Welcome to Manhattan Medical Wellness Therapeutic Pilates.

At Manhattan Medical Wellness we offer one on one patient care, hands on sessions, as well as private and duo pilates in the center of Manhattan.

This practice incorporates traditional and non traditional physical therapy techniques for pain management.

Like Physical Therapy, Therapeutic Pilates focuses on relieving pain and healing the body, pairing specific techniques of strengthening and stretching with manual work.

The practice of Therapeutic Pilates specializes in pelvic and chronic pain including pre and postpartum issues.

With our medical perspective and combined years of Pilates experience, we are in a unique position to work with patients who have multiple needs and backgrounds.

Therapeutic Pilates explores the path to physical healing and pain management, by way of both traditional and non traditional techniques of Physical Therapy.

Our medical professionals will work closely with you to find pain free methods to heal and revitalize your body.

The 10 health benefits of Therapeutic Pilates:

Prenatal and postnatal pelvic exercises

Therapeutic Pilates is great for expecting mothers. Therapeutic Pilates will increase pelvic floor strength and flexibility for the prevention and relief of lower back and pelvic pain. These exercises will provide a strong foundation which makes giving birth a little bit easier on both mother and baby.

It is also great for reshaping and toning postpartum as well as recovering from diastasis rectus, tearing, or incontinence issues.

There are specific limitations in particular around physical activity during pre- and postnatal periods. At Manhattan Medical Wellness, our Physical Therapists are highly skilled to address any concerns in order to keep you safe and healthy along the way. Therapeutic Pilates is both safe and extremely gentle for mother and baby. Many pregnant women can do Therapeutic Pilates right up until their due date!

Improve your stability

By exercising the primary stabilizers and movers in the hips, shoulders, and ankles, Therapeutic Pilates can strengthen the muscles around those commonly injured joints and help with overall stability and movement which is essential for keeping the body functioning properly.

Pelvic floor and core muscles exercises

This is particularly talked about for women but men have a pelvic floor too! A weak or tight pelvic floor can sometimes lead to incontinence, hernias, hemorrhoids, coccyx pain, difficulty standing up from a seated position, and many other issues. As such, strengthening and retraining the core and pelvic floor becomes extremely important should these symptoms arise.

Post-injury Rehab

Guided Therapeutic Pilates is very beneficial for injury rehabilitation. At Manhattan Medical Wellness, our trained Physical Therapists will first assess your injury and then develop the most appropriate exercises tailored specifically to your needs. Every session can be progressed at a safe and effective pace needed for your injury recovery.

Our guided Therapeutic Pilates exercises will aim to strengthen your weak muscle groups, improve movement patterns and prevent further injury to your body.

Posture Corrective Exercises

Your posture plays a significant role in your overall health, strength, injury resistance, flexibility, and balance. With the help of our Physical Therapists, you will be able to make sure that your muscles have adequate length and strength for proper posture.

Neck pain and Lower Back pain

Therapeutic Pilates will help with neck pain and can also target inactive or atrophying lower back muscles. This is particularly helpful for people who have a sedentary lifestyle and/or a desk job that doesn’t require a lot of physical activity during the day.

Therapeutic Pilates will strengthen your weak muscles that are affected by sitting for a prolonged period of time, stooping, or bending your neck to watch images and videos on your cell phone so that you can be more resilient to muscle strain and injury.

Flexibility Exercises

In society today, people are more likely to have desk jobs or less active lifestyles which can cause poor flexibility and weak muscles.

Joints and tissues that have good flexibility are also more resilient and less prone to injury. Therapeutic Pilates balances the task of gaining flexibility paired with strength so that your body can handle the load you throw at it!

Muscles Toning

If you’re chasing a stronger core or a more toned midriff, a study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, found that after 36 weeks of Therapeutic Pilates training, women had managed to strengthen their rectus abdominis (abs) by an average of 21%.

Celebrities like Cameron Diaz, Miranda Kerr and Kate Hudson are fans of the workout.

Improve Overall Health

Not only is Therapeutic Pilates great for strengthening your core muscles, but it also stretches and tones other muscle groups to improve your overall health and fitness. It will also aid in building up your cardiovascular health which in turn increases your overall endurance and fitness level.

Therapeutic Pilates conditions your whole body, even the ankles, and feet. Your entire musculature is evenly balanced and conditioned, helping you enjoy daily activities – no muscle group is overtrained or undertrained.

This is one of the reasons so many professional athletes swear by Therapeutic Pilates for better overall performance and injury prevention.

Body Awareness

Therapeutic Pilates ensures that you pay attention to the movements that you are making while regulating your breathing and stability. As you do more and more

Therapeutic Pilates, you will pay more attention to what your body is feeling and communicating to you.

This awareness of your body is carried throughout the day, outside of your Therapeutic Pilates sessions in the clinic and eventually becomes second nature to you.

One last thing to mention is that Therapeutic Pilates can be extremely gentle. Many of the exercises are completed in reclining or sitting positions which don’t require heavy lifting. As well, the springs on the Pilates reformers and chairs can provide support or challenge depending on what your body requires at the time.

Whether you are rehabilitating from an injury, getting ready to deliver your baby, wanting to improve your core muscles and overall strength or simply desiring to be more active and healthier, you can always book an appointment with our Physical Therapist at Manhattan Medical Wellness!