Holiday hustle and extra screen time can leave your neck feeling tense and overloaded. If the season is giving you a headache—literally—here’s a simple, effective tip from Melanie to bring … Read more
Therapeutic Pilates
Some people struggle with body awareness, or proprioception—the ability to sense where their body is in space and how it moves. While it’s tempting to repeatedly ask, “Can you feel … Read more
Improve body awareness (proprioception) and help a client learn to control their foot and simultaneously flex their hip using the unstable foam roller in a side-lying (a.k.a. Sleeper) position on … Read more
Learn a series of exercise progressions on the Pilates Reformer to help the scapulae glide and slide along the ribcage and develop dynamic mobility and stability. Pacific NW Pilates … Read more
Back pain is one of the most common physical complaints, but it’s far from simple. According to recent research, movement instructors and therapists are encouraged to rethink their approach, moving … Read more
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
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
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.