“My PT says it’s my knee, my personal trainer says it’s my hip, and now you’re saying it’s really my back?” my new client looked at me askance.
She didn’t get it. It took a few Pilates sessions and then the lightbulb went on.
When we’re moving through injury patterns, it’s easy to get stuck in a kind of chicken-and-egg rationale, trying to figure out which injury to address first.
The key is seeing alignment is everything.
The beauty of Pilates is that it “rights” your whole body. Aligning your feet, ankles, knees, hips and shoulders to the spine gets you on track.
“Contrology is the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit,” Joseph Pilates said. Pilates spoke about whole body fitness, when the muscles are developed uniformly you have more flexibility.
And that’s why Pilates is an ongoing prescription to keep yourself healthy as you move through life.
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