Rehabilitation with pilates isn’t just for muscular injuries. Pilates can also help with a variety of impairments. These include neurological impairments that a patient that received from Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis, or even strokes. Pilates can help to restore and retrain muscle function following one of the impairments. It’s also effective in preventing osteoporosis and can even reduce the effects of aging in an individual. Pilates helps to stabilize any pain in the body and works to alleviate that pain over time. It helps those recovering from surgeries such as back, hip, knee or shoulder. With pilates, a patients range of motion can be improved and any overcompensation from one side of the body to the other can be corrected.
Pilates exercise accompanying treatment for cancer is steadily gaining acceptance in the fitness community. Safe and supportive programs are improving the quality of life for survivors. The physical and psychological benefits of Pilates can aid in the rehabilitation and recovery of this special population.
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