by Tracy Ward | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog Updates, Pilates, Prenatal
The gym ball is a great piece of equipment to support your workouts during pregnancy. As pregnancy develops, exercises lying on your back are not advised, and often sitting positions on the floor can become uncomfortable. The gym ball offers additional versatility in...
by Tracy Ward | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog Updates, Pilates
A Pilates practise is a dynamic and varied matwork practise, but the use of the small props can significantly modify your workout! Whether you want to make the exercises easier, harder, or just mix things up, the props can keep your mat time challenging, supported,...
by Tracy Ward | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
Runners are often exposed to repetitive movements and strains on the body. This predominantly leads to lower body injuries, but these can then transpire to the lower back too. Low back pain in runners is often unlikely a serious pathology, but due to an imbalance in...
by Tracy Ward | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog Updates, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
Non-specific low back pain refers to low back pain without a specific explanation or structural damage source. It can affect up to 80% of the population and can alter quality of life. So how can the back get so painful without a proper injury? There are many...
by Tracy Ward | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Pilates
We are almost a year in to the whole working from home situation that 2020 threw upon us urgently and what a learning curve it has been for Pilates/Yoga teachers and those teaching from home! I previously wrote about My business during the pandemic here, and for a...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog Updates, Pilates
Following on from Part 1 of Why Pilates Works last week, we are going to discuss how Pilates actually came about, as well as a few key principles that we use in class so that you know WHY we talk about these things so much and why they are so relevant to Pilates! I...
