Yes. Pilates can aggravate back pain when an exercise repeatedly recreates the same tension, compensation, or movement pattern that makes your back hurt. This can be especially confusing because many people come to Pilates after … Read More
What Kind of Pilates Is Best for Back Pain?
The best Pilates for back pain isn’t defined by mat, Reformer, or one particular style. It’s Pilates that helps you understand how your body is moving, build the skills you need to move differently, and … Read More
How Pilates Can Help You Move With Back Pain
Pilates can help you move with back pain by changing how your whole body shares the work of movement. Rather than simply doing a lot of ab exercises or gentle stretches, Pilates helps you become … Read More
Can Pilates Really Help Back Pain?
Yes. Pilates can help many people with back pain, particularly chronic low back pain. Research has found that Pilates-based exercise can reduce pain and improve disability and function”.1, 2 But that doesn’t mean Pilates is … Read More
Why Is Private Pilates Worth It?
Understanding the Value Behind One-on-One Pilates Private Pilates is undeniably more expensive than joining a group class. It’s also one of the questions we hear most often. Not always directly. Sometimes it’s, “How many sessions … Read More
What Happens During a Private Pilates Session?
Most private pilates sessions last about an hour and are spent working one-on-one with a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor who continually adapts the session to your body, your goals, and how you’re moving that day. … Read More
Why Lasting Change Starts with Understanding Your Body
How We Think About the Body Most people come to Dynamic Body Pilates because something about their body is no longer working the way they would like it to. For some, that means pain. For … Read More
Neck Pain During Pregnancy: Why It Happens and How Pilates Helps
Neck pain during pregnancy is incredibly common. And for many people, it doesn’t fully resolve with stretching, massage, ergonomic adjustments, or reminders to “fix” their posture. That’s often because the issue isn’t just the neck … Read More
Finding Clarity Beyond Physical Therapy Through One-on-One Reformer Pilates
A Body in Search of a Better Answer After years in physical therapy, Cynthia reached a point that’s familiar to many people dealing with chronic tension or recurring pain: improvement in pieces, but never a … Read More
Neck Pain from Sleeping: Causes and How Pilates Helps
Waking up with neck pain from sleeping is rarely about a single night. It is usually the continuation of a pattern that has been in place for some time, even if it has only recently … Read More