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Pilates Applications for Health Conditions

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Pilates Applications for Health Conditions

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Movement is recognized as a positive contributor to lengthening healthspan and supporting vitality. However, optimal movement practices for the individual needs of different health conditions have not yet been thoroughly explored. This pioneering book examines 24 health conditions, each one illustrating in detail how movement sequences improve gait, balance, efficiency, and quality of life. Each chapter is an exemplar of how to tailor movement practices to specific situations, while providing information immediately applicable to movement and health practitioners in clinical practice, movement centers, home practice and online sessions. A comprehensive reference designed for Pilates teachers, movement educators, manual therapists, continuing education providers and teachers-in-training advances professional efficacy. Expert contributors integrate the movement vocabulary of J.H. Pilates with influences from current interdisciplinary methodologies and research. For a buoyant experience that increases neural resources intersperse reading with movement practices.

Author Biography:

Madeline Black is the author of Centered, Second Edition: Organizing the Body through Kinesiology, Movement Theory and Pilates Techniques (Handspring, 2022). She developed the Madeline Black Methodâ„¢, a movement method that improves function and strength based on intelligent assessments, manual techniques and exercise sequences that help people achieve their fullest movement potential. She has a private practice in Sonoma, CA. Elizabeth Larkam, National Certified Pilates Teacher, is the author of Fascia in Motion: Fascia-focused Movement for Pilates (Handspring, 2017) and contributed the chapter on Pilates for Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second Edition (2021). She was awarded the Medal of the Danish Society of Military Medicine in recognition of her efforts to improve the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. She has created Pilates programs for orthopedic, spine, and chronic pain diagnoses, and has lectured in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of San Francisco, and in Dance and San Francisco State University. Elizabeth is in private practice in Marin County, California and Georgetown, Texas.
Release date NZ
April 18th, 2024
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
544
ISBN-13
9781912085972
Product ID
36029980

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