Pilates

The Pilates Exercise Method is a collection of techniques developed by Joseph Pilates, who was determined to overcome his physical disabilities and become a fit and healthy individual. The Pilates method promotes excellent mind-body connection, making it ideal for rehabilitation and retraining of imbalanced muscles. Proper length and strength relationships of muscles throughout the body are restored.

Many people use Pilates Mat exercises utilizing videos or classes at athletic clubs. However, Joseph Pilates observed that most people do not have adequate core strength to perform most mat exercises correctly. Therefore, he developed specialized equipment to help teach people how to recruit the correct muscles initially, and then they can progress safely to mat work. Optimum Therapies offers all of the Pilates equipment necessary to effectively rehabilitate a variety of injuries and postural deviations from normal and progress you to home mat exercises.

Key Principles Include

• Controlled Breathing
• Centering (all movement comes from a strong, central "core")
• Control & Coordination
• Precision Movement
• Relaxation & Alignment
• Motivation & Visualization