Archive for the 'Pilates' Category
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Researchers at the University of Tasmania, in Launceston, evaluated the effects of a Pilates on balance and function in community-dwelling elderly adults. (more…)
Balance Training, Elderly, Pilates | Comments Off on Does Pilates improved balance?
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Researchers at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina-UEM, in Brazil, evaluated the effectiveness of the Pilates method on the pain and function in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates | Comments Off on Review: Pilates for chronic low back pain
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Costa Rica, in San Jose, reviewed the evidence on the effects of Pilates exercises body composition. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Pilates: Lack of impact on body composition
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Uludag, in Bursa, Turkey, investigated the effects of Pilates on pain, functional status, and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. (more…)
Ankylosing Spondylitis, Pilates | Comments Off on Benefits of Pilates in ankylosing spondylitis
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Researchers at the University of Evora, in Portugal, reviewed the evidence. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Benefits of Pilates in healthy people
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Researchers at Peninsula Medical School, in Exeter, UKĀ reviewed all studies of Pilates vs placebo to treat low back pain. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates | Comments Off on Another review of Pilates for low back pain
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Minnesota looked for an association. (more…)
Pilates, Yoga | Comments Off on Body image and eating behavior disorders among yoga/Pilates students
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Evora, in Portugal, measured the effect of Pilates-based mat exercises on life satisfaction, and perception of health status in healthy women. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Benefits of Pilates in women
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
Dr. June Kloubec at Gustavus Adolphus College, in St. Peter, Minnesota reports her findings. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Effects of Pilates on endurance, flexibility, balance, and posture
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Researchers at the University of Minnesota, reviewed data from Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults) — a study of factors that influence eating habits of adolescents. (more…)
Obesity, Pilates, Yoga | Comments Off on Yoga and Pilates: Is there an association with body image and eating disorders
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
This time, researchers at the Peninsula Medical School, in Exeter, UK, reviewed the evidence. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates | Comments Off on Another review of Pilates for low back pain
Friday, November 12th, 2010
In 2004, Prof. Chris Maher from The University of Sydney, in Australia concluded, “Physical treatments, such as… Pilates therapy… [is] either of unknown value or ineffective and so should not be considered.”
Now, researchers from Pilates Core Kinesis, in Madrid, Spain have published an updated review of the state of the art. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates | Comments Off on Pilates for low back pain?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Researchers at Ege University, in Izmir, Turkey studied the impact of Pilates exercises on physical performance, flexibility, fatigue, depression, and quality of life in women treated for breast cancer. (more…)
Cancer, Exercise, Pilates | Comments Off on Benefits of Pilates in breast cancer patients
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Researchers at Paraiba Valley University, in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil studied the effect of the Pilates method on the gait of patients with low back pain. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates | Comments Off on Pilates and gait analysis in patients with back pain
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Shoulder biomechanics and spine alignment are related to neck-shoulder pain.
Researchers from McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec studied the effects of Pilates. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Pilates, and preventing neck and shoulder disorders
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Researchers from the University of Miami, in Florida report their experience. (more…)
Pilates | Comments Off on Benefits after 8 weeks of Pilates
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
During a cruise last spring I took some classes in Pilates. We used blue spongy yoga mats, and I remember thinking to myself each time I picked one from the pile in the corner, “Are these things ever cleaned?
(more…)
Infection, Pilates, Yoga | Comments Off on Who cleans the yoga mats?
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
The Miami Herald reports that the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is a pressure-packed time for kids.
To address this need, companies offering a yoga curriculum and teacher training have cropped up nationwide, according to the article, with some adding academics to the stretches.
Some examples in Florida.
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Exercise, Pilates, Smoking Cessation, TENS/FNS/VNS, Yoga | Comments Off on School children are learning yoga for stress control
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Lynda Lippin (photo) is a Pilates teacher and personal trainer. “I started practicing the method because of chronic back pain. After trying physical therapy and yoga, it was doing Pilates regularly that got me out of pain.”
She also mentions a study that supports her view. (more…)
Pain-Back, Pilates, Yoga | Comments Off on Pilates for low back pain