and conquer the hardships. I have been told that I can’t quit and I should keep going because it will get easier, but it honestly feels like it won’t. The work environment in general between other providers has been questionable, and I have been trying my best to kill with kindness but they honestly just don’t like me (I’m 19 M Mexican in a predominantly older white agency but not sure if that means anything).

For more on the kinesiology side, I am a big fan of the bioscience behind body parts and athletics and I’m planning on taking more courses surrounding that topic. I am a very active person, love going to the gym and playing soccer as well as coaching a youth soccer team (volunteer) which I feel like all relate to the degree a little bit. But other than that I haven’t really explored much about kinesiology. I heard about a career is exercise physiology which sounds cool and interesting, but I’m honestly not sure that this point.

Anyways sorry about the rant, but I wanted to know if it’s worth continuing this job and any job related to emergency medicine. In general this job is making me start to hate medicine as a whole slowly, but I’m in a constant battle to convince myself that I still like medicine. I’m just lost tbh.

TL:DR - Sophomore in college majoring in kinesiology was Pre-PA but now contemplating switching tracks to an actual kinesiology related field.

Hi, I practice martial arts and one of the first things I've been taught is that when I'm falling, I need to not fall on my arm because putting to much weight on my wrists (and elbows and shoulders) could break them.

When I do plank or push-ups, I wonder if putting all my body's weight on my wrists can hurt them in the same way ? I don't really know where to search for biomechanic explanations etc, can someone help me on this please ?

Hi all! Wanting to seek advice on the clinical exercise physiologist field. Can anyone share how they got into their career and how they make it work financially? I know this field will not lead to $$$ and I'm okay with that as long as I can pay my bills and whatnot. A little background about me: former track athlete who's been working in corporate for the past 5 years.

Corporate is draining my soul and I've been searching for different career paths that doesn't have me strapped to a corporate office 40+ hours a week. Always had an inkling to anatomy/physiology but studying a medical related field just isn't in the cards for me. I hold a B.S. in psychology and have internship experience with a PT clinic and with an orthopedic surgeon. I know most physiologists work with individuals with chronic diseases- I'm not opposed to that and I feel like that can also lead to fulfilling work. However, because of my background, I would prefer to work with athletes or some type of athletic population. I am based in the US for context.

Calling all kin students!!!
Is it worth it to get an iPad for notes and such?
Do you find you use it a lot, or do you wish you got one? Thanks!

pretty much what the title says. Just asking for an opinion!

I've tweaked by back while doing low bar squats and occasionally deadlifts at least 10 times over \~3 cumulative years of lifting on most days.

What are the long term consequences of consistently tweaking the same spot of my spine? It usually takes 1-2 weeks to heal and I'm only 25. I obviously avoid it but sometimes ramp up intensity and volume too quickly when getting back into it etc.

I'm not looking for medical advice, just anecdotes please.

Hello everyone! I’m a grade 11 student in the greater Toronto area and my average is sitting around a 91 throughout the entire school year. I’m worried about my university applications for next year and wondering if that grade would be high enough to get into some of the kinesiology programs around Ontario.

I have some but not many extracurriculars (my most relevant one would be basketball coaching). I’m semi-decent in math (87 in functions with a pretty hard teacher) but stronger in the language area. What do you guys think and what should I focus on for grade 12?