"If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. If it is completely flexible at 60, you are young." - Joseph Pilates
How Pilates can help you!
Properly taught, Pilates can help you improve your posture, health and overall fitness.
Pilates aids in the rehabilitation of many specialised conditions including: Pregnancy, Sports Injuries, Spinal Conditions, Disc Issues, Hip & Knee Replacement,
MS, Parkinson’s, RSI.
"A few well designed movements,
properly performed in a balanced
sequence are worth hours of doing
sloppy exercise or forced
contortion" - Joseph Pilates
Reach specific physical goals
and challenge your athletic
ability:
■ Rehabilitate after injury,
surgery or illness
■ Return your body to movement
■ Expand your body awareness
■ Develop trust in your body's
abilities
■ Look better, feel better, live
better
■ Live a happier, more-
fulfilling life
PILATES TEACHES YOU HOW TO USE THE CORRECT MUSCLES NECESSARY FOR IDEAL POSTURE AND TRUNK STABILITY,
HOW TO STRENGTHEN RELATIVELY WEAK MUSCLES, LENGTHEN SHORT MUSCLES AND IMPROVE JOINT FLEXIBILITY IN
NATURAL FLUID MOVEMENTS
It is regular practice of Pilates that facilitates long-term changes to your body and lifestyle.
Regular Pilates practice develops body awareness, helping clients identify and change daily movement patterns that contribute to on-going dysfunction. Small habitual changes can make a big difference in alleviating chronic conditions.
What Type of Pilates is best for me?
The broad variety of exercises
available allow for Pilates sessions
to be tailored to each client's
individual needs. Certain medical
and rehabilitation conditions
require studio apparatus sessions.
Working harder is often not the
goal of a Pilates class. It is through
thoughtful, precise movement
practice that habitual patterns can
significantly change and the
benefits of the method are felt.
"Constantly keep in mind that... true flexibility can be achieved only when all muscles are uniformly developed." - Joseph Pilates
Studio Apparatus:
The specialist machines used in the studio utilise spring loaded resistance, gravity and movement to assist or challenge the body as required to perform the exercises.
All clients receive the highest level of individual attention; sessions are conducted on a one to-one basis or can be shared with a maximum of three participants.
Machine work sessions are particularly helpful in rehabilitating injury, aiding with specialised conditions and reaching specific training goals. The support available from the machinery facilitates the ability to target very specific muscle groups that can be difficult to identify without the apparatus feedback.
Traditional studio machines are : the Reformer, the Cadillac and the Wunda Chair. Both Matwork and Machine Work based sessions utilise various pieces of small equipment and props that are useful in promoting long lasting results.
