Pilates around an injury, in Harrogate
One-to-one reformer work for backs, knees, shoulders and the niggles that never quite settled.
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Working with what you've got today
A lot of people find their way to the reformer because something hurts, or used to hurt and has left them cautious. A group class is a difficult place to be in that position: the pace is set by everybody else, and nobody is watching whether you're compensating.
One to one, we start from what you can do today rather than what you could do last year. The springs let me take weight out of a movement, so you can work a muscle without asking a sore joint to carry you. As things improve, the spring goes up.
We also spend time on the unglamorous parts — how you stand, how you lift, which side you always load — because that is usually where the niggle keeps coming back from.
Alongside your physio
I teach Pilates. I'm not a physiotherapist, and a session with me is not treatment or a diagnosis.
If you're under a physio, osteopath or consultant, tell me what they've said and I'll work inside it — and I'll happily keep up the exercises they've given you rather than replacing them with my own. If you're not under anyone and something is genuinely painful, I'll tell you to get it looked at first.
That isn't me being awkward. It's how you end up making progress instead of going round in circles.
Tell me what's bothering you
Call or text with a line about the injury and I'll tell you whether I can help.
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