Posted by Lesley Powell on December 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dr. Valdimir Janda has made the world look different at the body. Prior history about back pain and posture was to treat the specific part. Janda opened our eyes that pain is reflective of a full body pattern. As faculty on Balanced Body’s Pilates teacher program, I teach a little a bit about this. There … Read more
Category back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), gait, hip pain, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized · Tagged with Dr. Vladimir Janda, Lesley Powell, lower cross syndrome, Movements Afoot, Pilates, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates NYC, upper cross symdrome
Posted by Lesley Powell on December 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I took a wonderful workshop w. Irene Dowd yesterday on Posterior Lateral hip muscles. We didn’t do a lot of reps but I feel it today. Irene talked a lot about valgus strain. I definitely have some valgus on my right knee. My knee felt great after this weekend. We have great workshops coming up … Read more
Category back pain relief, gait, hip pain, knee injuries, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with Dianne Woodruff, Irene Dowd, Lesley Powell, Pilates, Pilates Chelsea, pilates mat, Pilates NYC
Posted by Lesley Powell on May 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This weekend I taught PILATES Upright. It was wonderful to see all deepen their core connections with solid leg foundations. New ideas of stabilization can enhance the body without making the body rigid. Past old principles of knitting the ribs together and tucking does not allow proper movement principles of walking, dancing, golf and tennis … Read more
Category abdominals, Conditioning, core strengthening, gait, hip pain, low back pain, Pilates, posture, Professional Teacher tips, standing, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), core support, joseph pilates, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, multifidus, pelvic floor, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates NYC, posture
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I recently circulated information on the article“The Myth of Core Stability,” by British osteopathic physician, Eyal Lederman.It is my view that core instability is not in weak abdominal or back musclesbut in the stabilizers of the pelvis (gluteus medius). Faulty patterning ofthese muscles is endemic in our culture. Learn how to recognize and restore good … Read more
Category back pain relief, core strengthening, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates, scoliosis, standing, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, back pain, Body-In-Motion, core support, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, gait, hip pain, injuries, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates Mid-town, Pilates NYC
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dianne L. Woodruff, CMA, PhD, has been teaching for 35 years and has been in private practice for 20 working with people who have movement difficulties and unresolved myofascial pain. Her newest video, 3-D WORKOUT™, vol II, an integrated approach to fitness, was released in 2006. A Certified Movement Analyst with a doctorate in Somatic … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain exercises, back pain relief, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with 3-D, 3D Workout, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Body-In-Motion, core support, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, hip pain, Lesley Powell, Pilates NYC, Post-rehabilitation, rehabilitation, Rudolph Laban.
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dianne Woodruff will take your teaching and your body to a new fitness level this April. Whether you are a Pilates teacher, fitness trainer or just a client, experience unique workshops to fine tune your body’s and your client’s connection to wellness and fitness. Lesley Powell Dianne L. Woodruff, CMA, PhD, has been teaching for … Read more
Category back pain, back pain exercises, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Body-In-Motion, core support, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, For Wellness, hip pain, Movements Afoot, Pilates Chelsea, pilates mat, Pilates NYC, Post-rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hi Lesley, “I have a client with hamstring tendinitis and hip bursitis. Are there restrictions within the pilates realm of exercises she should avoid. Extension of the leg or rotation of the hip are just a few I have questions on. Would love your input. Thanks.” Pilates Teacher My first motto: Movement should be painfree. … Read more
Category hip pain, injuries, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with hip pain, injuries, joseph pilates, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, Post-rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on January 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dianne Woodruff, CMA, PHD founder of Body-in-Motion I am so excited to have Dianne Woodruff teaching this April at Movements Afoot. I have studied withher at a few conferences. She always deepens my knowledge as a teacher and my practice.In the fall of 2008, I took an hour workshop about the abductors. It was amazing … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain, back pain exercises, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, standing, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with 3D Workout, abdominals, alignment, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Body-In-Motion, Certified Laban Movement Anaylst, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, For Wellness, gait, hip pain, injuries, Laban Institute of Movement Studies, Movements Afoot, Post-rehabilitation, posture, rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on December 29, 2009 · 3 Comments
Our classes combine: Pilates Bartenieff Fundamentals Franklin Method BodyMind techniques for better movement & relaxation Restorative yoga Finding a movement/fitness practice is hard for all. It is especially more difficult for those suffering from an injury or neurological disease. Traditional exercise does not always address how to create a fitness practice when the body is … Read more
Category back pain, back pain exercises, back pain relief, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), BodyMind Centering, Conditioning, For Wellness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, anatomy, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), BodyMind Centering, constructive rest, For Wellness, Franklin Method, hanna somatics, Irene Dowd, joseph pilates, rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
by Lesley Powell Two weeks ago I fell off a chair in my apartment trying to hang a picture on a wall. I landed on my back hard. I could feel with the fall that I whacked my sacrum out. My usual techniques of release with constructive rest and rolling on Franklin balls were too … Read more
Category A-linkPilates, accidents, back pain, back pain relief, Conditioning, fitness, For Wellness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with A-linkPilates, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), For Wellness, hanna somatics, hip pain, injuries, joseph pilates, pilates mat, Post-rehabilitation
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