Movements Afoot’s Blog

by Bonner Elwell, Client at Movements Afoot

Facing a total knee replacement operation on June 13th, 2006 and being in considerable pain, I enrolled in physical therapy sessions with Nicola Weiner whose care and guidance was incomparable and in a once-a-week one-hour session with a Pilates instructor at Movements Afoot. This resulted in building up an essential strength and knowledge prior to the operation. The intelligence of the Pilates system of exercises is profound and challenging. The emphasis on centering, core awareness and alignment became my concentration. I was as ready for the surgery as I could be and a month after the surgery, I returned to Nicola Weiner, my physical therapist and, subsequently, to Heather Mims, my Pilates instructor. Swollen and timid, I started again building slowly and carefully the necessary alignments, flexibilities and strengths. A year later I’m back to my life with confidence, strength and an expanding interest in this most direct and substantial understanding of the ways of the body.