Meet the Team
Kyla Thomas
“Love what you do and you will never work a day in your life”
If I had to choose one quote that was the most relative to myself and my career this would be it. Being a biokineticist allows me to help people feel better, get stronger, live out their dreams and overcome obstacles that sometimes they didn’t realise they could overcome. I am able to combine two of my favourite things: exercise/movement and working with people.
Special interest includes:
- Orthopaedic rehabilitation with special interest in backs
- Pre and Postnatal corrective exercise and strengthening
- Inner unit core and Diastasis Recti management
Qualifications:
BA (Sports Development) UJ; Bsc (Med)(Hons) Biokinetics UCT; Pregnancy Sāf Licenced Practitioner, Certified Pilates Instructor
Maxine Da Silva
“The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles”
My career allows me the opportunity to work with people to improve their quality of life and achieve goals through exercise and movement.
Special interest includes:
- Orthopaedic rehabilitation with special interest in knees
- Chronic disease management with special interest in neurological disease
- Geriatric
Qualifications:
BA (Sports Development) UJ; BA (Hons) Biokinetics UJ
Not only have we worked together for the past 4 years but we have known each other and been friends for the past 13 years! Even though we studied the same thing and have worked in the same setting, we have diverse interests, a very different way of dealing with our patients and completely opposing yet very compatible personalities.
We are also very lucky to share our incredible space with an awesome physiotherapist Julie Keal Schietekat.
We are so happy we have been given the opportunity to do what we love and we are so greatful to everyone for all the love and support we have received since opening on the 1st August 2020.