The women’s hockey team just won the gold medal game to finish up that competition for the next four years — congratulations to all the women from all the countries that participated who worked so hard to get here.
On a non-Olympics-related note, there was a great article in the Jamaica Observer today that looked at lower back pain and the power of Pilates to help strengthen and eventually decrease back pain. The article says:
“Lower back pain is most commonly caused by trauma. The trauma can arise from poor technique in lifting, exercising or moving, and also as a result of poor posture. It is mostly treated on and off for long extensive periods of time with rest, and medication for short-term relief, but it can go on for years.”
It goes on to say that Pilates targets the small muscles that support your spine, thereby retraining it to be able to protect itself.
“Pilates-based exercises are great resources to help you to strengthen your pelvic floor, which strengthens and stabilises your spine and your abdominals. This improves postural awareness and support for lifting and moving, which reduces the incidence of injury and re-injury to your back.”
It also lists a set of Pilates movements that have had great results in helping practitioners shape up their backs including: The Hundreds, Swan Dive and Cobra.
The Movement Studio has a number of Well Back classes that run for this very purpose — to give clients the foundation they need to heal back trauma and pain. If you’d like to find out more, give us a call at 604.732.9055 or email us at info (at) themovementstudio (dot) ca
