Rehabilitation
How does Pilates work in Injury Rehab & Prevention?
If you’re suffering from an injury or recovering from a surgery, Pilates is great for rehabilitation. Pilates for rehab is showing up more and more in physiotherapy clinics and hospitals worldwide. Studies have shown that Pilates is effective for rehabilitation; it can reduce pain and disability.
The beauty of Pilates is that it can take the individual from the early stages of rehab to the long term goal of a conditioned and fully functioning body. By strengthening the deepest muscles of the core, optimizing alignment, and creating correct movement patterns, we can also help to prevent the reaggravation of those injuries and the development of new ones.
A strong, optimally functioning body must be both stable and mobile. Adequate stabilization proximally enables us to attain optimal function distally. Being too loose (hypermobility) or too tight (hypomobility) can both lead to injuries and pathologies. Weight-lifting regimens often emphasize stability to the point where the person is so stable he or she cannot move.
How is Pilates effective in Rehabilitation?
9 fundamental reasons why Pilates is effective in injury Rehabilitation and Prevention
- Pilates focuses on the center or core muscles.
- Pilates exercises emphasize both stability and mobility.
- Pilates includes both closed-kinetic-chain and open-kinetic-chain exercises.
- Pilates exercises work muscles statically and dynamically
- Pilates exercises are functional.
- Pilates places an importance on breathing appropriately.
- Pilates is adaptable for many different patient populations.
- Pilates is a mind - body form of conditioning.
- Pilates equipment is safe and easy to use (with proper training).
What causes Injuries and how Pilates can help?
Broadly, there are two ways in which injuries occur most of the times. An acute injury is a single blunt force or a traumatic event such as a fall or an accident that can result in fractures, dislocations, breaks, or sprains. Then there are injuries due to overuse and those are usually subtle and occur over time from misalignment, poor form, and/or repetitive movements that cause an imbalance in the body. Muscular imbalances, poor posture, and poor walking, running, or sitting technique increases the load on the joints making it susceptible to strains, pulls, and tears.
We’ve all heard of (or know someone) who was perfectly fine, bent over and couldn’t get back up, or reached their arm overhead and it was stuck there.
What happened? What happened was an injury waiting to happen.
Many weekend warriors that primarily sit all week and then go hardcore with lifting heavy weights in the gym or long runs end up with injuries. The most common injuries are to the back, shoulder, hips, knees and ankles. Pilates is an excellent way to prepare the body for everyday activities as well as for sports or other strenuous forms of exercise. It aids with injury prevention as well as rehabilitation after an injury.
Pilates is globally chosen as an effective choice for physical therapy by therapists since it is dynamic and offers a complete workout that stresses on basic aspects like strength, concentration, centering, control, precision, fluidity, breathing, flow etc. No matter where you perform Pilates, these factors remain the same and help develop and strengthen your body.
Pilates workout focuses mainly on the flexibility of your spine and motion. It also compels us to pay more attention to our posture while performing various activities and range of other motions to avoid injuries in the future. The intense yet effective workout helps strengthen the muscles that support your spine and protect them from any injuries.
Rehabilitation with Pilates isn’t just for muscular injuries though. There is scientific evidence that Pilates can also help with a variety of impairments. These include neurological impairments that a patient received from Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis, or even strokes. It’s also effective in preventing osteoporosis and can even reduce the effects of aging in an individual.
What Other Types of Rehab Can Pilates Help With?
Rehabilitation with Pilates isn’t just for muscular injuries though. There is scientific evidence that Pilates can also help with a variety of impairments. These include neurological impairments that a patient that received from Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis, or even strokes. Pilates can help to restore and retrain muscle function following one of the impairments. It’s also effective in preventing osteoporosis and can even reduce the effects of aging in an individual. Pilates helps to stabilize any pain in the body and works to alleviate that pain over time. For people with rheumatoid arthritis, strengthening abdominal muscles can take pressure off painful joints and help maintain mobility. It helps those suffering from herniated/slipped disc/sciatica and frozen shoulder problems. With Pilates, a patients range of motion can be improved and any overcompensation from one side of the body to the other can be corrected.
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This was the best decision I took for myself. I previously worked out in the gym & did yoga but didn’t get the desired results. With Pilates, I gained new strength and the workout was engaging, calming & stress-relieving.
I had a major spinal surgery & had a lot of nagging back issues which seem to have magically sorted out in just a couple of sessions. Not that the sessions were aimed at reducing backache but it did disappear.
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