Pilates for Clients with Injuries and Chronic Pain…
3 things I look at to ensure they walk out of their Pilates session feeling pain free, uplifted and empowered to move:
Foot placement
Myofascial connection
What’s in their conscious awareness
Foot Placement
This tells me what’s online and what’s offline and you can see this by the way clients stand. Within a couple seconds, you can tell where the pain is coming from, which muscles need more strength and which need release.
Looking at the feet also tells you when there’s been a shift in their body movement patterns and whether change will stick, which we cover in the next injury masterclass.
Myofascial Connection
When it comes to injuries and pain, just modifying the exercises won’t cut it as this is a way of working around injuries and it’s a strategy that prolongs the pain.
Don’t get me wrong, modifying for injuries is essential BUT if you’re only focused on the area in pain and not looking at the body as a whole including myofascial connection and the impact of suppressed emotions then the pain will be prolonged.
What’s In Their Conscious Awareness?
When experiencing chronic pain or post injury- clients (and alot of practitioners) are under the impression that the area in pain is the problem, when in fact it’s the area that’s been doing all the work!
The area in pain is crying out for support from other areas!
When strengthening the parts of the body that have been disconnected - the pain subsides in just one session.
The questions they ask me tell me alot about where they’re at emotionally and whether they feel safe enough to move their body or if they’re just saying so.
Join me at the next Injury Masterclass (In person in Melbourne and Online) so you can:
Work with injuries with confidence
Understand the dangers of stretching an area in chronic pain
Gain exercises I swear by to help clients heal from injuries
Get to the root cause of your client’s pain
Essential cues and techniques to create a safe environment for clients when they are terrified to move
Know why more strength and less stretch is essential for healing
Reset the nervous system and muscle memory during movement
Psychology behind pain and injuries