Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy
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The Mission of Arch Pilates & Physical Therapy is to enhance and nourish the body with powerful and intelligent movement. The body is an integrative system of the mind, body, and spirit and the sum of all parts must work in harmony for optimum health and longevity. Movement becomes intelligent as you combine physical strength, mental focus, and body awareness.
The basis of the Pilates Method is core strengthening, utilizing nine principles that connect the mind, body, and spirit. The principles are: Breathing, Concentration, Control, Centering, Precision, Balanced Muscle Movement, Rhythm and Flow, Whole Body Movement, and Relaxation. Pilates exercises will strengthen your abdominals and back, improve balance, increase coordination, and decrease stress mentally and physically. Strength and stability along with body awareness and mental focus enables the body to move with efficient neuromuscular control. This optimal neuromuscular control carries over to all movements in life.
As a physical therapist and Pilates instructor I have melded the best of both worlds to provide comprehensive therapeutic exercise programs beneficial to all ages, fitness levels, and physical limitations. The following are just some of the benefits.
- Including Pilates in your sports training will improve your performance, increase speed and agility, improve endurance, prevent injuries, and decrease recovery time. Gaining body awareness, mental focus and concentration, helps keep your mind in the game.
- Integrating Pilates training with physical rehabilitation addresses the body as a whole, recognizing that optimal recovery from surgery, an injury, or chronic pain is based not only on natural healing time, but also on proper joint function, muscle balance, and decreased levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
- Pilates is an excellent fitness routine that is non-stressful to the joints, but powerful enough to strengthen and tone trouble spots as movements are precise and targeted to specific muscle groups. Not to mention, the abdominals are working the full hour!
- For seniors living active lifestyles, Pilates offers an excellent method to maintain bone density, muscle flexibility, joint integrity, and overall balance and coordination. Safety and function during daily activities is enhanced with improved posture, body awareness, upright balance, and efficient and controlled movement
Pilates will allow you to break free from the bonds of restricted movement and discover The Freedom to Move!
