Is Your Ab Workout Hurting Your Back? NY Times
Is Your Ab Workout Hurting Your Back? by Lesley Powell A very interesting article was in the NY Times last week. Core training needs to be 3-dimensional. Just training the abdominals is not enough. Especially with our culture being in so much flexion due to computers, cars, tv and the lack of exercise, people are … Read more
Pilates Basics: Having a Leg to Stand on
by Lesley Powell We are going to talk about the important of bridging and how to do it correctly. How we use our legs is very important for posture, moving and helpful in backcare. Bridging is very helpful as the building blocks for better understanding of how the legs need to be strengthen. When someone … Read more
Enhanced your teaching with Balanced Body’s Podcasts
by Lesley Powell Balanced Body is now creating their own podcasts. They are amazing and will give you new ideas about teaching. My favorites are by Elizabeth Larkam. Elizabeth is a wealth of information and has created some new exercises. This exercise below looks simple. It truly reflects if clients are stabilizing correctly. I have … Read more
Pilates Basics:Essentials for Backcare
by Lesley Powell I want to talk about how to work with clients with low back pain. These clients have already ruled out by the medical professional where exercise is contraindicated. To start a client with low back pain, my first goal is to observe their form as I teach the movement principles/fundamentals. I am … Read more
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