by Laura Helsel | Oct 24, 2018 | Hip Stability, Pilates, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
Cues and images are very personal. Pilates teachers can offer a cue to a group class and get 5 different responses as to how that cue is embodied. The direction to simply “Stand Up Tall” can illicit a variety of responses from improving posture and alignment, to worsening posture and tension levels and adding excess neck strain…
by Laura Helsel | Sep 13, 2018 | Biomechanics, Hip Stability, IT Band, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever sought help for hip or knee pain, patella femoral syndrome, or a chronically tight Ilio-Tibial (IT) Band, chances are you’ve been given the clamshell exercise…
by Laura Helsel | Aug 3, 2018 | Biomechanics, Franklin Method, Hip Stability, Pain management, Pilates For Everyone, Pilates Teacher Training
We adapt Pilates to the person, not the person to Pilates. With the Pilates Process™ approach our concern isn’t that the client performs Pilates well, though that will eventually happen over time. Our aim is that Pilates serves the client well...
by Laura Helsel | Apr 21, 2016 | Hip Stability, Pelvic Floor
Of late, pelvic floor function is a hot topic.Not the coolest of topics I would have thought … but so very important to lower body function that it is often the missing link in addressing low back, pelvic, hip or knee pain. Anyone working in therapeutic movement...
