Safely Addressing Spinal Conditions with Pilates

This one day (7 hours) Master level Workshop will give you the tools and confidence to work with the most common spinal conditions and back injuries we see as Pilates instructors.

Course Objectives:

• Understand the most common spinal conditions that can be safely addressed with Pilates exercise

• Understand the importance and relevance of training for stability and mobility rather than strength alone

• Learn the role of the Multifidus and Transversus Abdominis muscles in spinal stabilization

• Learn to train the nervous system with motor control exercises for stabilization

• Learn Pilates exercises to restore mobility in the thoracic spine while stabilizing the lumbar spine

• Learn how to safely progress a client from stabilization to full-body movement using Pilates exercises