Southside Osteopathy
Home Exercise Programs
Pilates Based Home Exercise Programs
At Southside Osteopathy, your practitioner will assess you for any weaknesses and muscle imbalances to then tailor a Pilates based home exercise program just for you. This exercise prescription is usually part of your overall osteopathic consultation, however if you require a more intense program, an additional session can be arranged. Our practitioners will make sure you have a full understanding of each exercise, check your technique whilst performing the exercises, and give you an exercise sheet handout to take home as a reminder.
These Pilates based exercises allow you to build strong stabilizing muscles, decrease your incidence of aches and pains and strengthen your abdominal core from your deep inner layer of muscles to your more superficial layers. Core strength combined with pelvic stability is the origins from which you will gain a stable torso. This then influences an increase in strength and stability in your spine and the rest of your body.
Pilates based exercises are used by Osteopaths to:
- reduce pain
- correct biomechanics
- improve posture
- improve flexibility
- improve tone and strength
- enhance athletic performance
- prevent injury