Stretching Your Way to a Better Posture with Kate Tong

Living in a time when everything seems to speed up and the workload increases, such compromises can have a terrible impact on your health as you store stress and other emotions in your body.

Looking at and correcting your posture (be it when walking, sitting or lying down) can have a tremendously positive effect.

As I meet up with Integrated Stretch Therapist and Flexibility Trainer Kate Tong from The Body Group, she can tell immediately that I’ve been spending too many hours behind the computer, which has led to sore and stiff muscles. Furthermore, she’s able to figure out that I’ve been putting slightly more pressure on one of my feet and, she can identify exactly which muscles I have been excluding from my regular workout/stretch routine and which muscles are compensating for the lack of movement. She gives me a whole set of new exercises, which should rebalance my body’s posture and which I have been including proactively in my daily routine at home and at the gym. I already feel much more flexible and therefore more energized, but I have to keep up the exercises to avoid falling back into old habits.

Kate Tong’s personal assessment is catered to one’s individual needs and can help one free themselves from the possible headaches and back pain one might be suffering from. In addition to the perfect posture, other positive side effects can include better circulation, an increased energy level and healthier organs, as they’re no longer compressed.

Kate Tong has always been interested in fitness training and sports massage and began working with individuals to help them achieve optimal fitness conditions and athletic performances. She now dedicates her time to educating people about proper exercise, in pursuit of living a healthy lifestyle and improving overall performance in work and private life. Despite her wide range of expertise, she specializes in flexibility and postural alignment, to prevent injuries and maintain optimal health. She entertains a wide range of clients (from 6- to 86-year-olds), which include sports people as well as older customers who have suffered from strokes. She also frequently updates her skills and attends new courses to increase her knowledge in this field, to give the best consultations and solutions that are catered to her clients’ needs.

Vivienne Tang