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Pilates can correct faulty movement patterns

The human brain is very efficient.  One of it’s aims is to lay down movement patterns that make life easier allowing it more capacity to deal with life’s anomalies.

Throughout life however, faulty or imperfect movement patterns can develop in response to pain, injury, poor technique, tight muscles, weak or inhibited muscles, repetition of incorrect movement or posture and the list goes on.

The Pilates breath helps to down-regulate the nervous system

Pilates sequences involve eccentric components which are good for tendons

A well designed pilates class will incorporate eccentric exercises as part of it’s routine.  Eccentric exercises lengthen muscles under load.  In doing this, eccentric exercises also load the tendons therefore help to build strength and resilience in the tendon tissue.

The design of the Pilates exercises helps to train and mobilise your fascia

Fascia is an important tissue within your body that influences how your body creates and transfers tissue, is involved in tissue healing and resilience and helps maintain the structural integrity of the skeleton.

Fascia responds well to the whole-body movements that Pilates training offers.  Pilates also puts emphasis on moving in multiple directions with varied speed and moving with control. When you move in this way you are stimulating your fascia which in turn has an effect on your whole body.

Pilates helps protect your back by teaching you about your pelvic floor and about core control

Everyone has heard of core strength but what is more important is the concept of core control.  Core control is about muscle stability around your pelvis and spine.  Training muscles for stability differs to traditional strength training.  Most of the stability that makes you do what you do, aligns your joints, creates dynamic posture and enables you to move with power and efficiency occurs at a low threshold.  Pilates exercises target the stability muscles of your abdominal wall, pelvic floor, lower back and diaphragm that form the basis of core control.