Joseph Pilates developed the form of Clinical Pilates Melbourne know as Pilates in the 20th century. However, he did not formalize the movement to include some of its more defining guidelines, such as the 6 Principles of Pilates:
Described by J. Pilates as ‘Contrology’. It is the practice of controlling your muscle movements rather than just giving into the chaos of random activity.
Just like yoga, breathing in the right way is essential to getting the most out of exercise. Oxygen rich blood benefits the muscles, so the exerciser should inhale prior to the movement through the nose, and exhale through the release of the movement via the mouth.
Concentrating on what you are doing is another essential way to ensure you are focusing on the correct movements of your body. You are in control. This mindfulness allows you to coordinate mind, body, and spirit.
Flow is the connecting element, as each movement should flow into the other. Each exercise builds into the movements which flow to the subsequent movement or exercise representing energy smoothly transferring to the next move.
Centering is using the body’s core to obtain strengthening and conditioning of the connected body parts. It also serves as a connecting point or focal point for all activity.
Precision is the art of alignment of the body. Precise spatiality of each movement ensures you are moving in a controlled mindful manner. To prevent injury, it’s important that each repetitive movement is in the proper relationship to each body part before, during, and after each move.
Clinical Pilates Melbourne is the science of providing physiotherapy to the injured body through movement. It is a means of treating injuries to the neck and back. Clinical Pilates focuses on core stability, which is the retraining and recruitment of these stabilizing muscles while improving posture, strength, and flexibility.
It is not a generic tool to be used for the treatment of everyone with similar injuries. To begin identifying who would best benefit by this type of exercise, the physiotherapist identifies the key problems and then selects the exercises that focus on improving the issue. This should ensure optimal gains while limiting aggravation of the injury.
After practicing clinical Pilates for a significant period, results should be noticeable: restoration of normal movement, improved posture, and core stability, increased muscular strength and flexibility, injury prevention, overall body tone and fitness, breathing control, improved balance, increased coordination, and muscle control, firmer, flatter stomach, and a return to normal body movements.
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