A C.H.E.K Practitioner is a person who is an intern of the C.H.E.K. Institute (California, USA) run by CEO Paul Chek. As the body is so multi-faceted, his extensive experience led him to create a 4-5 year program based on his methods that deal with everything from the physical to the spiritual.

A C.H.E.K. practitioner takes a holistic approach to their assessment, education and training of their clients / patients. C.H.E.K Practitioners understand that the human body is a system of many complex inter-related systems that all affect each other, so they conduct thorough and detailed assessments on all the body's systems using questionnaires and physical assessment before making any recommendations or providing a program or course of action. "If you are not assessing, you're guessing! The program is only as good as the assessment" (Chek)

Depending on the level of the program that they have completed, C.H.E.K. Practitioners specialise in:

- postural correction and corrective exercise
- eliminating back pain
- rehabilitating shoulder, neck and head pain
- eliminating knee pain
- high performance sports specific exercise prescription
- holistic nutrition and lifestyle education
- eliminating recurring injuries
- analysis of posture, muscle length tensions, joint ranges of motion, and abdominal function
- a Primal Movement ® Patterns analysis, gait analysis, dynamic stability assessment.
- an ability to assess beyond the scope of many other health professionals. Assessing goals, willingness to change, medical history, hydration levels, dietary habits, sleep patterns, stress, toxicity, internal organ and endocrine health and emotional factors are a few things focused on.
- knowing who to refer to in collaboration with their own prescription and knowing who to refer you to when they cannot help you.

Triple S has incorporated the C.H.E.K. approach to involve between 3-6 hours of education and assessments depending on the level of Triple S trainer that they are.

All C.H.E.K. professionals are taught and encouraged to lead by example. They are typically fit, healthy, intelligent, compassionate people that happily engage in the life process. C.H.E.K. Practitioners of all types are taught that information only becomes knowledge when that information is used to change the lives of others for the better!

Exercise and healthcare professionals typically begin their comprehensive training with the C.H.E.K. Institute by achieving certification as an Exercise Coach, Holistic Lifestyle Coach (HLC) - 3 Levels (how to integrate functional eating and lifestyle management practices into an exercise and rehabilitation program for optimum results), or Golf Biomechanic - 1 Level. With completion of either of these courses, members of the C.H.E.K. Institute may advance, becoming a Corrective and High-performance Exercise Kinesiology Specialist (4 levels).

While all CHEK Practitioners come into the program with some professional certification or license, they are all trained to objectively quantify progress through the use of comprehensive evaluation, treatment, coaching and program design technologies and the HLC’s and Level IV practitioners share the ability to carefully assess the relationships between diet, internal organ stress and lifestyle factors and musculoskeletal pain or performance plateau’s. These people have committed to extensive continuing education and are indoctrinated into a multidisciplinary approach to assisting others in achieving their goals.

Check each Triple S trainer's profile for details on what level trainer they are and what courses they have completed.

Paul Chek: Learn more about the man who created this program.

What is a CHEK Practitioner?: Paul Chek's summary.

'The Essential CHEK Philosophy': For a detailed look at C.H.E.K. Philosophy.