Pure Pilates Ft Lauderdale Florida » Pilates training http://www.pure-pilates.net Romana's Pilates by Pure Pilates Ft Lauderdale Florida Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Pilates training is effective for relief of Low-Back Pain http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/02/pilates-training-is-effective-for-relieve-of-low-back-pain/ http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/02/pilates-training-is-effective-for-relieve-of-low-back-pain/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:27:06 +0000 Karen Winselmann http://www.pure-pilates.net/?p=165 The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke list low-back pain as the most common cause of job-related disability in the United States.    Recent research supports the effectiveness of Pilates exercises for low-back pain. 

According to a report published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, participants who practiced Pilates over a 4-week period experienced more relief from their low back pain than those who went through typical treatment programs. 

A further study by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario was undertaken to decide whether Pilates exercises were effective in improving the conditions of low-back pain patients.  The investigators randomly assigned 39 active adults ages 20 – 55 with chronic low-back pain to either a Pilates training group or a control group.  The experimental group exercised on Pilates equipment, while the control group received the usual care provided to individuals seeking medical help for low-back pain. 

Post-testing revealed that the Pilates participants had significantly lower levels of functional disability and pain intensity than the control subjects.   A year later, the Pilates participants had maintained their physical improvements.

]]> http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/02/pilates-training-is-effective-for-relieve-of-low-back-pain/feed/ 0 Pilates Training Helps Runner http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/pilates-training-helps-runner/ http://www.pure-pilates.net/2010/01/pilates-training-helps-runner/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:06:55 +0000 Karen Winselmann http://www.pure-pilates.net/?p=91 If you have a client who loves to run but is stymied by hip or pelvis problems, Pilates might help.  A functionally based Pilates intervention program that focused on restoring correct lower-extremity alignment returned running ability to an experienced high-level female runner.  In the case study, health professionals at the University of Connecticut School of Allied Health in Storrs, Connecticut, described how a Pilates-evolved exercise program resolved a long-term runner’s inability to run because of dysfunction of the hip, spine and pelvic stabilizers.  Other traditional treatment approaches had already failed.  The Pilates program focused on functional and progressive resistance exercises designed to dynamically stabilize the spine, pelvis and hip through all planes of motion.  The case study was published in Current Sports Medical Reporter.

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