Pilates For Injuries

Being injured is a real catch-22. When people are injured, they usually fall quickly out of shape. When their injuries have healed up and they're ready to get back into shape, however, many find that exercise exacerbates their injuries. However, lack of exercise and muscle tone increases their chances of being injured again, and even lengthens the amount of time it takes to heal. If you have an injury, you may feel like you don't have a lot of options. It's frustrating, to say the least.

Fortunately, there's Pilates. Pilates was actually created as a technique for the rehabilitation of injuries. Although Pilates has become very popular in recent years, it is in fact nearly a 100-year old system.

Pilates, originally called "Contrology," was developed by a German named Joseph Pilates while he was living in England during the years of WWI. He invented his exercises to help rehabilitate injured, bedridden soldiers returning from the Great War. Dancers soon discovered Pilates because the precise exercises strengthened their bodies and improved their technique, all while protecting them from injury (a common plight of dancers).

Not every instructor who teaches Pilates is equipped to teach people with injuries. Fortunately, the instructors who teach at Pilates on Fifth are. We absolutely love teaching Pilates to special populations, including pregnant women, senior citizens, people with injuries, disabled people, and breast cancer survivors. In fact, Pilates on Fifth owners Kimberly and Katherine Corp are co-founders of The Pink Ribbon Program, Inc., which brings Pilates to breast cancer survivors across the country.

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