Pilates in physiotherapy - your way to more mobility, strength and well -being

What exactly is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy is an important treatment when it comes to making your body fit again - be it after an injury, pain or easy to feel more agile and stronger again in everyday life. It is not just about massages or heat treatments, but above all about active exercises that specifically train your muscles, joints and movements.

Many physiotherapists: Inside, rely on a method that may already be known from fitness courses: Pilates. But don't worry - you do not have to be sporty or experience. Pilates can be wonderfully adapted to your personal needs, regardless of whether you have pain, want to move preventively or want to get going again after an operation.

What is Pilates?

Pilates is a gentle but very effective full body training that connects body and mind. The focus is on controlled, flowing movements, which particularly strengthen your center of the body - the so -called Powerhouse. This includes your abdominal, back, pelvic floor and hip muscles.

The 6 principles of Pilates:

1. Concentration - you are full of things and feel what your body does.
2. Centation - everything starts in the Powerhouse.
3. Control - no fast, jerky movements, but deliberately executed.
4. Keeping - you pay attention to a healthy posture.
5. Breathing - your breathing supports movement.
6. River - the exercises merging soft and harmoniously.

Why Pilates goes so well with physiotherapy

Even if Pilates does not originally come from medicine, it fits physiotherapy perfectly. Why? Because both pursued very similar goals:

• Relieve pain
• Improve mobility
• Optimize attitude
• Strengthen body awareness
• Build muscle strength in a targeted manner

Physiotherapist: Inside, Pilates training can adapt so that it suits you very well-whether you are in rehab, have back pain or just want to feel more healthier and more agile.

Who is Pilates suitable for physiotherapy for?

Clearly: for almost everyone and everyone! Here are a few examples of when Pilates can be particularly helpful:

• Back pain (also chronic)
• Problems with neck, shoulders or hips
• Joint wear (e.g. osteoarthritis)
• After operations on the knee, hip or back
• Muscle tension or attitude
• Incontinence before or after birth
• Stress, sleep problems or exhaustion
• Diseases such as Parkinson's, MS or Fibromyalgia
• In the event of injuries in sports or for fall prophylaxis in old age

Children, adolescents or older people also benefit from the gentle and targeted exercises.

Pilates for winter sports fans

In Switzerland in particular, there are often skiing accidents in winter - especially knees, shoulders and heads are affected. Pilates can help you prepare for the slopes. It strengthens your deeply lying muscles, improves your balance and gives you more security on skis or the snowboard.

What does research say about it?

There are many studies that show: Pilates can really help with various health problems. Training often brings noticeable improvements, especially in the case of back problems and chronic pain. Pilates is also increasingly recommended for neurological diseases or after operations.

But: Pilates is not a miracle cure. For certain diseases (e.g. acute inflammation or herniated discs), you should always speak to your doctor beforehand.

What should you pay attention to?

The term "Pilates" is not protected. Therefore, everyone can theoretically call themselves: r "Pilates trainer: in"-even without well-founded training. If you want to do Pilates as part of a physiotherapeutic treatment, make sure that your: e therapist has: in a well -founded additional training in the Pilates area. So you can be sure that the exercises are really tailored to you and do you good.

Conclusion: Pilates in physiotherapy - more than just a trend

Pilates offers you the opportunity to strengthen your body holistically - gently, effective and with fun. In physiotherapy, the method has now proven itself as a fixed addition. Whether for prevention, treatment or in rehab: Pilates can help you move better, feel more comfortable and increase your quality of life.

You do not need sporting knowledge - just the desire to do something good for your body. Try it out - preferably under the guidance of an experienced physiotherapist.

If you want to learn more or just try Pilates, please contact us in one of our Pilates.ch partner studios:

Bea Eggimann-Pilates-Bern

Diplomated Pilates teacher and Art of Motion lecturer and examination expert

https://www.pilates-bern.ch/de/

Labriece Ochsner-LB-Pilates Grenchen

Pilates Master Teacher and Balanced Body Senior Educator

https://lb-pilates.ch/welcome/

Michael Brunner - Spirit Studio Basel
Sports teacher and training manager Polestar Pilates Switzerland
https://www.spirit-studio.ch