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‘Healthy human movement exploration through the disciplines of Pilates, Exercise Physiology and Remedial Massage.’

This blog is no long updated and is only kept as an archive, my writing can now be found at the Movement Health and Ex Phys newsletters on Substack. Thanks for reading, Warwick…

What is Pilates?

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Movement Health in Just saying.., Pilates

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What is Pilates? A popular belief I encounter fairly regularly regarding this question seems to be; ‘Pilates is that stretchy, core thing’. In an Exercise Physiology/Physical Therapy/Rehab setting Pilates based exercises are often used as an exercise treatment for back injuries. I feel there’s a bit more to Pilates so here goes: Pilates was a …read more

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