What is Clinical Pilates
Clinical Pilates can be used in helping treat – and most importantly – prevent back pain, neck pain shoulder and arm pain, and hip and knee pain. It can also improve posture and muscle tone, provide greater flexibility and increase balance.
How does Clinical Pilates work?
Our bodies are made up of various layers of muscles from superficial to deep. Conventional exercise predominantly works our superficial muscles. Clinical Pilates targets our deep core muscles. These deep muscles aid in stability around the joints of the body which are vulnerable to injury. Clinical Pilates aims to improve the body’s control and stability of the abdominal, pelvic floor and deep stabilizing back muscles and to help promote injury prevention.
What we offer at Hawthorn Osteopathic Clinic
When you begin Clinical Pilates at the Hawthorn Osteopathic Clinic, you will first receive a full clinical assessment by an Osteopath. From this assessment, a personalized program will be tailored to your body. A minimum of three private lessons are recommended to teach and perfect your program. Clients wishing to continue Clinical Pilates can purchase a package of lessons at a discounted rate.
Our Clinical Pilates studio is a small scale personal studio. It caters for individual lessons or lessons with a maximum of three people. We believe the attention of a trained professional is vital in achieving the correct technique and ensures your program can be continually revised and changed as you advance.
Classes are available during clinic opening hours, and may be claimable on Private Health Insurance, depending on your health insurer and level of cover.
Core Stability
Clinical Pilates works to improve stability and control of the deep core muscles of the spine and pelvis. This helps with injury prevention, flexibility and posture.
