Rehabilitation Through Pilates - A Guide to Recovery from Common Musculo-Skeletal Conditions

An essential guide to helping common musculo-skeletal conditions through Pilates exercises.

List of contents

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE BASICS

Chapter One: The basics

PART TWO: THE CONDITIONS

Chapter Two: Common conditions of the lumbar spine

Chapter Three: Common conditions of the neck

Chapter Four: Common conditions of the shoulder

Chapter Five: Common conditions of the pelvis and hip

Chapter Six: Common conditions of the knee and lower leg

Chapter Seven: Postural dysfunction

PART THREE: THE EXERCISES

Chapter Eight: Pelvic stability

Chapter Nine: The shoulder girdle

Chapter Ten: Spinal flexion

Chapter Eleven: Hip rehabilitation

Chapter Twelve: Spinal extension

Chapter Thirteen: Spinal mobilisation

Chapter Fourteen: Knee and lower limb

Chapter Fifteen: Stretches

RESOURCES

ACKOWLEDGEMENTS

INDEX

About the author

After a career as a professional ballet dancer Karen Pearce trained as a Pilates Instructor in 2000 and is also qualified to teach matwork and machines. She has a particular interest in rehabilitation Pilates.
Sarah Sessa is a physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor. She qualified as a physiotherapist from University College London in 1995 and went on to specialise in neuro-rehabiliation, oncology and palliative care.

Summary

An essential guide to helping common musculo-skeletal conditions through Pilates exercises.

This in-depth, yet clear and practical, book is written by two respected Pilates instructors with years of experience in rehabilitation. It details not only remedial exercises for each of the common conditions but also provides a detailed anatomy and pathology breakdown for each.

The first part of the book outlines the basic principles of Pilates. Next it explores the conditions found in the lumbar, spine, neck, shoulder, pelvis and hip, and knee and lower leg and also postural disfunction. Remedial exercises are detailed for each of these in the third part.

Product details

• Authors: KAREN PEARCE, Karen Pearce, Pearce Karen, Sarah Sessa, Sessa Sarah
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2022
• EAN: 9781801520027
• ISBN: 978-1-80152-002-7
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Fitness, aerobics, bodybuilding, gymnastics; Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Orthopedics, EDUCATION / Special Education / Physical Disabilities, Musculoskeletal medicine, Teaching of physically disabled students, Exercise and workouts, HEALTH & FITNESS / Exercise / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Physical Education, Sports science, physical education, pilates; rehabilitation