Who We Help

Depending on your or your organization’s needs, our work can center on traditional ergonomic methodologies, an Aston Kinetics approach, or a combination of both.

Almost anyone can benefit from improving the ergonomics of their surroundings and learning how to use their body in the most efficient and effective manner possible. Below are a few examples of specific populations who benefit from our work.  

• Office Workers- Working at a desk for hours on end can put a lot of stress on the body, from the lower back all the way up to the shoulders, neck, arms and even the eyes. Amanda helps individuals and entire offices through traditional ergonomic evaluations and recommendations, along with Aston-centered education on body awareness, ergonomics, and activity-specific movement classes for individuals or groups.

• Healthcare Practitioners- Utilizing tools from both Ergonomics and Aston Kinetics, Amanda can help you and your staff improve the ergonomics of your workplace and deal with the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of your work in a pragmatic way. Work can be geared towards the individual, all the way to department and organization-wide macroergonomic initiatives.

• Performing Artists- Musicians learn how to release unnecessary tension and optimize their musical performance through a combination of Aston Kinetics’ unique system of body usage analysis and movement coaching, along with ergonomic modifications to chairs and instrument supports.

  For actors, Aston Kinetics can help them become more conscious of their own unique movement and postural patterns and then teach them how to neutralize those patterns. This helps actors more effectively take on different physical personae to enhance their characters. Unique aspects of sessions for actors include discussions of common postural patterns and lessons on how to release muscular tension at the end of theatrical performance.

  Sessions for performing artists are offered privately or in a group/master class format.

• Those who are recovering from work-related or activity-specific musculoskeletal injuries- Ergonomic assessments afford clients and their employers a deeper understanding of the ergonomic risks within their work environment and provide recommendations on risk remediation.

• Senior Citizens- Seniors learn how to optimize their body usage and ergonomics in activities of daily living and applications to their specific interests and home environment. Aston Kinetics’ hands-on bodywork techniques can help improve flexibility and neutralize tension patterns without decreasing beneficial muscular tone.

• Active Adults- Aston Kinetics serves as a powerful tool for expanding your body awareness. Not only a method for decreasing body stress in the short-term, Aston Kinetics is an education tool that helps people determine their optimal alignment (posture), move in a way that is less stressful to their body, and make more conscious choices about body usage for any given situation or activity. Active adults can also have ergonomic assessments done for their workplace or other areas of interest (e.g., kitchen, workshop).

• Athletes- Aston Kinetics’ assessment of posture, muscle tension, and movement, combined with hands-on bodywork and movement coaching, can improve sports performance by addressing the causes of muscular and movement imbalance. Athletes are also assisted in determining the optimal alignment and most efficient body movement patterns for their body in their chosen sport.