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Pilates for Special Bodies - Back Pain, Pregnancy, Seniors and More

The Pilates method can be especially helpful for people who are working with physical changes and challenges. Read about Pilates for pregnancy, seniors, back pain and much more.

Pilates and Back Pain

Pilates teaches correct posture, helping people with back pain get relief from the imbalances that cause back pain. Find out more about why Pilates exercises work for back pain.

Pilates Exercises for Back Pain

Pilates exercises can help decrease back pain, including low back pain. This is set of exercises that are frequently recommended for back pain.

Readers Talk About Pilates for Back Pain

Pilates exercises are often recommended for back pain. Here, readers share their experiences with doing Pilates for back pain.

Strengthening the Pelvic Floor Muscles

Read about why the pelvic floor muscles are important and how to strengthen them.

Neck Pain in Pilates

While neck muscles that are strong enough do factor in, a weak neck is often not the main cause of neck pain in Pilates.

Pilates Exercise Modifications and Safety Tips

Learn to modify Pilates exercises for safety or more challenge. Protect your neck and back with these simple tips. Apply these exercise basic modifications to matwork or reformer workouts.

Pilates Podcasts: Exercises for Neck and Lower Back

Read reviews of 2 Pilates podcasts from Lynda Lippin. These audio podcasts teach exercises for neck and lower back pain.

Pilates and Pregnancy

Are you wondering about doing Pilates during pregnancy? Pilates is an excellent form of exercise for a healthy pregnancy. Pilates will help you maintain strength and flexibilty, tone the abdominals and pelvic floor muscles, and set up good conditioning for your post pregnancy rebound. Here are some basic guidelines for working with Pilates and pregnancy.

Pilates for Pregnancy DVD Set

A Review of Pilates for Pregnancy, a set of Pilates DVDs for each trimester of pregnancy as well as postnatal Pilates exercises.

Blog Notes on Pilates and Osteoporosis

There are important differences between exercise for osteoporosis prevention and exercise once one has osteoporosis.

Avoid Dizziness and Nausea While Exercising

Dizziness and upset stomach are not uncommon among atheletes who train really hard, but what about those of us doing moderate exercise?

Exercise for Breast Cancer Recovery

Exercise can have great benefits in breast cancer recovery. Here we look at how Pilates exercise can help women recover from the effects of breast cancer treatments.

Is Pilates Good Exercise for Seniors?

This article takes a deeper look at the benefits of Pilates for seniors and some precautions seniors may want to take.

Pilates If You Are Tired

You can do Pilates if you are tired. Get ideas for how Pilates can help with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, stress, or just low energy.

Wrist Pain in Exercise

Wrist pain is a common difficulty people have with weight bearing exercises. Find out how to use a foam wedge or rubber pad to relieve wrist pain during exercise.

Blog: Pilates and Diabetes

Find out what makes Pilates and appealing choice for diabetics and what diabetics can do to make safe exercise choices.

Pilates for Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

As a no-impact exercise system that is highly adaptable to differing needs, Pilates is gentle yet effective exercise.
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