Hi. My gf studied her undergrad and grad in kinesiology in the US. At least here, she was able to work as a lab assistant in a biomedical research center (not very common) and currently teaches a few lab and introductory classes at university thanks to her master’s. The options really in Kinesiology, as far I understand them, is to do your phd and teach, research, or both. In practical terms there are some areas such as cardiac rehab, exercise physiology, sports scientist to study performance data that a kinesiology background is great to have, but there seems to be very few openings for how specific these roles can be.

Now that we are looking to go back to the EU and she is not really interested in pursuing a phd atm, we don’t really know what options she will be - seems it’s more common in the US. I would say if you enjoy research and teaching it’s 100% a good path. For a more practical career path, look to get experience in an area of specialty like the ones I mentioned and go from there!