Pilates has several advantages over other forms of exercise when recovering from injury.
1. Use of the body’s own weight for resistance - other forms of exercise, specifically weight training, relies on dumbbells and barbells for resistance. These traditional bodybuilding-type exercises carry a higher risk of re-injury than body weight exercises.
2. Emphasis on core training, or Centering - injured inactive athletes and non-athletes can lose core strength quickly when sidelined. Pilates emphasis on core strength decreases the risk of injury when normal activity is resumed.
Strict use of proper form and slow movements during training - gentle, slow stretching, and slow body weight strength moves are the lowest risk way for an athlete and non-athlete to regain lost strength safely.
If you are under the care of a phyiotherapist or other health care practioner, we ask that you take our report form to them to complete. This will ensure that we are working together to provide you with the best care possible for a faster recover.
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