Become Stronger With Private Pilates Training

By Anna Brown


Anyone who has had to learn how to live with the limitations of paraplegia knows just how mentally and physically trying this can be. For an adult to go from independent income-earner to being completely dependent upon those around them, serious issues with depression only serve to worsen their overall condition. However, physical therapy, such as they can receive with private Pilates training, can help them on the road to healing.

There are a few differences between this practice and the movements of Yoga, which more people are familiar with. Yoga is almost always focused on the body as its own weight resistance wherein our instructors do utilize some weights or other resistance tools. For someone who is seriously injured, some of the poses of Yoga pose far too much difficulty.

Yoga instructors often lead their students in a series of movements that work every muscle in the body. Our trainers, on the other hand, are utilizing a series of movements that focus on the upper body, the abdomen, and the muscles supporting the spine. For anyone with the limitations of paraplegia, this upper-body focus is precisely what their body needs to be doing.

Some poses their trainer will take them through are performed supine, or in a lying down position. It is a unique aspect of this form of fitness that a great deal of toning and strengthening of the core can take place while the patient appears to not be moving at all. Deep breaths and focused tightening of specific muscle groups may be all a person needs to get their six pack back.

The most common injuries sustained, whether they be work-related or occurred in auto crashes, involve the spine and the upper body. Strain or injury to the spinal column, carpal tunnel syndrome, or even broken arms and ribs all cause a loss of mobility. By gently strengthening these parts of the body through easy-to-perform movements and poses, much mobility can be regained.

Both disciplines teach the student or patient to focus on the connection between the body and the mind. Individuals who are healing from surgeries or health events in their lives are encouraged to pay close attention to how their moods impact their health. Most patients discover that when they take the time to see their trainer, and follow up with the exercises on their own, their moods improve along with their physical abilities.

When an individual undergoes a serious procedure that can take them more than six months to recover, they often begin to suffer chronic back and neck pain. It is also not uncommon for patients to develop a drug habit due to their postoperative pain medications. Studies consistently show that when such patients seek personalized physical therapy, their chronic pain melts away, and the mental benefits help them to overcome other bad habits.

Studies have been conducted regarding the matter of solo-fitness versus attending a class or seeing a physical therapist. For the average person, their chances of meeting fitness goals on their own are quite slim. For someone who may be on the verge of giving up on life completely, the need for them to make their PT appointments becomes even more dire, and their success even more vital to their very existence.




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