At one time or other back pain will blight many of our lives. This three part series of back pain looks at how the spine works and what makes it works, what can go wrong, and how to help put it right. This first part is all about the anatomy of the spine. All the intricate [...]
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Pilates and Back Pain – Part 1
Posted in Anatomy, Back and Neck Pain, Chronic Pain, Long Term Conditions on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lateral Breathing – correct breathing and Pilates
Posted in Breathing, Chronic Pain, Homework, Pilates, Relaxation on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pilates said ” Above all, learn to breathe correctly” When we take in a breath in we are filling the lungs and the body with fresh oxygen – if we don’t, we collect stale air which can cause our bodies great damage. Pilates also said “The lungs cannot be completely deflated at first without considerable effort. [...]
Arthritis and Pilates
Posted in Back and Neck Pain, Chronic Pain, Long Term Conditions, Uncategorized on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In recent years, Pilates has become popular with everyone from the pop singer Madonna to Sunderland Football club. First developed in the 1920’s, it is now practised by people with many types of arthritis. Pilates helps to strengthen the core muscles deep within your chest, back, stomach and pelvis. What is Pilates? Pilates exercises are [...]
Relax! It’s only breathing!
Posted in Chronic Pain, Relaxation on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Simple breathing to help you keep calm and carry on! Physiological response When we are stressed or in pain the body prepares us for action by flooding our blood stream with adrenaline and noradrenalin (the ‘stress response’). Stress and its management is a very big topic, but suffice to say that we are often affected [...]
Post Mastectomy Training – why you need a Specialist
Posted in Anatomy, Breast Cancer Pilates, Chronic Pain, tagged breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, mastectomy, rehab on October 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Below is an article written by Carrie Myers Smith on why any exercise training should be with a breast cancer exercise specialist. This article is based on ‘general fitness’, but a lot of the moves included in the article are based around Pilates, or with modification, could be adaptedinto Pilates moves. Postmastectomy training – why [...]
Relaxation and Pregnancy
Posted in Ante Natal, Back and Neck Pain, Chronic Pain, Long Term Conditions, Post Natal, Pre Conception Health, Relaxation on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Being pregnant places extra demands on your body in many ways, and as such places extra stress on your body. That’s not to say that being pregnant is stressful per se, but the extra demands can often take their toll. Simple breathing to help you keep calm and carry on! Physiological response When we are [...]
Relaxed Breathing
Posted in Ante Natal, Back and Neck Pain, Breast Cancer Pilates, Chronic Pain, Long Term Conditions, Post Natal, Relaxation, tagged Relaxation on October 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We all need help unwinding; allow yourself to breathe…
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