Using the Pilates Stability Chair as a tool to retrain, re-balance and coordinate the muscles around the hip and trunk, Melanie advises to add lateral hip exercises to help eliminate … Read more
Leslie Braverman
Getting ready to run a marathon, purchase a ski pass for the winter season, or join in the Portland Bridge Pedal? The STOTT PILATES® Jumpboard™ is a Reformer accessory … Read more
This month you’ll see a new face at Pacific Northwest Pilates. We’re excited to announce Alex Ballard of Ballard Movement Arts will move to Pacific Northwest Pilates and bring Gyrotonic® … Read more
Bowed legs (genu verum) is and outward bowing at the knee—the lower leg is angled inward (medially) in relation to the femur’s axis, giving the limb overall the appearance of … Read more
Slips, trips, and falls can happen to anyone. Here, Melanie explains how building better capacity in all planes may help to prevent small falls and mishaps from becoming big injuries. … Read more
Pacific Northwest Pilates offers an option for those needing assistance with in-studio group reformer class registration. For a fee, you can be pre-registered into classes by a PNWP staff member … Read more
Whether clients are born with hypermobility (greater than average range of motion in joints) or have acquired it through a condition such as MS or a stroke, hypermobility can be … Read more
Melanie provides great tips, cues and insight as to how to strengthen the torso and cervical spine in multi-planar and multi-loaded ways using the Split Pedal Stability Chair.