It has long been established that to preform at a peak level, professional athletes train their bodies to the maximum, to push to new boundaries, to force their muscles to produce more power, speed, distance, strength and endurance. Every professional coach and athlete alike, will attest to the fact that more often than not, there is a very fine line between maximum training load and overload causing injury and every distance athlete will agree, that they are constantly toeing that line. Pilates has long been hailed for its benefits with regards to strength, flexibility and stability and has been increasingly used in the professional Triathlon arena to complement training methods and help prevent injury.

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There are 20 pairs of muscles in the neck, which can be divided into two main groups: the superficial sleeve and the deep sleeve. To stabilize the head on the body, there needs to be adequate balance between the two groups. The primary role of the superficial sleeve is to allow movement in all directions to be produced. The deep sleeves role is to wrap around the vertebra of the neck and act as a stabilizer. Without enough activation of the deep sleeve, the contraction of the superficial muscles can cause a buckling action to the vertebra in the neck. Through Postural correction in Pilates and physiotherapy rehabilitation, we can strengthens these deep neck flexors to prevent neck pain and improve overall spinal position. Read more

The human body is an amazing structure, made up of many different cellular mechanisms that help it to grow, repair, change, move, adapt and function. It is no wonder that when it comes to understanding how everything works, that there is still a multitude of information still yet to discover. This is particularly true in the case of chronic- or what has now been dubbed “Persistent” Pain. Persistent pain is pain that has been present for greater than three months, following an episode of acute or insidious onset injury and one in five Australians suffer from Persistent Pain. What we know about this is that often, the inflammatory period has resolved but for some reason, the pain has not. So what happens when we injure ourselves? How does the body tissue heal itself? What happens when the pain doesn’t go away? Why is this problem something that we see on a daily basis in our Pilates clinic? “Pain is the unpleasant sensory and emotional experience we associated with actual or potential tissue damage..” Read more

Improve Golf  Swing with Pilates: Are you trying to work on your golf swing and just not getting anywhere? Did you know that Pilates can improve your game and can help keep you injury free?  Pilates is a type of exercise that focuses on improving muscular strength, flexibility, co-ordination, balance and mobility and stability of the spine, shoulder, pelvis and hips.  All these factors can lead to an improved golf performance. Read more