If you’ve ever had a chronic injury of any kind, you’ll know that sometimes, the smallest things may trigger pain or even a relapse. It’s usually the act of doing a basic movement such as turning your head to look for oncoming traffic or picking up a washing basket that can send you straight back into your Health professional for treatment. Understandably, this may make you very cautious when moving through your daily incidental activity.

As you continue with your Pilates workouts, you’ll find that both your stabilising muscles and your main movers are both growing stronger and working together more harmoniously. You may find you are having less of these ‘episodes’ and you’ll be ready to partake in those exciting activities like hanging your washing, pain free!

Pilates also focuses on retraining the neural pathways that direct the muscle activation. It increases body awareness in space, or the movements a body is capable of. At its core, it emphasizes this neuronal circuitry as the individual must turn their attention all of the components of their own body. So essentially, it teaches you to move better.

A healthy body needs a proper balance between stability and mobility, between both strength and flexibility. Pilates addresses this balance by focusing on the intrinsic musculature of the body, as well as the joints, keeping them moving mechanically well, without restriction and with healthy alignment.

Pilates won’t protect you from every single injury, but it will promote a faster recovery and hopefully get you back to doing the things you love.