Thursdays Pilates Playday!!!
- With Alex Barnes
Pilates isn't just about 'strengthening the core'. It's also about keeping the body mobile and supple and being able to move parts independently of other parts, (not in some weird double-jointed way!). For example, can you move your thoracic spine (upper back and rib cage) whilst keeping your pelvis still? We need flexibility in our upper back to help with postural problems and if we don't have mobility there, our lower back can over compensate by moving too much, then we get aches and pains.
Pilates isn't just about 'strengthening the core'. It's also about keeping the body mobile and supple and being able to move parts independently of other parts, (not in some weird double-jointed way!). For example, can you move your thoracic spine (upper back and rib cage) whilst keeping your pelvis still? We need flexibility in our upper back to help with postural problems and if we don't have mobility there, our lower back can over compensate by moving too much, then we get aches and pains.
Try this exercise. Start on all fours with a flat back, hands under shoulders and knees under hips. Connect your core muscles (as explained in previous #pilates posts).
Take a deep breath in as you rotate to one side leading with your shoulder blade then elbow (see photo). Try to turn your upper body as much as you can. At the same time think about your lower back and pelvis - try to keep this completely still by keeping your core muscles connected.
As you breath out, rotate back to start then reach your hand through to the other side, again keeping your pelvis still. Stay in this position for another couple of deep breaths in and out. Try not to shift your body weight from side to side.
8 on each side everyday.
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