One of the things I love
about Pilates, and specifically equipment-based Pilates, is how adaptable it
is. Clients with vertigo can work
standing or sitting. People with knee problems
can work with appropriate support and just enough challenge to build up the
muscles around the knees. Shoulder
issues? The equipment provides
opportunities to learn new motor pathways to protect against future injuries
while helping to recover from old ones.
People who bend like
Stretch Armstrong (remember him? My
brother had one who eventually oozed red goo all over the carpet, so my mother
still hates him—Stretch, not my brother.) can learn to contain all that
mobility with some strength and precision.
Those of us who bend more like your average steel girder can learn to
channel our strength into something more flexible and less likely to snap.
All of us benefit from
the breath, the balance, the spinal alignment, and the improved proprioception.
Ready to try it?
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