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Pilates is a particularly safe and effective exercise system which aims to strengthen the body in a balanced way by specifically improving the function of the weaker muscle groups. Emphasis is placed on strengthening the muscles of the trunk so that support of the spine increases plus posture and shape improve. The exercises enhance overall flexibility and fitness, improving co-ordination and balance. Muscles are gently stretched and lengthened as the exercises progress and overall body strength improves.

describes the underlying principles of the exercises in physical terms
describes the treatment of common medical conditions
provides a manual for those in the remedial health care professions

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Publié par	Butterworth-Heinemann
Date de parution	17 décembre 2008
Nombre de lectures	19
EAN13	9780702033056
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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Teaching Pilates for Postural Faults, Illness and Injury
A practical guide

Jane Paterson
BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN ELSEVIER
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© 2009, Elsevier Ltd
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First published 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7506-5647-4
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Neither the Publisher nor the Author assumes any responsibility for any loss or injury and/or damage to persons or property arising out of or related to any use of the material contained in this book. It is the responsibility of the treating practitioner, relying on independent expertise and knowledge of the patient, to determine the best treatment and method of application for the patient.
Exercise illustrations by Marie Robinson
Photographs by Antonia Reeve
For Elsevier:
Publisher: Heidi Harrison
Associate Editor: Siobhan Campbell
Commissioning Editor: Rita Demetriou-Swanwick
Development Editor: Veronika Watkins
Project Manager: Emma Riley
Designer: George Ajayi
Illustration Manager: Merlyn Harvey
Illustrator: Graeme Chambers
Printed in China
Acknowledgements
I owe a great debt to the following people who have been involved at different stages of this project. First Pat Millard for her time and friendship over the 5 years she has spent with me at our respective homes in Oxford and Edinburgh. She has devoted many hours to sitting at the word processor refining the text and associated tables over and over again, and I feel that without her unerring patience and stamina I would not have seen this project through.
Next, I gratefully remember my students, student teachers and colleagues not only in Oxford, but also in London, Birmingham and Edinburgh. They provided inspiration and supported me as I developed and documented my specific approach to teaching the exercises. This in turn led to my producing my Open College Network Foundation Training Programme for Teachers of Pilates that has been successfully delivered in several centres, including the Alan Herdman’s studio in London. Then I must thank Andy Adamson for the considerable time he spent with me ensuring that my text accurately followed the details of the exercises, and my great friend Eileen Fry, whose experience, knowledge and skills were a key to finalizing the chapter on contemporary teaching methods. Artist Marie Robinson produced all the original, simple, but realistic drawings and Antonia Reeve all the lovely photographs, whilst Katerina Swinton, and Indigo and Ron Reeve kindly acted as such willing and excellent models, together with Chris Blagdon, who also made his studio available for the photographic sessions.
I had continued and loyal support from many others in particular Sylvie Essame and Susie Roberts, whilst my husband Gordon provided constant advice and input and contributed to the chapter on medical conditions.
Lastly, I must acknowledge the patience shown by all at Elsevier in waiting so long for me to complete this manual.
Thanks also to Stuart Porter for his advice.
Dedication
To my parents Bill and Marie Richards for gifts of love, curiosity and a desire for learning, Alan Herdman with whom I first embarked on Pilates in this country and my family: Gordon, Angus, Jennie, Olivia and Ione who never allowed me to forget that ‘Plus est en vous — there is more in you than you know”
Preface
This text is the outcome of an idea I conceived many years ago when I first became involved in training aspiring professional dancers. I hope it will prove to be a useful educational tool for dance, physical fitness and sports teachers, as well as medical practitioners and allied health professionals involved in rehabilitation through exercise.
For as long as I can remember, I have loved music, movement and dance. I began studying ballet as a child in Australia and went on to train as a classical dancer and subsequently performed and taught professionally for several years. However, a back injury during a particularly extreme training session forced me to change direction and I decided to limit my professional dance work to teaching whilst I underwent training in general nursing. This proved to be very important over the years as it gave me a basic understanding of human anatomy and common medical conditions, and helped to develop my keen interest in injury prevention and health promotion through lifestyle, correct posture and exercise techniques.
There followed an ongoing desire to understand how the extraordinary talents and abilities seen in elite ballet dancers and sports persons depends not only on self-sacrifice and drive, but also on inherent qualities of physique, posture and effective movement patterns. I also needed to understand how there would always be a risk of injuries specifically associated with extreme exercise regimens, irrespective of an individual’s natural talent and ability.
When I was training in Australia it was generally assumed that strenuous, rather than gentle or thoughtful, physical exercise would be most effective in the promotion of physical and mental wellbeing, but the pain and exhaustion experienced as exercise tolerance approached its limit indicated not only muscle fatigue, but also adverse changes in mental concentration, posture, balance and technique.
However, I was fortunate enough to study with an extraordinary Australian teacher who was many years ahead of her time. Although lacking formal medical training she understood the importance of good posture and correct spine function and the harm that might occur during strenuous but poorly executed exercise sessions. She also expected students to learn how to take responsibility for their own progress and we were all quickly taught self-assessment tools so as to understand our personal difficulties with technique and exercise performance.
This proved invaluable for me then, and subse-quently has enabled me to enhance my technical and performance skills, so as to maintain my body shape and posture not only in normal everyday life, but also throughout four successive pregnancies. I now realize that what I had been taught as a young student in Australia proved an invaluable introduction to the underlying principles on which Joseph Pilates and other movement specialists based their exercises.
Such principles remain as integral basis for all efficient movement and this manual, therefore, aims to show how postural faults can be identified and effectively addressed through detailed attention to exercise techniques.
History of Joseph Pilates

I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life.
The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises.
They’d be happier.
Joseph Hubertus Pilates, in 1965, aged 86
Joseph’s original principles and exercises comprised the following.
Principles :
Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centring
Precision
Flow.

EXERCISES:
The Hundred, Roll-Up, Roll-Over, Leg Circles, Rolling Back, Single Leg Stretch, Double Leg Stretch, Spine Stretch, Open Leg Rocker, Corkscrew, See-Saw, Swan Dive, Single Leg Kick, Double Leg Kick, Neck Pull, Scissors, Bicycle, Shoulder Bridge, Spine Twist, Jackknife, Side Kick, Teaser, Hip twist with outstretched legs, Swimming, Leg Pull Front Support, Leg Pull Back Support, Side Kick Kneeling, Side Bend, Boomerang, Seal, Crab, Rocking, Control balance, Push-Up.
As a teenager, increasingly frustrated by the debilitating consequences of his rheumatic fever, rickets and chronic asthma, Joseph Pilates began to explore alternative methods of overcoming his disabilities. Through extensive physical study of Zen meditation, yoga and the rigorous exercise regimens of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Pilates’ health and strength improved to such an extent that by the age of 14 he was an accomplished gymnast, boxer and skier.
Born in Germany to Greek parents, it is thought that as a young man Pilates may have joined a group of Chinese acrobats and in 1912, at the age of 32, moved to England where he became a professional boxer and self-defence teacher, counting members of the British police force among his trainees. However, his involvement with the police did nothing to protect him as shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Pilates, along with other United Kingdom residing German Nationals, was interned as an ‘enemy alien’ in a camp at Lancaster for a year of enforced inactivity. It was during this period that Pilates began to refine his beliefs in health and physical fitness and, with his fellow inmates as guinea-pigs, started devising a series of exercise combining physical fitness with mental acuity and control of breathing to build core physical strength and flexibility.
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