About exercise & our classes
Exercise is a means of rehabilitation and prevention of injuries, it is fun and can burn some calories in a friendly well supervised exercise class. Either way it is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. For a Chartered Physiotherapist it is certainly one of the most powerful treatments at our disposal and our depth of knowledge in this area makes us unique amongst Health Care Professionals.
Our classes are run by Chartered Physiotherapists with all the necessary training. They will guide you through the movements and advise you throughout the class. Our classes have a maximum of fourteen participants this will ensure that you receive some individual attention and feedback whilst still gaining the benefits of working in a group. Pilates An exercise form developed by Josef Pilates in the early 1900’s in New York. Pilates was renowned for his visionary insight into human movement, postural control and alignment having participated in and studied a number of classical sports.
He developed the exercise form popularly used today.
Our combined knowledge of managing soft tissue problems, movement analysis, Pilates’ principles and use of exercise in rehabilitation will be used in developing the classes. This class will suit people of all ages and fitness; it is low impact and low intensity with focus on controlled movements to guide you into better postural habits. Anyone new to Pilates should start at the introduction to Pilates class, regardless of fitness levels. As you become more experienced in the techniques you will progress into a more advanced level.
Pilates Reformer
Core Stability Research into the relationship between injury and movement patterns has been one of the most important advances in Physiotherapy in the past few years. We now know much more about the roles certain deep stabilising muscles play in movement and when they fail to work the direct effect it has in causing pain and problems. Most long standing conditions can be managed by use of stabilising exercises.
Possibly the most widely recognised muscles in this category are the deep abdominals. Unfortunately, stability management is not as simple as commonly interpreted (deep abdominal contractions) and a thorough understanding is required to teach these exercises. Core stability is frequently misinterpreted for core strength, which although equally desirable, will not necessarily result in the same benefits. Our depth of knowledge of the contemporary literature, our active research and vast experience in dealing with movement dysfunction are used in developing our core stability classes.
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Classes Timetable
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