Pilates

Pilates is an innovative and safe system of mind-body exercise using a floor mat. Pilates builds strength without excess bulk, thus giving you a toned body.

Pilates will help teach you body awareness, good posture, proper breathing, improve your flexibility, and alleviate any back pain and help reduce your stress levels.

A lot of conventional gym workouts tend to focus on the same muscles, creating muscular imbalances which is a primary cause for injury and re-injury and joint/muscle pain.

Fortunately, pilates conditions the whole body where your muscles are not over or under trained helping you enjoy your daily activities and sporting activities with greater ease, better performance and less chance of injury. This is why it is no surprise that many professional sports teams and elite athletes now use Pilates as part of their training.

It’s gentle but challenging…

Many of the exercises are performed in reclining or sitting positions, and most are low impact and partially weight bearing.

Pilates is an extremely flexible exercise system so modifications to the exercises allow for a range of difficulty ranging from beginning to advance levels.

Pilates is used in conjunction with physical therapy facilities to rehabilitate injuries. In cases like this, your individual rehabilitation needs will be assessed by one of our registered physiotherapists prior to starting classes and re-assessed midway and upon completion to ensure your therapeutic goals are attained.

Get the workout that best suits you now, and increase the intensity as your body conditioning improves.

New to Pilates and wondering how to get started?

Visit our clinic in Burlington or Mississauga to book for your complimentary consultation to see how you can benefit from taking pilates at Alevia.