Most of us have heard of Pilates as a great type of exercise to get into shape. However, what happens when you get injured from work, leisure or sports? Clinical Pilates is a modification of the traditional Pilates that incorporate physiotherapy exercises to help heal and prevent musculoskeletal injuries. It focuses on your core muscles, balance, posture and flexibility to help with muscle strains, joint sprains and injury prevention. It uses different types of exercise machine to help you achieve recovery. The reformer Pilates machine is your most common type of exercise equipment, it involves cables with different resistance levels to get the body strong for your goals.
Benefits of Clinical Pilates:
Personalised Rehabilitation Program: Clinical Pilates will often begin with a private 1 to 1 session with a physiotherapist to assess your baseline function and identify your goals. It is usually conducted in either a private or small class to ensure that you get the proper consideration you need to achieve your goals. Clinical Pilates is always guided under a highly experience physiotherapist to ensure that you have good form throughout the exercise program.
Strength and Conditioning: Clinical Pilates can be an effective way to stay active and improve your overall fitness. It is suitable for all types of fitness levels from your sedentary office workers to your sport athletes. The variety of exercises you can do on the mat or on the reformer means that you will get a workout. Clinical Pilates can build strong muscles. For this reason, it can make you more resistant to musculoskeletal injuries and enhance your core strength.
Proprioception and Balance: The ability to strong balance and stability is a requirement for all movements. An injured joint can be susceptible to re-injury due to poor balance and proprioception. A classic example is rolling your ankle due to previous old ankle injury. Clinical Pilates incorporates specific rehabilitation exercises to help improve balance so you can prevent musculoskeletal injury.
Pelvic Floor Strength: The pelvic floor muscles are found at the base of the pelvis. When the pelvic floor muscles are weak then it can lead to urinary incontinence and pelvic pain. Clinical Pilates have specific exercises to help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that may be weakened due to pregnancy, obesity, heavy lifting and menopause.
Posture: This type of exercise can be integrated to help restore normal movement for the client and reduce compensatory movements that may have been adapted due to injury. This is great for people who have lower back pain and osteoarthritis. Office workers can also benefit from Clinical Pilates due to their long hours on the desk.
Myphysio Clinical Pilates:
The Myphysio Clinical Pilates program is a 30 minute 1 on 1 private session taught by an experienced and friendly physiotherapist. This will involve a comprehensive assessment to find out the underlying cause of your pain. This can include range of motion and strength assessments. A Myphysio physiotherapists can provide you with a tailored and systematic treatment program. Book an appointment today. You can also follow us on Facebook or Instagram for tips on managing your pain.
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