Pilates for Injury Rehabilitation
Perhaps the most well known benefit of Pilates and is a long, lean body. While this is a true benefit, there are also therapeutic rehabilitative and restorative benefits that can offer great pain relief and restored strength.
Therapeutic Pilates
In the past decade, Pilates has gained a world-wide reputation among doctors and physical therapists for rehabilitating such conditions as:
This reputation was the goal and vision for Pilates’ founder Joseph Pilates who passed away in 1968, long before his method became well known. Many physical therapists now incorporate Pilates equipment into their rehab programs and some doctors recommend it for their patients. Pilates is often recommended for cancer survivors, as it is a low impact, strength-building exercise method.
- Low back pain
- Incontinence
- Discomfort caused by herniated discs
- Migraine headaches
- Sciatica
- Whiplash
- Frozen shoulder
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
This reputation was the goal and vision for Pilates’ founder Joseph Pilates who passed away in 1968, long before his method became well known. Many physical therapists now incorporate Pilates equipment into their rehab programs and some doctors recommend it for their patients. Pilates is often recommended for cancer survivors, as it is a low impact, strength-building exercise method.
GYROTONIC® for Injury Rehabilitation
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The creator of GYROTONIC®, Juliu Horvath, invented the method while rehabilitating a torn Achilles tendon and herniated disc. GYROTONIC® is also quickly becoming a widely accepted method for rehabilitating joint impairments, as well as many of the conditions listed above.
The essence of both Pilates and GYROTONIC® is to strengthen, stretch, and tone the body in areas that need to be restored, in order to bring the body back into its ideal alignment so that you can feel strong, supple, and move with ease. |
