Clinical Pilates

Roundwood offers on-site Clinical Pilates courses for back and neck care.

Aims of the Courses

The Pilates courses here at Roundwood aim to improve:

  • Postural Awareness
  • Spinal Flexibility
  • Postural Muscle Strength and
  • Postural Muscle Endurance

These are fantastic classes for people with chronic back or neck pain, people recovering from a recent acute back or neck problem, and for those wanting to help prevent future back and neck problems.

Introductory Course

This is an introductory course of 6 weekly classes. It is strongly recommended that all 6 classes are attended for optimum results.

Ongoing Classes

These classes are for those who have completed the introductory course and wish to progress their exercises and continue in a class setting.

Class Structure

The classes have been carefully structured to include a warm-up, stretching exercises and progressive Pilates-style strengthening exercises.

Pilates exercises have been shown to be some of the most effective exercises for spinal rehabilitation. The focus in Clinical Pilates is on correct technique rather than building up a sweat!

Tuition and Class Capacity

The classes are conducted by an experienced Chartered Physiotherapist with specialist training in Clinical Pilates. Class sizes are kept to a maximum of 6 to enable individual attention to be given, ensuring correct technique and therefore optimal, safe performance from participants

Pilates is a mind-body centering technique that targets the deep postural muscles of the spine to improve overall core stability and posture.

Pilates is a progressive exercise regime concentrating on strengthening the 'central core' slowly and progressively adjusting the intensity of each exercise through the use of differing length levers combined with appropriate breathing control.

The Conditions Pilates Can Help

  • Short term lower back pain
  • Long term lower back pain
  • Short and long term neck & thoracic conditions
  • Short & long term shoulder conditions
  • Postural problems
  • Post abdominal surgery
  • Ante and post natal
  • Post caesarean section
  • "Women's health" problems
  • Stress
Pilates and Other Therapies

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