Clinical Pilates offers many benefits over traditional gym strengthening. Increased muscle tone, strength, flexibility and improved overall mobility and movement control. Pilates is great for anyone but particularly those with injuries, weak muscles and bad posture because it encourages you to strengthen your problem areas so you work hard but with low impact. Talk to any of our physiotherapists to see if you can benefit from Clinical Pilates.

Clinical Pilates is a proven treatment for prevention and rehabilitation of spinal pain. Clinical Pilates has been adapted from traditional Pilates over the last 20 years incorporating recent advances in research into spinal pathology. This research has shown that improving control of proximal spinal stabilisers (or “core” muscles) can dramatically reduce the risk of low back pain, and also help in recovery from spinal injury. Clinical Pilates concentrates on control of posture as well as “dynamic stabilisation” – which basically means being able to control spinal movement during activity – by activating those deep “core” muscles around the spine and abdomen. This is usually done with low load exercises, which also reduce the risk of pain during and after the exercises. It is this learned, precise control of spinal movement that is so important for preventing spinal pain.

If you are getting treatment for spinal pain, talk to your physiotherapist to see if Clinical Pilates is appropriate for you. Normally, patients can progress to Pilates fairly quickly. Remember, Pilates is not about “brute strength” but about core control, and therefore the exercises are usually low load. This means you can start these exercises early on in your rehabilitation program, even if you are in moderate discomfort. Often, we encourage early movement and exercise, as research indicates that exercise during the acute (early) stage of an injury can significantly speed up recovery times.

Equipment Pilates

Our practice has a Pilates reformer and Trapeze table, and we offer one on one sessions and group classes (maximum 2 people to a class, each class for 30 minutes). As Clinical Pilates is widely recognized as a useful rehabilitation tool, it is often covered under Private health insurance, and third  party insurers such as Workcover and CTP insurers.

We offer Pilates classes (2 people) and individual sessions through the week. Health refunds are available.

Mat-work (floor) Pilates

We also offer Pilates to larger groups, doing mat-work Pilates. We do these classes at the church hall opposite our Burleigh Practice, on Mon and Thurs nights, 6-7pm.

What you will get:

• Free pre-screening to ascertain your goals and problem areas as well as taking measures for re-assessment
• 10 week course (2 sessions per week) or
• 5 week course (2 sessions per week)
• Free post-class re-assessment to determine your level of improvement

Classes will include a pre-screening and a post-class reassessment to determine your starting level and then how much improvement you have made in the 10 or 5 week session. The pre-screening will take half an hour and will need to be booked in with one of the physios before the pilates course starts. We will be running 2 classes per week. We would encourage participants to partake in both sessions to get the maximum improvement.

The cost

• 10 week course   $440 (20 classes)
• 5 Week course     $ 250 (10 classes)

Private health rebates apply, depending on your health fund and the level of your cover they will pay between $6-25 per class.