Pilates Applications for Health Conditions

Movement is a key factor in enhancing health span and vitality, yet optimal practices for various health conditions remain underexplored. This pioneering two-volume set focuses on multi-system and locomotor health conditions. It provides actionable guidance for practitioners across clinical settings, home practice and online sessions. Integrating Pilates principles with modern research, it is a comprehensive resource for Pilates instructors, movement educators and manual therapists. Written by acclaimed practitioners, Madeline Black and Elizabeth Larkam.

Vol. 1: 384 pages
Vol. 2: 464 pages
Paperback

From Joy Puleo, Director of Education

Let’s be honest…Elizabeth Larkham and Madeline Black’s contributions and teachings are in large part why Pilates education and the Pilates industry is where it is today. Individually, their passion(s) and curiosity fuel how they educate and what they teach. The quest to deeply understand and articulate the fantastic results clients experience into how we practice and teach Pilates comes through in every workshop, every course, and every training. They fearlessly explored many traditions of movement and sought education on the science behind the method. Their investigations are a voice which many other teachers, me included, aspire to. I have spent many hours in classes, in conversation, and simply in awe of the body of work each has created. Their teaching inspiration has cleared the path for me and countless others in our grateful Pilates community to follow.

Pilates Applications for Health Conditions comprises two volumes. I am certain that this labor of love may at times have seemed daunting, but I am equally as certain that this book is a direct descendant of the many hours of course work that both Elizabeth and Madeline have created over the years. Many of the contributors to this book have also been in the ‘room’, and have themselves been touched, inspired, and supported by the questions asked and answered in the works of Elizabeth and Madeline. Many are also partners to Elizabeth and Madeline and are a part of the foundational fabric of the Pilates Industry.

This book is a comprehensive look at how the Pilates practice can be a companion to creating overall wellness and support the body in the healing process. It explores how movement, and adaptations of movement, can apply and support our clients with the body they are living in and bring to our spaces. It honors all traditions of practice, from classical to physical therapy, and weaves together many prominent voices who will in-turn, continue to explore and grow this beautiful practice, Pilates.

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.” – Chinese Proverb