Physical Therapy With Private Pilates Training

By Anna Brown


Anyone who has experienced a catastrophic injury knows the emotional suffering that comes with limited mobility. A sudden and dramatic decrease in personal mobility, independence, and mental status promotes serious depression. For many patients, the physical limitations and mental trauma can be successfully treated with physical exercise, and private Pilates training is just the right medicine.

This discipline is often confused with Yoga, but there are some vital differences between the two. A Yoga instructor, known as a Yogi, generally avoids the use of any resistance machinery in their workout. A true Yoga fanatic stays focused on a notion of utilizing their own body weight, along with gravity, as the only resistance needed during the routine.

Yoga, as a form of physical fitness, is designed to work virtually every muscle in the body during the course of a one-hour session. Our trainers, on the other hand, are following a fitness discipline which focuses on spinal alignment as well as strengthening the upper body and core. Many of the exercises they will show the patient can be done from a chair, or even on a couch.

Such an approach to fitness is ideal for these patients, as many of these poses do not require them to move at all. Their trainer will help them with the parts of the body they no longer have use of, helping to maintain healthy circulation. Working the core itself can be accomplished by simply tightening abdominal muscles for a set length of time.

Spinal injuries and repetitive motion injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, are the most common ways that humans hurt themselves. For someone who has completely lost the use of half of their body, keeping the upper half strong is more than an improvement in lifestyle. When a patient allows themselves to become completely inactive, they can suffer painful bedsores, or even a loss of circulation that can be fatal.

Too much cannot be said about how the health of the mind can impact the health of the body. What not everyone seems to comprehend is that the opposite is also true. By working on the health and strength of the body, the mental and emotional state of the individual improves immediately, and for many these programs are the best treatment for the depression that results from such a major life change.

In many cases, the pain of repetitive motion injuries such as carpal tunnel is so improved with these sessions that surgery is not necessary. Carpal tunnel and back strains are two chronic pain conditions which commonly result from inadequate muscle in the wrists or the spine to support the patient in the activity they endure during a work day. Avoiding risky surgery that may not even help is always a good result.

Studies have been conducted regarding the matter of solo-fitness versus attending a class or seeing a physical therapist. For the average person, their chances of meeting fitness goals on their own are quite slim. For someone who may be on the verge of giving up on life completely, the need for them to make their PT appointments becomes even more dire, and their success even more vital to their very existence.




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