In last night’s classes at The Physio & Pilates Centre, Wilmslow, we enjoyed working on our SPINE CURLS. We started in the relaxation position with some body awareness and focus, thinking about the position we naturally placed ourselves in and then just nudging out of that position, feeling the change that a small adjustment in [...]
Hot Desking & A Bad Back
A client at our Wilmslow Studio has recently experienced exacerbation of her back pain and, as we were working through her Pilates, I asked if anything had changed in her daily life. She explained how her company have recently adopted a hot-desking policy, she no longer had her own workstation so could be working at [...]
Love your Body
A week in the Greek sun, people watching from beneath my sunhat got me thinking about how we feel about our bodies. Of course I was missing teaching my usual Pilates classes but you will be glad to know I was doing some fieldwork! One day, I watched 3 elderley Italian ladies on the beach [...]
Stay in Shape with iPilates
I have known for years now that Pilates is good for me, however Saturday Night was a real test. As many of you will know, my son Christopher and I had decided to undertake The Manchester Midnight Walk in aid of St Ann’s Hospice in Cheadle. This had been booked for some time, when I [...]
Perfect Summer Exercises
Get yourself ready for holiday by downloading an couple exercise workout from iPilates. Try iPilates for EverydayEveryday, or perhaps iPilates for Core Strength The best bit is you can maintain your exercise program while you are away so that you stay honed and toned. You just save the workout to your mp3 player and away [...]
Why Is Pilates So Good For Me ? It’s Quality not Quantity
Having been unable to attend Pilates classes at The Physio & Pilates Centre, Wilmslow postoperatively, all my back neck and shoulder issues, that are usually under control, have come back to haunt me. This got me wondering, why is Pilates so good for me ? I can see that people are switched onto it when [...]
St Ann’s Hospice Midnight Walk
It will be four years in July since my original diagnosis with Breast Cancer, although to be honest it seems like a lifetime ! Last year I embarked on a series of risk reducing surgeries, the last of which is scheduled for Wednesday. Arghhhh According to the lovely surgeon, it should not be a problem, [...]
There is more to Pilates than just Core Stability
What’s the lesson our bodies learn from Pilates? Core strength? Flexibility? The answer is yes, we do learn how to engage our core muscles whilst at the same time we become more flexible, but there is a deeper lesson which lasts through all our activities. That lesson is to create SUPPORT NOT TENSION. [...]
Pilates to manage neck pain
One of our clients, J from our Monday studio class recently told us that now she attends her Pilates class regularly, combined with gentle swimming, she has gone from visiting her physio for treatment on her neck on average every 3 weeks to only once every 6-8 weeks. This is refreshingly common pattern amongst our [...]
How To Improve Your Posture in 10 Minutes
The best way to improve your sitting posture long-term is to take it slowly. Start by recognising how you sit and try to come out of the position you habitually sit in all the time, this is the first step to improving your posture. I would recommend sitting on a Swiss ball for 10 minutes [...]