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What is Pilates?
Pilates is an exercise form developed originally in the 1920’s by a German exercise innovator, Joseph Pilates, and has progressed using his basic principles to what it is today.
It’s a unique approach to exercise that develops body awareness – improving and changing the body’s postural alignment habits with movements primarily aimed at stabilising the trunk (or core). It stretches, strengthens and balances the body, through the systematic practice of specific exercises coupled with focused breathing patterns.
Exercises are low impact, help tone and stretch all areas of the body, increasing strength and flexibility in muscles and joints, which results in greater ease of movement.
There are two categories of Pilates:
Fitness Pilates; commonly practiced in gyms and studios, the instructions being given by personal trainers/exercise instructors
Clinical Pilates; evolved since the 1990s, modified by health professionals to be safer and more clinically effective. By using well-established physiotherapy concepts and research, it has given scientific validity to Pilates. The emphasis is on accuracy and specificity.