Physical Therapy With Private Pilates Training

By Anna Brown


Anyone who has experienced a catastrophic injury knows the emotional suffering that comes with limited mobility. A sudden and dramatic decrease in personal mobility, independence, and mental status promotes serious depression. For many patients, the physical limitations and mental trauma can be successfully treated with physical exercise, and private Pilates training is just the right medicine.

There are a few differences between this practice and the movements of Yoga, which more people are familiar with. Yoga is almost always focused on the body as its own weight resistance wherein our instructors do utilize some weights or other resistance tools. For someone who is seriously injured, some of the poses of Yoga pose far too much difficulty.

Yoga instructors often lead their students in a series of movements that work every muscle in the body. Our trainers, on the other hand, are utilizing a series of movements that focus on the upper body, the abdomen, and the muscles supporting the spine. For anyone with the limitations of paraplegia, this upper-body focus is precisely what their body needs to be doing.

Such an approach to fitness is ideal for these patients, as many of these poses do not require them to move at all. Their trainer will help them with the parts of the body they no longer have use of, helping to maintain healthy circulation. Working the core itself can be accomplished by simply tightening abdominal muscles for a set length of time.

As we are trying to heal after a surgery or sudden condition, many patients have a tendency to allow lethargy to overtake them. However, if they are willing to take the time to see these trainers, they will find small steps in the right direction will bring them back to health more quickly. For many patients, getting their health back can even mean getting back to work.

Both disciplines teach the student or patient to focus on the connection between the body and the mind. Individuals who are healing from surgeries or health events in their lives are encouraged to pay close attention to how their moods impact their health. Most patients discover that when they take the time to see their trainer, and follow up with the exercises on their own, their moods improve along with their physical abilities.

When an individual undergoes a serious procedure that can take them more than six months to recover, they often begin to suffer chronic back and neck pain. It is also not uncommon for patients to develop a drug habit due to their postoperative pain medications. Studies consistently show that when such patients seek personalized physical therapy, their chronic pain melts away, and the mental benefits help them to overcome other bad habits.

While their trainers will undoubtedly encourage the patient to continue their exercises at home, the act of getting to their PT appointment as scheduled will help ensure success. Studies show that people who attend fitness training classes in a gym work out harder, and have greater success than anyone who attempts to exercise alone. This fact is even more true for someone who is trying to regain strength lost.




About the Author: