Dynamic Body Pilates • Rediscover Mobility, Fitness and Ease

Dynamic Body Pilates

Rediscover Mobility, Fitness & Ease

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“The work I did with Rebecca and her staff helped a ton, both with the pain and with my awareness on how I hold and use my body.”
– PW, Client
“For those with body challenges, the practitioners at DBP are the best – expert, creative, focused, and motivational.”
– KL, Client

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Oh My Quad! 😱 Have you done your squats today?

Oh My Quad! 😱 Have you done your squats today? How did they feel? If you have any pain in your knees or low back when you're squatting, ask yourself: Are you bending your hips, knees, and ankles proportionally? Or, are you, for example, bending your knees more than you are creasing your hips? This can create a build up of pressure or even pain in your knees. Try keeping your weight a little further back in your heel, which will force more of the action into your glutes and out of the front of your thigh.

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When you walk into the studio, the first things yo

When you walk into the studio, the first things you see are the reformers, wunda chair and cadillac. If you walk a little further, you'll see a carved out nook that holds a variety of foam rollers and weights.
🔷With so many available options, how do we choose what we are going to use in your session?
🔷Well, we start with you. 👩🏻‍💼👨🏽‍💼We start all of our clients with a Dynamic Body Assessment Session, where we look at your posture and talk with you about it, go through a variety of exercises based on your history and goals, and create strategy to help you rediscover mobility, fitness, and ease.

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Not for school, but for life we learn. This social

Not for school, but for life we learn. This social worker has scoliosis and has dealt with chronic back pain issues. 🔹One of the challenges is lugging her backpack around and finding the support to do so. She is doing a standing side "splits" exercise on the reformer. She is also holding a Theraband and she has a backpack on. 🔹We put on the backpack for these pilates strengthening exercises to have as much of a functional application of her strengthening, balance, and postural skills as possible. 🔹Since taking this approach, her back and overall body has gotten so much stronger and she has more day to day control of her body feeling good.

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Let's presume you're sitting at your desk right no

Let's presume you're sitting at your desk right now reading this on your phone while half paying attention to the zoom meeting you're in.
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A lot of the time when trying to sit with good posture, we thrust our chest too high up (sitting up "too tall") and compress the mid & upper back. Unfortunately, this may cause the neck to tense in reaction.
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So should you slouch? Nope, nice try.
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There are a bunch of stretching, self massage, and stability exercises to do but consider the simplest one: breathe slowly and gently for 5 minutes to help calm the nervous system and gradually release the tension (and the spine into neutral). You can do this while sitting or as soon as your meeting is over melt on to the floor and do it lying down on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor (a small pillow under your head is usually a good idea).
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A little more specifically than just to breathe is to breathe into your rib cage (often done as a prep exercise for core work). Inhale filling the backs and sides of your ribs with air, exhale and soften the front of your ribs.
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Let us know how it goes.
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What are some tricks that have worked for you?
For more breathing tutorial, click the “DBP Tutorials” link in our bio!

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#posture #goodposture #posturecorrection #posturematters

One of our favorite pieces of apparatus to work wi

One of our favorite pieces of apparatus to work with is the push-thru bar on the Cadillac. When hands 🖐 🤚 are on the bar one can hone in on the coordination of mobility in the shoulders and strength in the core. 🔹Having hands 🖐 🤚 on the outside of the bar, as pictured in this image, instead of on the bar across the front, can help a person who struggles with neck or shoulder tension in ab work to find relief. Add an extra focus on holding the bar the most with your pinky finger and you’ll get a lot of natural assistance from your body in softening your shoulders unclenching your neck. Without all that clenching, your abs will find a deeper and more supportive strength.

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If you're working from home, like personal stylist

If you're working from home, like personal stylist @brandeisnicole you need to read this! You're not alone if you've been feeling more stiffness in your neck and back than usual. Working from home has made a lot of "make-shift" home offices. Here are some helpful tips: *Make sure your back is against the chair* (make sure you have a back to your chair at all!). If you don’t touch, an overball (or under-inflated ball) 🔵 is a great prop to place between you and the chair. The ball only needs to be inflated enough to fill the space. One option is to start with it in your lumbar curve and adjust it to where it feels the most comfortable.
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Another effective technique is changing the position of the overball every 30 minutes or so. This will provide the most restorative and supportive approach for your back. Why an overball instead of a pillow? 🤔 The instability of the ball makes your muscles fire just enough to be active, and active muscles are more supportive!
For more on your posture when working from home, click the link in our bio and visit "Posture: WFH Edition".

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You can't always tell on the outside how healthy s

You can't always tell on the outside how healthy somebody's body is.
Chronic pain doesn't wear a specific costume. 👗 If you have pain, you can do all the supposed-to-be-good-for-you stretching and strengthening exercises you want but getting clear on what you’re doing or why will be what helps you address the root of the issue.

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