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Thursday, 10 September 2009
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Danish Ballet Dancer Visits St. Helens
"Danish Ballet Dancer visits St.Helens"
Ex-Danish ballet dancer Michael Christenson flew in to host the North of England's first STOTT Pilates intensive reformer course. The three aspiring teachers Steve, Jessica and Angie were led through seven days of gruelling exercises.
History of the reformer
Joseph Pilates was interned, along with other Germans; at the outbreak of world war 1.He taught fellow prisoners a series of exercises combining physical fitness with breath control and mental acuity to increase strength and flexibility. He then spent the latter part of the war on the Isle of Man working as a hospital orderly, he helped rehabilitate patients through resistance exercise using equipment fashioned from bedsprings. The springs resemble muscle contraction and emphasize the eccentric and concentric phase of movement.
Ex-Danish ballet dancer Michael Christenson flew in to host the North of England's first STOTT Pilates intensive reformer course. The three aspiring teachers Steve, Jessica and Angie were led through seven days of gruelling exercises.
History of the reformer
Joseph Pilates was interned, along with other Germans; at the outbreak of world war 1.He taught fellow prisoners a series of exercises combining physical fitness with breath control and mental acuity to increase strength and flexibility. He then spent the latter part of the war on the Isle of Man working as a hospital orderly, he helped rehabilitate patients through resistance exercise using equipment fashioned from bedsprings. The springs resemble muscle contraction and emphasize the eccentric and concentric phase of movement.
Discover Your Longest, Leanest Body With Pilates On The Ball
Strengthening The Core
Combining Pilates techniques with work on the exerxise ball is one of the most effective ways of building functional strength and core stability. By introducing an element of instability, working on the ball challenges your body to coordinate your various muscle groups, especially those of your core. The exercise ball, also known as the Swiss ball, the fitball, the mediball or the stability ball, has been around since the 1930's.
Sunrise At The Gallery
Invented in Italy by toymaker Aquilino Cosani, the ball is now enjoying ever-increasing popularity as an adjunct for training. in recent years it has become standard equipment, not only for functional fitness training but for physiotherapy and rehabilitation after sprots injuries. Ball work is now as mainstream as weight-training. There are even desk workers who choose to replace their ergonomic chairs with a ball.
Swiss Ball Class In Action
Training with the ball activates the core stabilising muscles mroe quickly and effectively than any other training method. This is because the ball provides an unstable base of support. The deep muscles around the spine have to work hard to maintain alignment and keep the ball steady, and this activity leads to greater core strength and stability.
Members of St Helens Rugby Union Team join Class
Many athletes incorporate training on the ball into their daily routine. Golfing superstar Tiger Woods takes one with him wherever he goes.
Combining Pilates techniques with work on the exerxise ball is one of the most effective ways of building functional strength and core stability. By introducing an element of instability, working on the ball challenges your body to coordinate your various muscle groups, especially those of your core. The exercise ball, also known as the Swiss ball, the fitball, the mediball or the stability ball, has been around since the 1930's.
Sunrise At The Gallery
Invented in Italy by toymaker Aquilino Cosani, the ball is now enjoying ever-increasing popularity as an adjunct for training. in recent years it has become standard equipment, not only for functional fitness training but for physiotherapy and rehabilitation after sprots injuries. Ball work is now as mainstream as weight-training. There are even desk workers who choose to replace their ergonomic chairs with a ball.
Swiss Ball Class In Action
Training with the ball activates the core stabilising muscles mroe quickly and effectively than any other training method. This is because the ball provides an unstable base of support. The deep muscles around the spine have to work hard to maintain alignment and keep the ball steady, and this activity leads to greater core strength and stability.
Members of St Helens Rugby Union Team join Class
Many athletes incorporate training on the ball into their daily routine. Golfing superstar Tiger Woods takes one with him wherever he goes.
Help, Ive Torn My Rotator Cuff
"A torn rotator cuff can mean searing pain, slow healing, and even surgery. But Pilates/yoga can strengthen your shoulders and help prevent problems".
The supraspinatus originates on the upper scapula, just above the spine of the scapula, and inserts on the greater tuberosity of the humerus, a small lump on the outer upper part of the bone. The supraspinatus initiates shoulder abduction. If you stand in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with your arms by your sides and then lift your arms up to a T shape for Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II), the supraspinatus begins that lift. In its stabilizing function, the supraspinatus helps keep the head of the humerus from slipping down and partially out of the socket, a painful condition called subluxation. Shoulder subluxation in this direction commonly occurs when the muscle is paralyzed by a stroke.
Supraspinatus
The infraspinatus originates just below the spine of the scapula; the teres minor originates near the infraspinatus on the back of the scapula. Both cross the back of the shoulder joint to insert near the supraspinatus on the greater tuberosity of the humerus, and both are strong external rotators. If you stand in Tadasana, palms facing your body, and then turn your elbow creases forward (the palms will naturally turn forward too), you've externally rotated your shoulder--and you've just used the infraspinatus and teres minor.
Infraspinatus
To maintain the health of your rotator cuff, it's important not only to strengthen the muscles but to work on opening the chest. When the chest drops instead of opening and the fronts of the shoulders roll forward and down, your shoulder blades tip forward, which facilitates pinching between the head of the humerus and the acromion. In this position, the rotator cuff is more likely to be impinged on and strained, eventually becoming inflamed and more vulnerable to tears.
Pilates and Yoga can benefit the rotator cuff, practiced regularly; a variety of standing poses, chest openers, arm balances, and inversions can help you protect this complex and crucial part of your anatomy.
Lou Stabilizes The Shoulder Girdle in Our Yoga Class
The supraspinatus originates on the upper scapula, just above the spine of the scapula, and inserts on the greater tuberosity of the humerus, a small lump on the outer upper part of the bone. The supraspinatus initiates shoulder abduction. If you stand in Tadasana (Mountain Pose) with your arms by your sides and then lift your arms up to a T shape for Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II), the supraspinatus begins that lift. In its stabilizing function, the supraspinatus helps keep the head of the humerus from slipping down and partially out of the socket, a painful condition called subluxation. Shoulder subluxation in this direction commonly occurs when the muscle is paralyzed by a stroke.
Supraspinatus
The infraspinatus originates just below the spine of the scapula; the teres minor originates near the infraspinatus on the back of the scapula. Both cross the back of the shoulder joint to insert near the supraspinatus on the greater tuberosity of the humerus, and both are strong external rotators. If you stand in Tadasana, palms facing your body, and then turn your elbow creases forward (the palms will naturally turn forward too), you've externally rotated your shoulder--and you've just used the infraspinatus and teres minor.
Infraspinatus
To maintain the health of your rotator cuff, it's important not only to strengthen the muscles but to work on opening the chest. When the chest drops instead of opening and the fronts of the shoulders roll forward and down, your shoulder blades tip forward, which facilitates pinching between the head of the humerus and the acromion. In this position, the rotator cuff is more likely to be impinged on and strained, eventually becoming inflamed and more vulnerable to tears.
Pilates and Yoga can benefit the rotator cuff, practiced regularly; a variety of standing poses, chest openers, arm balances, and inversions can help you protect this complex and crucial part of your anatomy.
Lou Stabilizes The Shoulder Girdle in Our Yoga Class
Primrose Hills' Favourite Yogi
"He's the Primrose Hill set's favourite Yogi. So when Simon Low introduces a new way to practice the Ancient Art, you know it'll be the next big thing."
Pilates teacher Nisha Srivastava has just spent an Easter retreat with Simon Low. The retreat was held at Bore's Place Organic Farm, Seven Oakes, Kent.
"Standing in a renovated barn with fellow yogis Simon proceeded to guide the group through a flowing sequence of movements, its different from mainstream yoga this is "Yin and Yang" yoga -the latest rereading of the ancient Indian system of personal development that aims to balance body, mind and spirit".
It combines physical postures (asanas) with controlled breathing(pranayama),but in several ways it is unique: the program combines a balanced number of passive asanas inspired by Chinese Taoist yoga(the yin part)and an energetic, flowing sequence that will challenge the most experienced students(the yang part).
"Each morning a fellow yogi glided through the corridors of the old Tudor manor house awakening us with the tingling of Tibetan bells. We proceeded to take a two hour silence walk through the rural country side marching like Buddhist monks one behind the other, before commencing our yoga practice in the old renovated barn.
I will now be adapting elements of the the yin and yang into my Pilates classes.
Pilates teacher Nisha Srivastava has just spent an Easter retreat with Simon Low. The retreat was held at Bore's Place Organic Farm, Seven Oakes, Kent.
"Standing in a renovated barn with fellow yogis Simon proceeded to guide the group through a flowing sequence of movements, its different from mainstream yoga this is "Yin and Yang" yoga -the latest rereading of the ancient Indian system of personal development that aims to balance body, mind and spirit".
It combines physical postures (asanas) with controlled breathing(pranayama),but in several ways it is unique: the program combines a balanced number of passive asanas inspired by Chinese Taoist yoga(the yin part)and an energetic, flowing sequence that will challenge the most experienced students(the yang part).
"Each morning a fellow yogi glided through the corridors of the old Tudor manor house awakening us with the tingling of Tibetan bells. We proceeded to take a two hour silence walk through the rural country side marching like Buddhist monks one behind the other, before commencing our yoga practice in the old renovated barn.
I will now be adapting elements of the the yin and yang into my Pilates classes.
Stress And The Flying Yogi
Stress and the flying Yogi
Stress effects the entire population crossing cultures, class and creed. It affects everyone from the working mother to the stockbroker at the stock exchange.In small doses stressors can help give increased energy, and alertness. Even helping to keep us to focus on the problem at hand. This type of stress is good. People may refer to the experience of this type of stress as feeling "pumped" or "wired."
Do you feel stressed with the present recession and petrol Crisis ? All the more reason for you to continue your Yoga and Pilates Practice !
Ariel Yoga in New Orleans
Signs of strain that must be taken seriously:
Headaches
Ringing in the ears or frequent head noises
Frequent use of antacids or other self prescribed drugs
Palpitations and chest pain
Frequent heartburn, stomach cramps,dirrohea,being full of gas, unable to swallow
Trembling under any extra pressure, leg cramps or pain, twitching in limbs
Feeling that you may pass out
Getting any illness that is around
Signs of strain in intellectual function:
Having frequent thick cotton wool head
Less of former reliable memory
A new inability to reach satisfactory decisions
New difficulty in thinking around problems
New difficulty in dismissing problems from the mind
Insomnia
Signs of strain in emotional health:
A feeling of being very low or dulled
A shut down in all emotions except anger and irritation
All joy, laughter and pleasure have dried up
Active love and caring have lessened or disappeared
Tears seem very near frequently for no reason.
The people of New Orleans are recovering well after hurricane Katrina, although there is still a distinct lack of tourists. They have turned all their negatives into positive stressors. I was lucky enough to find a newly opened yoga studio.
Sarah the bobcat teaches Ariel yoga, this requires great core stability from Pilates and good flexibility from yoga.
Stress effects the entire population crossing cultures, class and creed. It affects everyone from the working mother to the stockbroker at the stock exchange.In small doses stressors can help give increased energy, and alertness. Even helping to keep us to focus on the problem at hand. This type of stress is good. People may refer to the experience of this type of stress as feeling "pumped" or "wired."
Do you feel stressed with the present recession and petrol Crisis ? All the more reason for you to continue your Yoga and Pilates Practice !
Ariel Yoga in New Orleans
Signs of strain that must be taken seriously:
Headaches
Ringing in the ears or frequent head noises
Frequent use of antacids or other self prescribed drugs
Palpitations and chest pain
Frequent heartburn, stomach cramps,dirrohea,being full of gas, unable to swallow
Trembling under any extra pressure, leg cramps or pain, twitching in limbs
Feeling that you may pass out
Getting any illness that is around
Signs of strain in intellectual function:
Having frequent thick cotton wool head
Less of former reliable memory
A new inability to reach satisfactory decisions
New difficulty in thinking around problems
New difficulty in dismissing problems from the mind
Insomnia
Signs of strain in emotional health:
A feeling of being very low or dulled
A shut down in all emotions except anger and irritation
All joy, laughter and pleasure have dried up
Active love and caring have lessened or disappeared
Tears seem very near frequently for no reason.
The people of New Orleans are recovering well after hurricane Katrina, although there is still a distinct lack of tourists. They have turned all their negatives into positive stressors. I was lucky enough to find a newly opened yoga studio.
Sarah the bobcat teaches Ariel yoga, this requires great core stability from Pilates and good flexibility from yoga.
A No Pilates Zone!
"A No Pilates Zone"
This story was recently reported in the NY Times and seemed surprising. Why would a city declare a no-Pilates zone?
It turns out, a certain area in Santa Monica, Califonia (a wide traffic median to be specific) in the city was attracting too many physically fit and motivated exercisers and thus too much noise! While walking and running is allowed on the median, any loitering for sit-ups, kickboxing, Pilates, or Yoga stretching is forbidden.
A No Pilates Zone
Mr. Davis strode from his vehicle, stopping just feet from the wide traffic median where Kieran Clarke was clearly breaking the law. "Sorry, sir," he said, "I need to inform you that this area is for walking and jogging only." Mr. Clarke, who had been working his abdominals, stood up and quietly walked away.
That warning the other day was among hundreds that have been issued in a culturally tumultuous crackdown by Santa Monica officials against violators of a city ordinance, rarely enforced till now, that bars congregating on traffic medians.
North West Pilates social network, click a link:
http://www.pilates4sport.com
http://www.myspace.com/northwestpilatesandyoga
This story was recently reported in the NY Times and seemed surprising. Why would a city declare a no-Pilates zone?
It turns out, a certain area in Santa Monica, Califonia (a wide traffic median to be specific) in the city was attracting too many physically fit and motivated exercisers and thus too much noise! While walking and running is allowed on the median, any loitering for sit-ups, kickboxing, Pilates, or Yoga stretching is forbidden.
A No Pilates Zone
Mr. Davis strode from his vehicle, stopping just feet from the wide traffic median where Kieran Clarke was clearly breaking the law. "Sorry, sir," he said, "I need to inform you that this area is for walking and jogging only." Mr. Clarke, who had been working his abdominals, stood up and quietly walked away.
That warning the other day was among hundreds that have been issued in a culturally tumultuous crackdown by Santa Monica officials against violators of a city ordinance, rarely enforced till now, that bars congregating on traffic medians.
North West Pilates social network, click a link:
http://www.pilates4sport.com
http://www.myspace.com/northwestpilatesandyoga
Yoga At The YMCA
What is Yoga?
The word yoga means "union" in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated. We can think of the union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. What is commonly referred to as "yoga" can be more accurately described by the Sanskrit word asana, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses. Asana is only one of the eight "limbs" of yoga, the majority of which are more concerned with mental and spiritual well being than physical activity. In the West, however, the words asana and yoga are often used interchangeably.
Physical Benefits of Yoga
Flexibility: Stretching your tight body in new ways will help it to become more flexible, bringing greater range of motion to muscles and joints. Over time, you can expect to gain flexibility in your hamstrings, back, shoulders, and hips.
Strength: Many yoga poses require you to support the weight of your own body in new ways, including balancing on one leg (such as in Tree Pose) or supporting yourself with your arms (such as in Downward Facing Dog). Some exercises require you to move slowly in and out of poses, which also increases strength.
Muscle tone: As a by-product of getting stronger, you can expect to see increased muscle tone. Yoga helps shape long, lean muscles.
Pain Prevention: Increased flexibility and strength can help prevent the causes of some types of back pain. Many people who suffer from back pain spend a lot of time sitting at a computer or driving a car. That can cause tightness and spinal compression, which you can begin to address with yoga. Yoga also improves your alignment, both in and out of class, which helps prevent many other types of pain.
Better Breathing: Most of us breathe very shallowly into the lungs and don't give much thought to how we breathe. Yoga breathing exercises, called Pranayama, focus the attention on the breath and teach us how to better use our lungs, which benefits the entire body. Certain types of breath can also help clear the nasal passages and even calm the central nervous system, which has both physical and mental benefits.
Our Staff
All our staff are student teachers of "The British Wheel of Yoga" and are fully insured to teach.
Lou
Dani
Lou's Class is Thursdays 7-8.30pm, Dani's Class is 12-1.30pm at the YMCA.
The word yoga means "union" in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated. We can think of the union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. What is commonly referred to as "yoga" can be more accurately described by the Sanskrit word asana, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses. Asana is only one of the eight "limbs" of yoga, the majority of which are more concerned with mental and spiritual well being than physical activity. In the West, however, the words asana and yoga are often used interchangeably.
Physical Benefits of Yoga
Flexibility: Stretching your tight body in new ways will help it to become more flexible, bringing greater range of motion to muscles and joints. Over time, you can expect to gain flexibility in your hamstrings, back, shoulders, and hips.
Strength: Many yoga poses require you to support the weight of your own body in new ways, including balancing on one leg (such as in Tree Pose) or supporting yourself with your arms (such as in Downward Facing Dog). Some exercises require you to move slowly in and out of poses, which also increases strength.
Muscle tone: As a by-product of getting stronger, you can expect to see increased muscle tone. Yoga helps shape long, lean muscles.
Pain Prevention: Increased flexibility and strength can help prevent the causes of some types of back pain. Many people who suffer from back pain spend a lot of time sitting at a computer or driving a car. That can cause tightness and spinal compression, which you can begin to address with yoga. Yoga also improves your alignment, both in and out of class, which helps prevent many other types of pain.
Better Breathing: Most of us breathe very shallowly into the lungs and don't give much thought to how we breathe. Yoga breathing exercises, called Pranayama, focus the attention on the breath and teach us how to better use our lungs, which benefits the entire body. Certain types of breath can also help clear the nasal passages and even calm the central nervous system, which has both physical and mental benefits.
Our Staff
All our staff are student teachers of "The British Wheel of Yoga" and are fully insured to teach.
Lou
Dani
Lou's Class is Thursdays 7-8.30pm, Dani's Class is 12-1.30pm at the YMCA.
Get Your Jeans To Fit With The V2 Max!
Press Release-New Pilates V2 Max Reformer
The STOTT PILATES® V2 Max Plus™ Reformer is revolutionizing rehabilitation programming within the fitness industry.
This latest piece of equipment to emerge from STOTT PILATES has been designed to help clients work against very gentle tension and build up incrementally as strength increases.
The feedback from those in the industry who engage in rehab has been gratifying, The V2 Max Plus Rehab Reformer takes the monotony out of rehab and keeps clients challenged and motivated over the course of their sessions.
The STOTT PILATES® V2 Max Plus™ Reformer is revolutionizing rehabilitation programming within the fitness industry.
This latest piece of equipment to emerge from STOTT PILATES has been designed to help clients work against very gentle tension and build up incrementally as strength increases.
The feedback from those in the industry who engage in rehab has been gratifying, The V2 Max Plus Rehab Reformer takes the monotony out of rehab and keeps clients challenged and motivated over the course of their sessions.
Not only are clients seeing the therapeutic benefits to working out on the V2 Max Plus Rehab Reformer, but it also helps transition them into more advanced conditioning as they improve both physically and mentally.
The V2 Max Plus offers restriction-free movement and limitless programming possibilities. For a superior workout, this piece of equipment allows the body to emulate the free, multi-dimensional movement of daily life. Its innovative vertical frame pulley system accommodates three-dimensional range of motion, maintaining workout flow and providing even, constant resistance without jarring.
The V2 Max Plus multi-tasks as a Mat, Reformer and Cadillac, delivering up to 500 exercises to expand group and private programming options. This all-in-one unit allows older clients and rehab patients to work on balance while kneeling, lunging and standing - and is higher off the ground for easier mounts and dismounts.
To see the innovative V2 Max Plus in action, click on these links:
Manchester Bus Route Does Pilates
North West Pilates & Yoga Centre
A bizarre government-funded campaign is being launched to encourage people to exercise while they're waiting for a bus. According to the campaigns organisers, those minutes spent at the bus stop watching the traffic go by could be spent more usefully by standing on one leg, pointing your toes or clenching your buttocks.
But the latest attempt to get Britain fit has been slammed by an MP as "a shocking waste of taxpayer's money". And one angry passenger said last night: "fares are ridiculously high as it is. So why don't they use the money they're spending on this nonsense to cut the cost of bus travel?" Leaflets and posters setting out six Pilates style exercise moves to do at the bus stop are being distributed to passengers travelling on buses between Blackburn and Manchester.
Anyone concerned about looking ridiculous as they balance on one leg in the middle of the street are reassured that the exercises are discreet and that there will be others doing just the same all along route. Part of the every stop helps campaign, the leaflet tells passengers: "healthy living is all about having a good diet and getting the right amount of physical exercise. Make exercising on the X41 part of your everyday bus travel. The exercise are easy and fun to do and discreet. The campaign is part of a project funded by the government higher education funding council for England".
Pilates At The Bus Stop!
Organisers claim it will help people with busy lives to fit exercise into there day and avoid health problems such as heart disease and obesity. But Tory MP Philip Davies lashed out at the move. He asked: "is this April 1st ? The government is virtually bankrupt and yet it is spending its last few pounds encouraging people to do Pilates at bus stops. 'It is the nanny state gone completely mad and shocking waste of taxpayer's money".
However, Les Lumsdon, director of the institute of transport and tourism at the University of Central Lancashire, which is promoting the scheme, said: the response from passengers has been very positive. "Many peoples have busy lives and struggle to fit regular work outs into their day. Were giving them information needed so they can choose to add value to the time spent using public transport. Eventually, we'd like to see pilates extended to other bus routes and train journeys. And Russell Revill, managing director of the bus company Transdev, said: "We thought it was a good idea. Doing exercises while waiting for the bus is a good way to pass the time and beneficial to your health, too".
A bizarre government-funded campaign is being launched to encourage people to exercise while they're waiting for a bus. According to the campaigns organisers, those minutes spent at the bus stop watching the traffic go by could be spent more usefully by standing on one leg, pointing your toes or clenching your buttocks.
But the latest attempt to get Britain fit has been slammed by an MP as "a shocking waste of taxpayer's money". And one angry passenger said last night: "fares are ridiculously high as it is. So why don't they use the money they're spending on this nonsense to cut the cost of bus travel?" Leaflets and posters setting out six Pilates style exercise moves to do at the bus stop are being distributed to passengers travelling on buses between Blackburn and Manchester.
Anyone concerned about looking ridiculous as they balance on one leg in the middle of the street are reassured that the exercises are discreet and that there will be others doing just the same all along route. Part of the every stop helps campaign, the leaflet tells passengers: "healthy living is all about having a good diet and getting the right amount of physical exercise. Make exercising on the X41 part of your everyday bus travel. The exercise are easy and fun to do and discreet. The campaign is part of a project funded by the government higher education funding council for England".
Pilates At The Bus Stop!
Organisers claim it will help people with busy lives to fit exercise into there day and avoid health problems such as heart disease and obesity. But Tory MP Philip Davies lashed out at the move. He asked: "is this April 1st ? The government is virtually bankrupt and yet it is spending its last few pounds encouraging people to do Pilates at bus stops. 'It is the nanny state gone completely mad and shocking waste of taxpayer's money".
However, Les Lumsdon, director of the institute of transport and tourism at the University of Central Lancashire, which is promoting the scheme, said: the response from passengers has been very positive. "Many peoples have busy lives and struggle to fit regular work outs into their day. Were giving them information needed so they can choose to add value to the time spent using public transport. Eventually, we'd like to see pilates extended to other bus routes and train journeys. And Russell Revill, managing director of the bus company Transdev, said: "We thought it was a good idea. Doing exercises while waiting for the bus is a good way to pass the time and beneficial to your health, too".
The Lumbar Low Down
"The Lumbar Low-down"
The lower back is a fulcrum for the rest of the body, acting as the hinge that connects the upper and lower body. The muscles, vertebrae, disks, and ligaments in the lower back can twist and bend forward, backward, and from side to side. Because of this wide range of motion, the area absorbs a lot of stress during everyday movement.
Liverpool/St. Helens Rugby Team In New Studio
Members of Liverpool /St.Helens Rugby team
So how do you stretch and strengthen these muscles?
Trikonasana (Triangle Pose), Dandasana (Staff Pose), and forward bends are particularly good, because they work the muscles of the abdomen and along the sides of the torso in addition to those of the lower back.
In addition, Trikonasana also strengthens an important back muscle called the quadratus lumborum, which connects the hip to the rib cage and allows you to bend sideways. It also helps one side of the pelvis lift higher than the other. You use it repeatedly during any activity in which you shift your body weight from side to side.
Bridge
Teacher Nisha Srivastava takes group to Bridge
Poses such as Dandasana and forward bends help stretch not only the back muscles but also the hamstrings (along the backs of the thighs), helping relieve tension in the lower back. They also teach you to extend through the torso and tip the top of the pelvis forward, so the back can move through its normal range of motion. This is important for the lower back muscles to function optimally.
There's a relationship between the length of a muscle and the strength that it generates, If a muscle cannot move along its normal full range of motion, it can't generate the optimal power.
www.pilates4sport.com
Enquiries 01744-751115
077100-78299
The lower back is a fulcrum for the rest of the body, acting as the hinge that connects the upper and lower body. The muscles, vertebrae, disks, and ligaments in the lower back can twist and bend forward, backward, and from side to side. Because of this wide range of motion, the area absorbs a lot of stress during everyday movement.
Liverpool/St. Helens Rugby Team In New Studio
Members of Liverpool /St.Helens Rugby team
So how do you stretch and strengthen these muscles?
Trikonasana (Triangle Pose), Dandasana (Staff Pose), and forward bends are particularly good, because they work the muscles of the abdomen and along the sides of the torso in addition to those of the lower back.
In addition, Trikonasana also strengthens an important back muscle called the quadratus lumborum, which connects the hip to the rib cage and allows you to bend sideways. It also helps one side of the pelvis lift higher than the other. You use it repeatedly during any activity in which you shift your body weight from side to side.
Bridge
Teacher Nisha Srivastava takes group to Bridge
Poses such as Dandasana and forward bends help stretch not only the back muscles but also the hamstrings (along the backs of the thighs), helping relieve tension in the lower back. They also teach you to extend through the torso and tip the top of the pelvis forward, so the back can move through its normal range of motion. This is important for the lower back muscles to function optimally.
There's a relationship between the length of a muscle and the strength that it generates, If a muscle cannot move along its normal full range of motion, it can't generate the optimal power.
www.pilates4sport.com
Enquiries 01744-751115
077100-78299
Sports Massage
Sports Massage
The purpose of sports massage is to restore the full potential of your muscular system, to relieve problems and prevent injury. It covers the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body's muscles, ligaments and tendons. Sports massage can be an important addition to your workout and training, helping achieve your performance goals with minimum injury and pain.
A massage after training can help you recover two or three times faster, flushing out the lactic acid and build up of toxins in the muscles. The purpose of sports massage is to restore the full potential of your muscular system, to relieve problems and prevent injury. It covers the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body's muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Ideally, getting a massage once a week is optimal, supporting your fitness or sports programme, improving flexibility and range of motion, relieving tired and sore muscles, speeding up recovery from strenuous physical exertion.
Sports massage is a benefit to anybody, not just sports people. It helps to treat muscle problems of all kinds, not just those of sports professionals.
Sports massage has many potential benefits. Its primary aim is to restore full function to muscles and other soft tissues. This can simply mean easing the tension build up in your shoulders due to long hours in the office or restoring maximum performance to an over trained muscle group of an athlete.
Wayne Turner
Over the last three years Wayne has trained and worked as a sports masseur and therapist. He has consistently achieved a high standard of service with clients.
Expert at carefully analyzing the needs of each customer and creating an appropriate, individualized strategy. I am approachable, easy to get on with and have a healthy interest in sports, which include cycling, running and attending the gym five days a week. This means I have a sympathetic approach to sports and non-sports injuries.
Qualifications
* FA Certificate in treatment and management of injuries in football - qualified 5th October 2005
* Certificate in ultrasound techniques - qualified 9th July 2005
* VTCT Standard: Sports massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* Advanced massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* Prepare body massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* The FA Level 2 and 3 in the Treatment and Management of Injuries in Football
To Book Your Sports Massage
Tel: 07984 778455
The purpose of sports massage is to restore the full potential of your muscular system, to relieve problems and prevent injury. It covers the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body's muscles, ligaments and tendons. Sports massage can be an important addition to your workout and training, helping achieve your performance goals with minimum injury and pain.
A massage after training can help you recover two or three times faster, flushing out the lactic acid and build up of toxins in the muscles. The purpose of sports massage is to restore the full potential of your muscular system, to relieve problems and prevent injury. It covers the manipulation, management and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body's muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Ideally, getting a massage once a week is optimal, supporting your fitness or sports programme, improving flexibility and range of motion, relieving tired and sore muscles, speeding up recovery from strenuous physical exertion.
Sports massage is a benefit to anybody, not just sports people. It helps to treat muscle problems of all kinds, not just those of sports professionals.
Sports massage has many potential benefits. Its primary aim is to restore full function to muscles and other soft tissues. This can simply mean easing the tension build up in your shoulders due to long hours in the office or restoring maximum performance to an over trained muscle group of an athlete.
Wayne Turner
Over the last three years Wayne has trained and worked as a sports masseur and therapist. He has consistently achieved a high standard of service with clients.
Expert at carefully analyzing the needs of each customer and creating an appropriate, individualized strategy. I am approachable, easy to get on with and have a healthy interest in sports, which include cycling, running and attending the gym five days a week. This means I have a sympathetic approach to sports and non-sports injuries.
Qualifications
* FA Certificate in treatment and management of injuries in football - qualified 5th October 2005
* Certificate in ultrasound techniques - qualified 9th July 2005
* VTCT Standard: Sports massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* Advanced massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* Prepare body massage - qualified 30th September 2004
* The FA Level 2 and 3 in the Treatment and Management of Injuries in Football
To Book Your Sports Massage
Tel: 07984 778455
The History Of Yoga
History Of Yoga
The Sanskrit word yoga is translated as 'union' between mind, body and spirit.
In our hectic modern world many people are taking 'time out' to practice yoga - a system of philosophy that originated in India 5,000 years ago. Everyone can practice yoga, regardless of age, sex or ability.
Yoga offers us a holistic approach to body, mind and spirit, which can provide us with the 'tools' to cope with the challenges of daily life. Yoga can also complement medical science and therapy for specific conditions.
Real Men Do Yoga
More older adults-including men-are now taking their place on yoga mats. According to a study, 18.4 percent of practitioners are now over age 55.
Researchers have found regular practice leads to reduced incidence of chronic back pain, improved sleep quality and mood; a better sense of well-being and quality of life; improvement in heart health, rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes.
Read full article at AARP website ....
About the BWY British Wheel Of Yoga
The British Wheel of Yoga is a registered charity and is the largest yoga organisation in the country, running for 40 years. It is members-based and organised into 11 regions. All our staff are student teachers, and are BWY certified.
They are also recognised by the Central Council for Physical Recreation (CCPR) and Sport England as the national Governing Body for Yoga in Great Britain. This recognition was not conferred automatically but was the result of a rigorous submission process lasting over a year during which other yoga organisations were considered. They represent the UK at the European Federation of National Yoga Organisations and are a leading member of the European Union of Yoga.
The Sanskrit word yoga is translated as 'union' between mind, body and spirit.
In our hectic modern world many people are taking 'time out' to practice yoga - a system of philosophy that originated in India 5,000 years ago. Everyone can practice yoga, regardless of age, sex or ability.
Yoga offers us a holistic approach to body, mind and spirit, which can provide us with the 'tools' to cope with the challenges of daily life. Yoga can also complement medical science and therapy for specific conditions.
Real Men Do Yoga
More older adults-including men-are now taking their place on yoga mats. According to a study, 18.4 percent of practitioners are now over age 55.
Researchers have found regular practice leads to reduced incidence of chronic back pain, improved sleep quality and mood; a better sense of well-being and quality of life; improvement in heart health, rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes.
Read full article at AARP website ....
About the BWY British Wheel Of Yoga
The British Wheel of Yoga is a registered charity and is the largest yoga organisation in the country, running for 40 years. It is members-based and organised into 11 regions. All our staff are student teachers, and are BWY certified.
They are also recognised by the Central Council for Physical Recreation (CCPR) and Sport England as the national Governing Body for Yoga in Great Britain. This recognition was not conferred automatically but was the result of a rigorous submission process lasting over a year during which other yoga organisations were considered. They represent the UK at the European Federation of National Yoga Organisations and are a leading member of the European Union of Yoga.
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St Helens RUFC Do Pilates
Rugby is an extremely high-contact sport. Injuries tend to occur during scrums, where players on either side compete for his ball by locking heads, arms and shoulders with each of their team members and the opposing team. This poses considerable risk to the neck and shoulders as well as causing minor contusions and lacerations. The most common rugby injuries are sprains to muscles and tendons. Many of the injuries in rugby are similar to those in football.
To view the photo album of Simon Worsely (Fly Half), Jan Lourens (Prop), Phillip Kearns (Captain) and Phillip Battersby (Hooker), click here.
To view the photo album of Simon Worsely (Fly Half), Jan Lourens (Prop), Phillip Kearns (Captain) and Phillip Battersby (Hooker), click here.
Over the summer, i went to see my client Ciaran Kellgren play Peter Pan at Royal Kensington Gardens, London. I spoke backstage with him to find out that Prince Charles, Camilla, Guy Richie and Sir Ian McKellen had been to watch it. Funnily enough Michael Jackson had booked a viewing as well, but did not live long enough to take up this experience.
JM Barrie's foray into children's imagination has had many incarnations - from the original stage play to films, musicals, television and even various cartoons.But this new production is markedly different. For one thing, it is held in a huge tent of the type where agricultural shows are held, a mighty bullring-cum-theatre-in-the-round. And, technically, it works on all levels............The most stunning aspect of this is the massive 360-degree digital screen, projected in 3D, which is wrapped around the whole pavilion. It works magically when the Darling children, whose adventure all this is, fly over the rooftops of London on the way to Never Never Land. We swoop through Admiralty Arch, past Nelson's blind eye and eventually right up the Thames, lined with seagoing vessels of all types. It is an immensely thrilling ride.Ciaran Kellgren is a lively, occasionally petulant Peter Pan. On his aerial harness, he swoops around the theatre with considerable agility and he brings credence to the role of the eternal boy. ". Paul Callan Daily Express
He is training at the North West Pilates Centre on Claughton Street in order to prevent injuries when he embarks on the run of shows of the £2.7 Million production of Peter Pan in May..." St Helens Star
To view the full story of Ciaran's pre training in St Helens, Click Here.
JM Barrie's foray into children's imagination has had many incarnations - from the original stage play to films, musicals, television and even various cartoons.But this new production is markedly different. For one thing, it is held in a huge tent of the type where agricultural shows are held, a mighty bullring-cum-theatre-in-the-round. And, technically, it works on all levels............The most stunning aspect of this is the massive 360-degree digital screen, projected in 3D, which is wrapped around the whole pavilion. It works magically when the Darling children, whose adventure all this is, fly over the rooftops of London on the way to Never Never Land. We swoop through Admiralty Arch, past Nelson's blind eye and eventually right up the Thames, lined with seagoing vessels of all types. It is an immensely thrilling ride.Ciaran Kellgren is a lively, occasionally petulant Peter Pan. On his aerial harness, he swoops around the theatre with considerable agility and he brings credence to the role of the eternal boy. ". Paul Callan Daily Express
He is training at the North West Pilates Centre on Claughton Street in order to prevent injuries when he embarks on the run of shows of the £2.7 Million production of Peter Pan in May..." St Helens Star
To view the full story of Ciaran's pre training in St Helens, Click Here.
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