Just taught my Dad Terry!) one to one mindfulness Pilates on zoom, doesn’t matter where you live you can always do your Pilates! There is no excuse! My dad is 83-year-old years old, and in his younger days he was an international England table tennis player and has always been really sporty. He was county champion in three sports: squash, tennis and table tennis! And his love of sport continues - an avid golfer, he plays several times a week but in more recent times he has suffered with his back and at times experiences severe pain, limping, terrible posture, which affects his daily life and golf.

He has done all the right things; he saw his GP and had x-rays. With scoliosis and disc problems showing, he saw the consultant as well as a really good practitioner who's been helping with his spine. He’s also helping himself with a lot of daily movement.

He’s been going to the spa daily for an hour for the jet massage in the pool - it’s a bit like hydrotherapy with massage on the jets, which is extremely helpful for the muscles and he exercises and stretches in the lovely warm pool too, which is really helpful with the Pilates stretches and working on the posture.

He has been practising his Pilates daily for over 23 years and having lessons on and off with me, but now we’re back doing one-to-one Pilates on Zoom, so we can take his back to the next level. His posture has really improved lately and his pain levels have gone down and his posture was already improved after this session of Pilates today. And finally adding in some really good specific back strengthening exercises at a level that is comfortable - that’s really important.

We are working on opening up the posture limbering up the shoulders and upper body, stretching out the chest and shoulders and encouraging the back to naturally go into its more natural alignment, which in turn will also help the golf. A good effort, well done Dad (Terry).

Love Bev.

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