Identifying your good and bad posture habits, and then choosing the appropriate exercises such as Pilates to help those habits change, can help you stand taller, reduce joint pain, learn to move with grace and ease, and can dramatically improve your overall physical and mental well-being.

If you could help you gain a quarter of an inch, or more, in height, would you be interested? Have you ever suffered from chronic neck or low back pain, disc or sacroiliac joint problems? Do you have chronic shoulder, hip, or knee pain and wish you could be pain or injury free? Have you noticed a relationship between your physical health in direct comparison to your mental outlook on life? What if you could convince yourself that practicing better posture habits could benefit the problems listed above and more? Pilates training offers the solution with exercises that are not difficult and can be introduced to an existing exercise regime or started at a beginner level, irrespective of the current level of fitness.

Whether we realise it or not, our daily body posture habits directly relate to our overall health and ability to move our body without pain or risk of injury. It requires to be recognised that poor posture habits that have been allowed to develop over time have the potential to contribute to the development of serious muscle imbalances. Over time these imbalances in the body can create disease and chronic poor health problems that may include: increased muscle & joint pain, limited mobility, poor circulation and restricted breathing, difficulty maintaining an optimal body weight, increased risk of injury and illness and increased mental and/or emotional stress. The good news is that Pilates training can provide the solution to these ailments and it can be undertaken by any age, irrespective of fitness level.

Everyone has dominant and weaker muscles that contribute to how we hold our alignment and body posture. Many people assume that getting shorter is a part of the natural aging process. This happens due to the effects of a long continuous period of very poor body posture habits with many people. By adopting Pilates training techniques, these features of getting older need not be as pronounced if the body has been educated in the correct way.