What is Pilates?
Pilates is a full body system aimed at strengthening while simultaneously elongating your muscles. The main concept of Pilates is integrating the deep core muscles into full body movements. Pilates emphasizes building a strong foundation so the rest of the body can move pain free with ease and fluidity.
Benefits?
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Increased Strength and Flexibility: Pilates will help develop muscular strength and endurance while encouraging full mobility at the joints so your muscles can function optimally.
Improved Posture: The deep core muscles are essential in stabilizing the pelvis and the spine and providing internal support for the body. Pilates can help by working the deep muscles of the body that are essential to standing tall, reducing back pain and feeling stronger all day long. Increased Body Awareness: Pilates can help develop more body awareness as it involves the integration of mind and body. Joseph Pilates said "it is the mind itself which builds the body" and thus Pilates is a deeply "felt" as well as "thought" movement form. Movement re-education: The brain controls movement which is transmitted through neurological pathways. Sometimes however, the pathways aren't the most efficient due to an injury, or lifestyle habits. Using imagery and breath, Pilates can tap into the parasympathetic nervous system and begin to re-educate the muscles to work in a more efficient and functional ways. |
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For Who?
Pilates can be beneficial to all different people for a variety of reasons! Some people who may benefits from Pilates specifically include:
Athletes and Dancers: Pilates is valuable to athletes who have muscular imbalances due to the nature of their sport. A common imbalance seen is tight hip flexors and hamstrings with weak and under recruited glutes. This can put extra stress on the joints and ligaments, specifically the knee and hip. Pilates is a great way to compliment your training sessions to ensure maximal training improvements while staying injury free.
Older Populations: The Pilates Reformer is a great way to build strength and provide resistance based exercise. Gentle impact and weight bearing exercises can be incorporated in a safe way to increase bone density and reduce the chance of fractures occurring. Strong core muscles are also important for posture and balance which can reduce the risk of falling.
Injury Rehab: Pilates is a great way to reintegrate movement into your body post-injury. Developing a strong core and back is essential to everyday function and provides the foundation to all movement. Pilates can provide a low impact way to begin the strengthening process by creating new neurological pathways post injury and developing body awareness. It can also look at muscular imbalances, dysfunctional movement patterns and help with movement re-education to prevent further injury in the future
Athletes and Dancers: Pilates is valuable to athletes who have muscular imbalances due to the nature of their sport. A common imbalance seen is tight hip flexors and hamstrings with weak and under recruited glutes. This can put extra stress on the joints and ligaments, specifically the knee and hip. Pilates is a great way to compliment your training sessions to ensure maximal training improvements while staying injury free.
Older Populations: The Pilates Reformer is a great way to build strength and provide resistance based exercise. Gentle impact and weight bearing exercises can be incorporated in a safe way to increase bone density and reduce the chance of fractures occurring. Strong core muscles are also important for posture and balance which can reduce the risk of falling.
Injury Rehab: Pilates is a great way to reintegrate movement into your body post-injury. Developing a strong core and back is essential to everyday function and provides the foundation to all movement. Pilates can provide a low impact way to begin the strengthening process by creating new neurological pathways post injury and developing body awareness. It can also look at muscular imbalances, dysfunctional movement patterns and help with movement re-education to prevent further injury in the future
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