You might have heard that it’s an exercise that makes your core strong. That’s right—Pilates does help make your core stronger (by the way, your core includes your deep belly muscles, diaphragm, pelvic floor muscles, and the deepest back muscles(1). But it’s not just about your core. In Pilates we try to focus on strengthening >> READ MORE <<
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Can Pilates help alleviate low back pain?
“If your spine is stiff at 30,” he once said, “you are old. If it’s flexible at 60, you are young.” (Joe Pilates) Low back pain has been consistently ranked among the top 10 health concerns in primary care, as evidenced by data from 1999(1) and 2016(2). Interestingly, one of the earliest recorded descriptions of acute lower >> READ MORE <<