The activity was carried out in conjunction with the Cardiosport program and had the participation of 22 students from the Sports Kinesiology subject.

With the purpose of expanding the experiences related to the relevance of the practice of physical activity and its preventive and rehabilitative function, last Wednesday, July 3, within the framework of the program of the Sports Kinesiology subject, the Kinesiology career of the University from La Serena managed an activity in the training area from a kinesics perspective for its students.

The activity was managed with the collaboration of kinesiologist Marcelo Bonilla, founder and director of the Cardiosport program, allowing students to become aware of the need for movement as the most effective tool in the prevention and rehabilitation of function in human beings.

“It is important to emphasize that these activities are part of the career improvement plan, the result of a process of self-evaluation and optimization of the academic unit, which is directly related to the operational plans of the unit and the University's Educational Model. , which places the student as the focus of the learning process and the community as beneficiaries of our work,” indicated the Director of the Kinesiology program, Dr. Alfredo Gary, regarding the implementation of this activity.

For his part, the teacher in charge of the Sports Kinesiology subject, Jorge Carrizo, referred to the importance of instances like this for the training of a professional. “It is essential to understand that training is a systematized tool, where we must respect biological and physiological processes, we must understand that our students have tools to accompany every process, from prevention, optimization, rehabilitation and reintegration into sports practice,” he said. .

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom