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Pilates exercises – complementary means in the correction of
poor postural attitudes Aura Bota, Silvia Teodorescu, Corina Predescu National
University for Physical Education and Sports, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
Interesting
both through the obvious results body-wise and the integration of the
psychic sphere, Pilates is, in fact, a combination between the gimnic
means and yoga, each of them having a distinct contribution to the
holistic model of influencing the individual. The Pilates Method can be
used by: individuals with physical and postural deficiencies
(scoliosis, cyphosis, hyperlordosis, knee deficiencies, hypomobility,
hypermobility), athletes (dancers, skaters, tennis-players, athletes,
swimmers), individuals with musculoskeletal diseases (fibromyalgia),
rheumatoid diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis), postborth
disfunctions (loss of muscle tone in the pelvic and abdominal muscles),
pregnant women (to prevent low-back pains and sciatic nerve pain due to
pregnancy), etc. The present paper wishes to state a few
references concerning the specific exercises for the correction of the
spine`s deficient attitudes, i.e. the adaptation of the programs to the
specificities of each disease, the goal of the paper being to identify
approachable exercises, adaptable to the physical therapy treatment,
which would help in correcting scoliotic and cyphotic attitudes.
Key
words:rehabilitation,
Pilates, traumatology, rheumatoid diseases
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