Pilates For Back Pain

How does a consistent Pilates practice relieve back pain? Pilates addresses the underlying structural imbalances in the body that leads to back pain. Issues like lack of core support, pelvic instability, muscular imbalances, poor posture, and lack of body awareness effect back health. Pilates develops core strength. Having core strength means that all the muscles in the trunk of your body are strong, flexible, and working together to support and stabilize the spine. Part of developing effective core strength is to train the body to know when to release, and when to activate. As body awareness increases, we move beyond the physical and mental holding patterns that back pain can create resulting in a positive change