Know what your body can actually do

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The assessment comes first. Everything else follows from it.

Most places sell you a package and then look at you. We look at you first, write down what we find, and only then say what would help. Sometimes the honest answer is that you need nothing from us, and you will hear that on the day.

BEFORE

A short pack on your phone, about ten minutes. Three things you want to be able to do, in your own words, and how you have been in yourself.

THE NINETY MINUTES

We measure in front of you. Every figure is written down while you watch, with how accurate that figure is beside it.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE

We read it back in plain words, say what it means for your own day, and hand you one page. You own those numbers.

AND A DATE

The day we measure again is set before you go. One reading is a dot. Two is a line, and the line is the only thing that proves anything.

What gets measured

The same things, the same way, for everyone who walks in.

The same tests, in the same order, with the same words. That is what makes your second measurement comparable to your first, and it is the part most places skip.

The three things you named Your own words, scored by you. This is the main result, because it is the only figure here about you rather than about a population.

Walking speed Four metres, timed. It shows up as being the one the group waits for.

Standing from a chair Thirty seconds. It shows up as low chairs, car seats and the floor.

Grip strength Both hands. It tracks whole body strength, so it is rarely only about hands.

Balance Recorded on both sides, open and closed eyes.

Pain Now, at its worst, and on an average day.

How you have been in yourself A short, published wellbeing questionnaire. Printed beside the movement figures and never joined to them, because one person's two numbers cannot show that.

The resting numbers Blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen, height and weight. Safety before anything is loaded.

How we work

We measure before we sell.
If it is not ours, you hear it the same day.
If we cannot show it moved, we do not charge for it.

Why people come

Three directions. The same measures, read three ways.

One threshold applied to a man who wants to run further and a woman whose knee gave out is either an alarm that means nothing or a reassurance that means nothing. You say which direction you are in before anything is measured, and that decides how every figure is read.

Prevent

Nothing hurts. You want to know where you stand.

The usual range is a target you have already reached, not a list of things wrong with you. Anything close to it is the answer.

Measured again in twelve months

Improve

Nothing is wrong. You want to be better at something.

The usual range is the floor you already stand above. The only gap worth your attention is to the target you set yourself.

Measured again in twelve weeks

Recover

Something hurts, or something stopped working.

These figures are a starting line, not a verdict. What matters is how they move against your own figures, not against anybody else's.

Measured again at six weeks, then twelve

You do not have to know which one. The assessment decides it.

Who this is for

Anybody who intends to still be able in twenty years.

Two kinds of member carry their own science, and either can sit in any of the three directions.

After birth, and through pregnancy Its own route, its own measures, and a named doctor in writing before anything is loaded.

Training hard and going nowhere A ceiling you cannot explain is a measurement problem before it is a training problem.

Pain that keeps coming back The shoulder that wakes you. The back that decides your week.

Rebuilding after injury or discharge You were sent home able to survive the day. That is not the same as able.

A physical job Standing, lifting and carrying for a living, with nothing that loads you on purpose.

Nothing wrong at all You want a baseline while you are well, so the day something changes you can prove it changed.

Why this is different

Nobody in this market publishes what actually changed.

The usual way

You are sold a block of sessions before anybody has measured you.

What it costs you

You finish feeling vaguely better, with no way to tell whether you are.

What we do

Measure first, write it down, measure again, and show you both.

Feeling better and being better are not the same thing. Both matter, and only one of them can be checked.

After the ninety minutes

Four honest answers, and one of them costs you nothing.

This is where programmes come in, and not before. Your figures decide which one, not us, and the first answer on this list is a real answer we give often.

Nothing from us You are well. We say so, we book nothing, and you keep the page. If this happens to you, tell somebody, because it is the part nobody believes until it does.

Into Umoja A written plan naming a class or a practitioner already at the sanctuary, at a real time, with nothing owed to us.

Pain Recovery Something hurts and it has a route out. Eight sessions across twelve weeks, with the same measures re-run at the end.

The Long Game Nothing is wrong and you want more. Twelve sessions, alone or among five, built on the target you set yourself.

Finished a block and want to keep going? Continue is four sessions a month, and it is the only thing you can start without a fresh assessment.

From booking to proof

Five steps, and the last one is the point.

You bookName, number, when to call. Three fields.

The packTen minutes on your phone, before you come.

Ninety minutesMeasured in front of you at Umoja.

Your pageWhat we found, what it means, what to do.

Measured againThe same tests, the same way. The line.

Before you book

Questions people ask

Do I need a referral or a diagnosis?

No. Most people come straight to us. If what you have needs a doctor rather than a physiotherapist, you will hear that on the day, with a name and a date, rather than in three weeks.

What if nothing is wrong with me?

Then you get a baseline while you are well, which is the most useful time to have one. The day something changes, you can prove it changed instead of arguing about it. And if the assessment says you need nothing from us, that is what we will tell you.

Is this physiotherapy, or a gym?

Physiotherapy. Four physiotherapists, each of whom has spent a career inside one thing. We measure capacity and we build it back. We are not a hospital and we are not a gym, on purpose.

What does it cost?

The assessment is a single fixed fee, quoted when you book, with nothing added on the day. If you go on to start a programme within thirty days, the assessment fee is credited against it in full. Programmes are quoted after the assessment, because quoting them before would mean guessing.

Why can I not just buy a programme?

Because we would be guessing, and you would have no way of telling whether it worked. Everything we sell is priced against a measurement, and the measurement has to exist first. It also means we sometimes sell you nothing, which is the honest version of the same rule.

Where does it happen, and how long does it take?

At Umoja Wellness Sanctuary in Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam. Ninety minutes, one physiotherapist, no queue. If getting there is the problem, say so on the call.

I am pregnant, or I have recently given birth.

You are in the right place, and this route has its own measures. Before anything is loaded we want a named doctor in writing. Say so when you book and the right physiotherapist calls you.

What happens to my information?

You keep your page. We keep a record so the second measurement can be compared to the first, which is the only reason it exists. Nothing clinical is collected by this website, and nothing you tell us goes anywhere else.

What is the free fifteen minutes for?

For people who are not sure this is for them. A physiotherapist listens, tells you honestly whether this is ours, and says what would actually help. Nothing is sold on that call. If you already know you want the assessment, book it and skip this.

The only thing left

Book the ninety minutes.

Three things to fill in and somebody comes back to you on WhatsApp, usually the same day. Nothing is charged until you have spoken to a person.

Message us instead

Be Well, at Umoja Wellness Sanctuary, Oyster Bay

WhatsApp +255 653 996 491

clientcare@bewell.co.tz

Know what your body can actually do.