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Therapeutic Pilates | Scapular Winging

Slowly and progressively retrain the motor control of altered shoulder mechanics and the eccentric winging of the scapulae.  ...

Travel Tips to Keep a Pilates Body

  Tricks for Surviving an 18-inch Airline Seat   After a year of being cooped-up, I dream about ...

We’re Hiring: Experienced Pilates Instructor

Pacific Northwest Pilates (PNWP) is Portland’s premier Pilates studio and licensed STOTT PILATES® education center for top-level fitness ...

Therapeutic Pilates | The Clavicle

Give it up for the clavicle, the beautiful S-shaped bone that mirrors the ribcage and allows for a ...

Focus on Fascia

 PNWP Owner Melanie Byford-Young brings the Merrithew™Fascial Movement Foundation Course, Level 1 to Pacific NW Pilates. Designed especially ...

Therapeutic Pilates | Hypermobility & Shoulder Stability

In this episode, learn how to safely stabilize the shoulder and keep hyperextension of the shoulder and elbow ...

Therapeutic Pilates | Hip Replacements

In the last five years non-traditional approaches to hip replacements are becoming mainstream and tailored more to each ...

Prenatal Pilates: An Instructor Do-and-Don’t List

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and IDEA Health & Fitness—the world’s largest association for health ...

Couples Sweat Together While They Stay Together

Like never before, couples at PNWP are doing Pilates together. Online and in the studio, PNWP instructors are ...

New Year fitness resolution? Think bigger. Step smaller.

  “Getting fit” is always one of my top New Year’s resolutions. Each year I decide what it ...

Melanie puts the FUN in Functional Anatomy!

I get to teach Fundamental Anatomy again! I love applied anatomy, biomechanics, arthrokinematics, brain science, fascial science and ...

“Pilates In Place” Sparks Thinking Outside of the Box

  Pacific Northwest Pilates recently made it easier to provide students with fun, engaging home workouts virtually. In ...

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