Congratulations on choosing a CHEK Practitioner health coach and taking the first step on what could be a truly life-changing journey. 

CHEK Practitioners are highly-trained health professionals, renowned for their attention to detail and the results they help their clients achieve – even when many traditional medical and fitness approaches have failed. They do this by following the principles of the CHEK System, the most advanced and complete Integrated Health & Performance system currently available worldwide. 

Rest assured you are now in very experienced and capable hands. 

To be able to call themselves a CHEK Practitioner, your coach may have already completed 5-7 years of education with the CHEK Institute. They also undertake ongoing training and submit evidence of their clinical work each year. 

Make the most of your time with your CHEK Practitioner. We believe you will look back on it for many years as both a rewarding experience and a worthwhile investment in your health. Enjoy the journey!

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The CHEK Integrated System:

Each CHEK Practitioner will bring their own unique spin, but in general they will follow a step-by-step Integrated (whole body and mind) process: 

STEP 1 The Consultation
The first task is to understand why you are here and what specific goals and dreams you have, as well as to determine what currently is stopping you from achieving them. We will also discuss your current and past medical conditions. 

STEP 2 The CHEK-Up
The CHEK full musculoskeletal assessment is the most comprehensive in the industry. At this stage, we will identify the root causes of pain and dysfunction and define which corrective exercise system and integrated technology will work best for you. 

STEP 3 CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Assessments
In stage 3 of the process, we identify issues related to diet, sleep, stress and digestive problems – all of which are key to improving overall health and wellbeing. 

STEP 4 The structured CHEK Coaching System
Finally, we will design a complete health and exercise program based on the findings from your assessments and your coaching will begin. This will usually be on a 1-2-1 basis or in small groups. 

Your CHEK Practitioner will coach you to follow a complete Advanced Corrective Exercise Program as well as support you in other areas of lifestyle and nutrition. The overall aim will be to: 

• Bring balance back to your life; 
• Increase your health, vitality and natural defence system;
• Re-shape your body so you can live and move functionally – for your current activity, to achieve personal goals or for sporting performance. 

PHASE 1 CORRECTIVE & STABILITY Designed to re-align; create stability 

A safe phase for all clients to start the process – even pro-level athletes! Your CHEK Practitioner will already have identified any areas that may need re-balancing throughout your body and designed an exercise program specific to you and your unique body mechanics. 

Phase 1 can be likened to ‘re-booting’ your musculoskeletal and nervous system. Facilitated by a number of effective, non-invasive techniques, the unwinding of tension in the body that may have been trapped for years (even decades) will start to restore symmetry and stability to the entire body. 

The exercises you will perform in this phase are ‘axially unloaded’ (performed laying down), progressing toward axial loading in preparation for Phase 2 and what is termed ‘Primal Standard’. This refers to your ability to achieve good form in all seven Primal Pattern® movements plus other CHEK rehabilitation systems, including in-depth core assessment. 

On completion of various exercise programs and re-assessments, you will be ready to progress on to Phase 2. More importantly, you will already feel a great deal better! 

PHASE 3 SPORT/ROLE SPECIFIC Designed to condition the body to perform a specific sport or role at the optimum level.

On completion of Phase 2 training, and with increased all-around health and vitality, it’s time to enter Phase 3: role or sport-specific conditioning, if required. 

This type of conditioning is what you will see most personal trainers and strength coaches performing with their clients for the vast majority of the time (whether they are ready for it or not). With the CHEK System, a client will be exposed to this phase for limited amounts of time only, due to the catabolic nature of this type of conditioning. 

PHASE 3 FOCUSES ON THE EXPLOSIVE POWER/ STRENGTH CONDITIONING REQUIRED IN MOST SPORTS AND IN MANY JOB ROLES. 

Your CHEK Practitioner has spent many years developing the in-depth program design skills that enable them to work with professional and amateur athletes as well as those working in professions that require specific physical performance. These range from firefighters and soldiers to individuals who simply want to have a great skiing trip! 

HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE COACHING 

What sets a CHEK Practitioner apart from all other health or fitness professionals is that we always look at the WHOLE picture when working with our clients. 

Holistic Lifestyle Coaching (HLC) is a system that has been practised and perfected over two decades by CHEK Institute Founder Paul Chek. At the heart of HLC is the ‘CHEK 4 Doctors’ system, a process of extensive evaluation and structured coaching. 

Holistic Lifestyle Coaches work with clients to address any factors that are negatively affecting their health and well-being including: 

• Stress and anxiety reduction
  
• Structure and planning
  
• Sleep improvements
• Maintaining a healthy natural weight
• Primal Pattern® diet testing, food planning and coaching
• Hormonal regulation
• 4 Doctors assessments
• Digestive issues 

WORKING WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS 

During the 5-7 years it takes to become fully qualified, CHEK Practitioners study many different health principles and technologies so that they can work  with other medical and health-related professionals. 

A CHEK Practitioner will typically work with a variety of doctors – ranging from General Practitioners to Orthopedic Consultants and Psychotherapists as well as alternative practitioners like Osteopaths, Chiropractors, functional medicine practitioners and specialist dentists. 

As such, they are trained to refer out as and when needed and to maintain a professional relationship with other health and fitness practitioners, to help our clients in all areas of their health. 

YOUR PRACTITIONER IS A LICENSED CHEK PROFESSIONAL WITH ACCESS TO AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND SPECIALISTS FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CHEK COMMUNITY.