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1 Improved Posture
Your spine supports the weight of your body and allows your body to move with ease and comfort. Spending hours in front of a computer screen, sitting slumped in front of the telly and driving in a poor position inevitably takes its toll, resulting in poor posture rounded shoulders and back pain. Pilates helps to realign the spine and with that comes better posture.
2 Relief from back pain
A great deal of lower back pain comes from poor posture and our daily mistreatment of our spines. By realigning your spine and improving your posture, lower back pain can often be eliminated entirely.
3 A good nights sleep
Ask anyone to name three things essential for life and you will be told, water, air and food. Few people will mention sleep yet it is essential to life. Pilates can help stretch muscles, releasing tension and pain. And it can also trigger natural sleep responses.
4 Increase your strength and stamina without adding muscle bulk
Pilates develops your “core” muscles-muscles found in your abdominals and pelvic regions as well as in your back. By toning and stretching these muscles, and by correcting your posture, your natural strength and stamina will improve dramatically.
5 Pilates can help prevent osteoporosis
One in two women over the age of 50 in the UK will break a bone, mainly because of this bone density disorder (particularly those bones in the spine, wrist and hips) the bones become thin and weak and susceptible to fractures. By promoting good posture and balance, Pilates can actively help you avoid becoming one of those people.
Pilates is a gentle form of exercise that literally re-introduces you to your own body. And the better you understand your body and how it works, the easier it will be for you to release tension, relax and beat the stress and strain of everyday life.
7 help with the prevention of incontinence
Stress incontinence affects over three million people in the UK. One of the most common causes is pregnancy, where the pelvic floor muscles are weakened, but as we get older muscles in the pelvic floor weaken too. Pilates will help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, thereby curing what can be a very distressing problem.
8 Improve balance and coordination
Your spine will be realigned and your “core” muscles strengthened which means fewer injuries, hence the popularity of Pilate’s in professional sports people from dancers to rugby players.
9 Helps aid recovery after injury and prevents injuries recurring
Because of its low impact nature, Pilates is widely recognised as being beneficial to people who are recovering from whiplash. A lot of sports injuries can be avoided as Pilates helps to ensure correct body movement and core body strength.
10 No pain plenty gain
Pilates is a gentle non-aerobic form of exercise that will tone and strengthen your muscles and transform poor posture without stressing your joints or your heart.
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