Pilates for Medical Conditions

Benefits of pilates for chronic medical conditions

Mat and Reformer Pilates is recognised as a therapeutic necessity for health and quality of life. as it can reduce pain for a number of medical conditions, exercises work by enhancing the primary muscular support system, offloading the joints and leading to a reduction of pain.

Exercises are low impact, increase strength, flexibility and adapted for each condition.

Medical conditions:

Multiple Sclerosis - Focus on stability and core muscle strength to improve balance, movement and the risk of falling. Pilates helps to reduce pain and fatigue, cognitive problems and performance which increase awareness of body position. improve walking distance. enhance overall well-being and quality of life.

Arthritis - Reduce joint pain and stiffness by increasing flexibility, muscle strength and endurance. Pilates can work as part of a comprehensive Arthritis treatment plan, preventing stress on the joints.

Chronic Back Pain - Considered one of the best choices of therapy for people suffering with back pain Strengthens your weak core muscles that often create pain.

Heart Disease - Research shown that Pilates improves heart health through improved respiration and functional capacity in patients with heart disease, decreasing physical and emotional stress, and through improved metabolic function.significantly.

Fibromyalgia - Pilates emphasises breathing techniques to relax muscles and prevent tension. Breathing oxygenates blood and increases circulation to all regions of the body. Often people with fibromyalgia tend to disconnect from their bodies. Pilates is all about connection of the mind and body. It helps to prevent hyper-mobility and reduces the fatigue symptoms associated with fibromyalgia.

High Cholesterol - Pilates can lower high cholesterol levels. HDL (good) cholesterol–HDL help remove cholesterol from your arteries; Pilates exercises showed significant increases in blood HDL-C concentration despite an increase in the body fat ratio, implying that the Pilates exercise was effective in increasing blood lipid metabolism, particularly with increasing the concentration of HDL-C

Diabetes -Pilates helps insulin work better improving your chances of better diabetes management and to lower blood sugar for the diabetic or pre-diabetic

Quality in a Pilates workout
Pilates consists of moving through a slow, sustained series of exercises using abdominal control and proper breathing. The quality of each posture is more important than the number of repetitions or how energetically you can move.

People who provide essential support (e.g. carers) to disabled people are exempt, and don’t count towards gathering limits. Therefore, disabled participants can be supported by a carer(s)/personal assistant(s) while taking part in 1:1 coaching. This can be in addition to others from your household, support bubble or one person from another household – this could be a coach.