STOTT PILATES® Back Care

Pain-Free Posture will engage both your mind and body to help you develop a strong, healthy and stress-free back. Perfect for beginners, along with the use of the Exercise Mat, this workout will help you optimize back strength and stability, stimulate muscular strength and awareness, and reduce lower back pain and shoulder tension.

Back pain is one of the most common ailments plaguing adults today. Take back your quality of life by strengthening core muscles around the spine, shoulders and abdomen. Moira Merrithew takes you through an empowering mind-body workout that focuses on developing proper postural alignment so you can move with ease.

Gently stretch and strengthen your way to a strong, pain-free back with this beginner level workout. Along with the use of the Stability Ball and Exercise Mat, you'll stabilize the muscles that protect your back, strengthen and flatten your abs, and help you enjoy a more active and mobile lifestyle.

The aim of contemporary, anatomically-based Pilates training, such as STOTT PILATES, is to develop optimal neuromuscular performance by focusing on core stability, while safely balancing muscular strength with flexibility. Whether performed on a Mat or on specialized equipment, Pilates that incorporates modern theories of exercise science and spinal rehabilitation should involve the following biomechanical principles - breathing, pelvic placement, rib cage placement, scapular movement and stabilization, and head and cervical placement. By introducing these principles and reinforcing them over time, awareness of how the body moves is developed. This mind-body awareness ensures focus on precision and control to realize the full benefits of any exercise program.