This back surgeon has a better idea for back pain, and it’s not surgery! So many just shake their heads in disbelief when I mention that evidence shows Pilates has an 8o% success rate for reducing or eliminating back pain – surgery only 30%. Though back surgery continues to be prescribed, there is little evidence […]
This provocative article was just published yesterday (Sept 15, 2015) by Annie Lowrey for the online New York Daily Intelligencer. I’ve heard rumblings of the points she’s making from my studio friends. And my colleague Joan Breibart who is quoted at length knows what she’s talking about as the marketing genius who put Pilates on […]
It’s a problem. You can watch a video and then call yourself a Pilates teacher! There’s no law against it though most fitness centers will not let anyone teach without certification and insurance. But there’s certification and there’s certification! I, for instance, was trained by a Pilates Elder over many years before I ever started teaching, […]
I’ve been practicing and teaching mat Pilates for so long now, it’s easy to think I’ve heard (and read!) it all when it comes to this extraordinary method of exercise. But once in a very great while somebody says something new. Something I haven’t heard before or viewed in quite the same way! This is […]
Strength Exercises Are Important for Everyone, But Especially for Women Cardio, strength training and stretching do very different things for the body, and each is absolutely essential. What surprises me is that most people do not realize that from about age 30, we are all losing muscle tissue all over the body, that it’s […]
Yesterday You Heard the Case Against – Here’s the Other Side! If you didn’t see yesterday’s post arguing against music in Pilates be sure to take a look – it’s by one of the Pilates world’s best voices and it thoughtfully covers all the points better than any other post I’ve seen on this topic! […]
