Tiffani Africa Biokineticist

05/01/2026

Another year to choose recovery, consistency, and becoming stronger than what tried to stop you. Let’s turn movement into healing and healing into power in 2026. ✨

25/12/2025

Wishing all my clients and followers a joyful Christmas and a strong, healthy New Year! Thank you for trusting me with your movement, rehabilitation, and fitness goals this year.
Here’s to more progress, strength, and success in 2026! 💪✨

25/11/2025

🔥Ready to check your fitness AND rack up Vitality points?

✅Book your Discovery Vitality Fitness Assessment with Tiffani Africa Biokineticist at Overflow!

🏋️‍♀️ Review your fitness, track your progress, and enjoy the boost of completing a fully personalised Vitality assessment.

Book now! 🔐

29/10/2025

🧠 World Stroke Day

Today, on World Stroke Day, the message hits close to home for me. My father suffered a hemorrhagic stroke - a type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing bleeding within or around the brain tissue.
It’s different from the more common ischemic stroke, which happens when a clot blocks blood flow to the brain.

While both types cause brain cells to die due to lack of oxygen, the mechanisms, and the recovery journeys, differ greatly.
Haemorrhagic strokes often come with sudden, severe symptoms: intense headache, vomiting, weakness, or loss of consciousness. They require immediate medical attention and careful management to control bleeding and prevent complications.

As a biokineticist, I’ve seen firsthand how critical rehabilitation and movement are after such an event.
Exercise isn’t just about strength, it’s about retraining the brain, improving coordination, and restoring confidence in movement. Every small milestone in recovery represents the brain’s incredible ability to adapt and heal.

World Stroke Day serves as a reminder that:
✅Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age.
✅Early recognition and rapid action save lives.
✅Consistent, guided rehabilitation can transform recovery outcomes.

So today, I honour my father, and every family walking this road, with hope, awareness, and a reminder of the power of movement in healing. 💙

26/10/2025

Grateful for growth, movement and the magic of good energy ✨

20/10/2025

✨ Rebuild. Renew. Restore.
At Tiffani Africa Biokineticist, we believe movement is medicine. Whether you’re recovering from an injury, managing a chronic condition, training for performance, or simply wanting to feel stronger and move freely — we’re here to help you rebuild confidence in your body, one session at a time. 💪

What we offer:
* Injury rehabilitation & recovery
* Posture and spinal health programs
* Chronic condition management
* Sports performance & conditioning
* Pre- & post-operative recovery
* Medical Aid Fitness Assessments — Multiply, Vitality & more 🩺

📍 Based at St John’s Gym, Howick (KZN)
📧 tiffaniafrica.bio@gmail.com
📞 079 226 4984

Your body deserves the best care — evidence-based, personalized, and empowering. Let’s restore your strength, renew your movement, and rebuild your confidence from the inside out. 🌿

20/07/2025

Let's take a look at what influences the development of gross motor skills.

Firstly, children need THE OPPORTUNITY to develop these skills:
🌿a physical space to move
🌿time in their schedule to be free to play
🌿the inclination to WANT to play physically (not distracted by screens, not sick, not lethargic from poor nutrition)
🌿Exposure to children slightly older or more skilled can be helpful.

Secondly, children also need the ability to MAKE USE OF these opportunities. This includes having:
⚽️Adequate muscle tone and cores stability/strength
⚽️Good vestibular processing and sufficient balance to feel safe enough to want to stretch their ability.
⚽️Good proprioceptive processing, body awareness and coordination
⚽️An abundance ideas AND the ability to TRANSLATE THOSE IDEAS into action (ie, not just keep the 'game' in the imaginative realm, which can be a tendency for children who struggle with GM play)
⚽️Good tactile and visual processing (spatial awareness and the ability to gage the affordances of the environment eg, a shiny smooth surface may be slippery, and could afford a game of skidding, vs springy surface may be better suited for jumping or crashing)
⚽️Good bilateral integration (able to use both halves of the body in a coordinated manner)
⚽️The ability to sequence movements, (skipping, hopscotch) or anticipate the timing needed to connect with an object (catch a flying object, hit a ball)
⚽️For older children, the ability to comprehend and abide by 'rules' of the game, whether a made-up game, or the rules in sports games.

Although it is normal for children to gravitate towards a "favourite game" or "favourite friend", encouraging diversity in types of play and in 'types of' friends is helpful to stretch and challenge your child's abilities.

16/05/2025

Testing Your 1 Rep Max (1RM): What You Need to Know

🏋️Your 1 Rep Max is the maximum amount of weight you can lift for one full repetition with proper form. It’s a valuable tool for tracking strength progress, calculating training loads, and identifying muscular imbalances or weak points.

❓Why test your 1RM?
✔️It gives a benchmark for strength.
✔️It helps tailor your training program (e.g. lifting at 70–85% of 1RM for hypertrophy or strength).
✔️It shows how far you’ve come!

💡Biokinetics tip:
Your 1RM isn’t just about brute force. Stability, mobility, and technique play a huge role. Always warm up properly, use a spotter when testing heavy lifts, and avoid testing when you’re fatigued or recovering from injury.

🧨Not ready to max out? Book a consultation with a biokineticist for 3–5RM testing to safely estimate your 1RM and ensure you’re moving with control and confidence.

Your strength is more than a number—it’s how you move, control, and progress.

14/05/2025