Improving Gait and Mobility With Pilates We’ve all heard the saying, “use it or lose it.” Exercise and movement are crucial for keeping the body operating at its peak level. But after our 40s, coordination and balance become increasingly challenging. These factors make movement for seniors more of a struggle. Fortunately, improving gait and mobility […]
The Benefits of GYROKINESIS® for Older Adults
The Benefits of GYROKINESIS® for Older Adults By: Stephanie Ruopp If you’ve always been fitness-minded, you may remember fondly the days when you could move your body this way and that and not give it a second thought. Of course, as we age, it’s important that we keep on moving. Yet, we also have to […]
Pilates Before and After Hip Surgery
By: Stephanie Ruopp The Benefits of Pilates Before and After Hip Surgery Are you scheduled to get hip surgery? Or perhaps you’re recovering from having a recent hip surgery. Whatever the case, this is the perfect time to do Pilates. Practicing Pilates before and after hip surgery offers so many benefits. Strengthening the joint pre-surgery […]
Do You Know How To Breathe?
BY: Stephanie Ruopp That might sound like a ridiculous question. Of course you know how to breathe, right? Well, your body certainly knows how to draw in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide. That’s an involuntary action. But the sort of breathing we’re talking about – the sort you practice in Pilates – goes a […]