PILATES - WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT HELPS

Over the summer I had several patients who, for a number of reasons, had stopped doing their pilates classes/exercises and started to experience various aches and pains.

Coincidence it may have been but knowing how having good core stability - achieved through pilates -  can help reduce back pain, improve posture and positively influence sporting performance including running etc, I think there’s more to it.

So I thought I would share a bit about Pilates, what it is and how it can help.

Pilates has long been known as one of the best ways to improve your core.  Wikipedia defines Pilates as a body conditioning routine that may help build flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance in the legs, abdominals, arms, hips and back. It puts emphasis on spinal and pelvic alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core or center, and improving coordination and balance. Pilates' system allows for different exercises to be modified in range of difficulty from beginning to advanced. Intensity can be increased over time as the body conditions and adapts to the exercises.

Getting our bodies as stable and as flexible as they should be logically is going to be a good thing.

If you’d like more advise on how pilates might be able to help you feel free to email me, jemma@thephysioplacecom.  Classes I would recommend in Bristol are at David Lloyd for members and Efuah Bonney for non-members and in Salisbury, Sandy @ Salisbury Pilates,