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

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

Learn 5 easy stress reducing exercises. They can be done alone or as part of an exercise warm up or cool down.

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.

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

Are you wondering if you can do Pilates? You can. Read about all the different people doing Pilates.

Read a review of the DVD Pilates for Buff Bones. This DVD workout is based on exercises that help maintain strong bones and are safe for those with osteoporosis.

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

Learn about exercise for osteoporosis. In this interview Rebekah Rotstein discusses how to use Pilates and exercise to increase bone density and gives tips on safe exercise for osteoporosis.

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

8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back may be the most sophisticated book of back pain exercises you will ever read. In it, Esther Gokhale presents a highly detailed program of posture exercises that challenges contemporary assumptions about the spine and movement.

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

Brent Anderson from Polestar Pilates talks about Pilates exercise for sciatica - what to do, and what not to do.

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...

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

Pregnancy is an important time to stay fit. You might like to follow along with Pilates instructor Dale Shea as she takes you through 4 different workouts.

Exercise is an important part of breast cancer recovery. Read my review of Stott Pilates DVD Breast Cancer Rehab DVD.

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

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 is a popular form of exercise during pregnancy and beyond. Here, Readers share their stories about Pilates and pregnancy. See submissions

This is an inspiring story about how a healing a broken collarbone led Pilates instructor Tina Hicks on a journey of new discoveries about movement and alignment.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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