Ten ways Pilates can help You

There are probably not many people who haven’t seen or heard about Pilates . So what is all the fuss about?

Pilates is a great, low impact way of building strength and body awareness. And with body awareness comes improvements in many areas of your life.

1. Improved posture

Your spine supports the weight of your body and allows your body to move with ease and comfort however hours spent sitting in front of a computer screen or slumped in front of a TV can result in back pain and rounded shoulders. Pilates helps to re-align the creating better posture.

2. Relief from back pain

As mentioned above, a great deal of lower back pain comes from poor posture and our daily mistreatment of our spines. By re-aligning your spine, increasing core stability and improving posture, lower back pain can often be eliminated entirely.

3. A good night's sleep

Pilates can help stretch muscles, releasing tension and pain, and can also help trigger natural sleep responses.

4. Increase your strength and stamina without adding bulk

???? and pelvic regions as well as in your back. By toning and stretching core muscles, those found in your abs, back and pelvis, by correcting your posture, your natural strength and stamina will improve noticeably.

5. Prevent Osteoporosis

By promoting good posture and balance, Pilates can actively help you avoid becoming one of 75% of women over 50 who will suffer from osteoporosis.

6. A great way to relax and beat stress

Pilates is a gentle form of exercise that helps become aware of your own body. And the better you understand your body and how it works, the easier it will be for you to release tension, relax and beat the stress of a busy lifestyle.

7. Help with a prevention of incontinence

A common cause of incontinence in women is pregnancy, where the pelvic floor muscles can be weakened, but as we get older muscles in the pelvic area can weaken too. Pilates will help you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, helping to treat the cause of incontinence.

8. Improve your balance and co-ordination

Pilates helps improve your balance and co-ordination by realigning your spine and strengthening your "core" muscles. And better balance and co-ordination means fewer injuries - hence Pilates growing popularity among professional sports people - from dancers to rugby players.

9. Helps aid recovery after injury - and prevent injury recurring

Because of its low impact nature, Pilates is widely recognised as being beneficial to people who are recovering from injury including whiplash and a wide range of sporting injuries.

10. No pain plenty gain!

Pilates is a gentle non-aerobic form of exercise that will tone and strengthen your muscles and transform poor posture without stressing the joints or the heart.

So you see there are lots of reasons to sign up for a class. Check out the timetable for a time that suits you.