We offer continuing education and educational workshops for Pilates teachers and students, physical therapists and rehabilitation professionals, dancers and dance educators, schools, athletic programs and more. We now offer Pilates certification for physical therapists through Balanced Body.
This one-day course will introduce you to the Reformer as a tool for effective neuromotor training. Learn how to use the Reformer’s spring resistance in a variety of functional positions, including supine, seated, all-fours, and standing, to resolve movement impairments and restore overall function. Each of the exercises presented includes patient set up and useful regressions and progressions for common injuries. The course includes a case study and applications specific to the rehabilitation setting.
The chair, created by Joseph Pilates, provides a wide variety of exercises in a small footprint. In the clinical setting, the chair offers opportunity to work functionally in sitting and standing both bilaterally and unilaterally. This course is an introduction to Chair exercises and includes regressions for the client in active rehabilitation as well progressions for the beginning, post-rehabilitation and advanced wellness client. This training is appropriate for clinics working with the Wunda Chair, Combo Chair and ExoChair. This course will include equipment set up, clinical application, and safety.
The Trapeze Table (Cadillac) was created by Joseph Pilates to assist him in moving patients that were in hospital and bed ridden. Its evolution through the years has made the Cadillac a must have in Pilates studios and clinics around the world. This course is an introduction to Cadillac exercises and includes regressions for the client in active rehabilitation as well progressions for the beginning, post-rehabilitation, and advanced wellness client. This training is appropriate for clinics working with the Allegro® or Allegro 2 Tower of Power®, Half Trapeze and Wall Tower as well as those working with full Cadillacs. This course will include equipment set up, clinical applications and safety.
