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The Baby Boomers with or without arthritis are turning to Pilates

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:31:28 +0000

More emphasis these days is on self-help, more on health and certainly being as active as possible for as long as possible. Many baby boomers are turning to exercise classes like Yoga, Callanetics and Pilates. As we age we begin to give up jogging, or high impact sports, or aerobic classes for the low impact [...]

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Pilates seems to help arthritis

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:42:44 +0000

To encourage joint lubrication, cartilage repair, strengthen muscles, and generally encourage better circulation to the area. Remember go easy. Pilates can easily be tailored to your individual needs, contracting muscles without moving joints can be useful when joints are inflamed. Then there is the movement of both muscles and joints helping to build strength and [...]

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What is the difference between Pilates or Yoga?

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:06:33 +0000

Both Pilates and Yoga will help manage the various forms of arthritis, Pilates or Yoga. Pilates and Yoga are similar and at the same time very different, like Pilates from the West and Yoga from the East. Yoga is centuries old, its roots are in Eastern philosophy, and ancient healing with almost meditative states of [...]

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Pilates can help Arthritis – Pain Relief

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:53:24 +0000

Exercises for arthritis sufferers have always been recommended but it is important to choose one that will help your condition. Generally water exercises, walking, Qi Gong, and yoga but more recently Pilates is being suggested for sufferers of various types of arthritis. As we know arthritis is in general terms an inflammation of the joints [...]

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