Transform Your Body and Posture with Pilates
Boost Confidence and Ease Back Pain
“Our APPI qualified team of physiotherapists delivers APPI Pilates in our clinic at MediaCityUK, Manchester, that produces fantastic and positive outcomes to meet our clients’ individual needs and aims.”
We currently run 45-min MAT-WORK PILATES CLASSES at an INTERMEDIATE LEVEL on WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS @1pm
in WHITE TOWER, MediaCityUK, M50 2NT (next to Holiday Inn)
These classes are not available for online bookings.
We currently run 45-min MAT-WORK PILATES CLASSES at an INTERMEDIATE LEVEL on WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAYS @1pm
in WHITE TOWER MediaCityUK, M50 2NT (next to Holiday Inn)
These classes are not available for online bookings.
Our physiotherapists teach clinical Pilates in groups of no more than 12. This is to ensure and allow for very close management and guidance, which will have an impact and enable people to benefit from the amazing APPI Pilates techniques.
It doesn’t matter how old you are, whether a woman or man or what fitness level you have. Pilates is an ideal form of exercise for you! Pilates is an exceptional system of precise exercises designed to strengthen ligaments and joints, increase flexibility and lengthen the muscles, thus creating a leaner, taller silhouette. The method incorporates the body and mind and puts the emphasis on learning efficient breathing patterns and strengthening core muscles that support the back and pelvic floor. It aims to correct postural misalignment and restore muscle balance that has been disturbed through bad posture, habitual patterns of movement and repetitive strain injuries.
At Therapy-First Physiotherapy we teach the APPI Pilates Method that is designed by Physiotherapists to suit not only healthy people, but also patients in the clinical setting and those with injuries. The method has a firm background in clinical research into spinal stabilisation.
Any questions about APPI please come and have a chat with Jaz who will be able to give you more information.
To fully understand the Pilates method, familiarise yourself with the following eight principles:
In Pilates, the focus on the relationship between breath and movement is essential. Breathing is slow and deep in order to energize the body. Clinical research shows that exhaling during the most strenuous movement provides the spine with maximum muscle stability. To prepare for an exercise, inhale first. As you exhale, pull your stomach in (navel to spine) and perform the movement.
Don’t worry if it sounds confusing—as we teach you will learn, and with practice it will become a lot easier.
Perform Pilates exercises slowly with our physiotherapists, focusing on movement to ensure precision and correct body alignment.
Precision and control go together. The word “control” means using the correct body parts, like activating your deep abdominals or feeling each vertebra one at a time during pelvic tilts.
In Pilates, it’s important to understand that one strong core area controls the rest of the body, known as the ‘powerhouse’. The powerhouse includes your deep abdominal muscles, back muscles, and pelvic floor muscles. These muscles support your spine and internal organs. If you have a strong centre, your back is strong, which means you can move easily without discomfort or pain.
In order to be effective, Pilates exercises have to be performed with exact precision. This attention to detail will lead to greater control and awareness of your body. This will also lead to a much-relaxed routine.
Each motion starts from a strong center and flows smoothly in a continuous way. There are no sharp, quick, jerky movements.
Pilates develops awareness of mind and body, which with practice will help you to recognise incorrect movement patterns, isolate them and correct them.
As with every skill, practice makes perfect, thus through repetition you will improve your skills and achieve the great benefits Pilates has to offer.
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Our clinic is based in Media City UK Salford Quays.
We will help you get on the road to recovery quickly.
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