Looking and feeling your best is a lifelong commitment, but there is no time like the present to get back on track.
 
Quite often, years of bad posture and bad habits add up to cause pain and premature signs of ageing. Although prevention is better than cure, there is a lot that can be done to alleviate these issues.
 
RVC Rehab Services and Beyond Basics offer services that can address a wide range of problems, from fitness and rehabilitation to skincare.
 
Tenson Edmonds works with RVC and Beyond Basics and believes in building up the strength and fitness of his clients gradually.
 
“My background as a physiotherapist and rehab specialist gives me the edge in gradually building up a person to achieving maximum fitness,” he says.
Some of the basics that receive attention in any of Tenson’s exercise programmes are flexibility and core strength.
 
“I always start with core exercise and flexibility because they are so important. All movement starts at the core. A strong core protects the spine and protects you from injury.”
 
According to Tenson, his main aim is to bring clients up to a level where they can train on their own, safely and injury free.
 
Even those who exercise and lead a healthy lifestyle often have trouble spots – areas where cellulite just will not budge.
 
“That’s where our machines come in, what we can’t take care of with exercise and dieting,” says Tenson.
 
“We have a good complement in terms of the medical spa and the treatments we offer there.”
 
The VelaShape system can show results in as little as four sessions, and with the ability to treat multiple areas in one 40-minute session this FDA cleared device can help you shift what exercise can’t.
 
At Beyond Basics you can start the new year with a new skin through the HydraFacial Wave system, which offers deep cleansing, exfoliating, extracting, hydrating and anti-oxidant treatment all in one easy step.
 
In case the worries of 2009 have left their mark on your face in the shape of frown lines and crows’ feet, Botox can help restore a more youthful appearance.   WH

For more information on Beyond Basics medical day spa in Smith Road Plaza or Beyond Basic 2 and RVC at the Chrissie Tomlinson Memorial Hospital, visit beyondbasics.ky or call 945-2737 for Beyond Basics or 949-6024 for RVC and Beyond Basics 2.