Therapeutic Movement Training for Physical Therapy & Rehab Professionals
Developed by Joseph Pilates in the mid-1900s for physical rehabilitation, Pilates exercises can be modified to fit the needs of all patients. Clinicians are using evidence-based Pilates exercises to complement manual rehab therapy in treating orthopedic and neurological conditions.
Evidence-based exercise proven effective in physical rehabilitation
Applicable to a wide range of patients regardless of their age, gender, level of function or fitness
Functional movement program with extensive tools and techniques to treat patients
Acknowledged post-treatment fitness program for client retention long term
“The instructor was fabulous! There was an excellent balance of instruction, demonstration, and movement. Extremely beneficial for me as PT”
Carl D.
Pilates
6 MODULES
This course teaches fundamental neuromotor training exercises and how to use them in the clinical setting. Using mat-based exercise, you will learn the “why” behind the “what”, and how to customize your therapeutic movement prescriptions for optimum effectiveness. Learn to observe, assess and prescribe exercise in this practical course focused on movement quality.
8 hour
This course will introduce you to the Reformer as a tool for effective neuromotor training. Learn how to use the Reformer’s spring resistance in functional positions, including supine, seated, all-fours, and standing, to resolve movement impairments and restore overall function. Includes patient set up and useful regressions and progressions for common injuries, and a case study and applications specific to the rehab setting.
8 hours
In the clinical setting, the Pilates Chair provides sitting and standing movement work, both bilaterally and unilaterally. This course is an introduction to Chair exercises and includes regressions for the client in active rehabilitation and progressions for post-rehabilitation and advanced wellness. Pilates chairs featured: the Wunda Chair, Combo Chair and Exo Chair. Includes equipment set up, clinical applications and safety.
8 hours
It is believed that Joseph Pilates created the Trapeze Table (Cadillac) to assist in moving patients that were in hospital beds. Whether legend or fact, the Trapeze table (Cadillac) is a unique and rich movement environment which can support and enhance patient recovery and development of exercise based programs. This course is an introduction to Cadillac exercises and includes regressions for active rehabilitation, and progressions for post-rehabilitation and advanced wellness. This training is appropriate for clinics with Half Trapeze (Tower) and Wall Tower as well as full Cadillacs. Includes equipment set up, clinical applications and safety.
8 hours
Developed to introduce Clinicians to the Pilates method, this course teaches beginner to intermediate Pilates mat exercises and how to use them to assess and address functional and dysfunctional movement patterns. Each exercise is presented with modifications, regressions and progressions. Pilates Mat exercises create effective home programs for patient self-practice and long-term maintenance. This course satisfies the Mat 1 requirement for our Balanced Body Pilates Certification program.
16 hours
Joseph Pilates used his Universal Reformer as a rehabilitation tool. This course teaches beginner to intermediate exercises and how to use them in treating common injuries including lower back pain, hip and knee pain, and shoulder injuries. Includes safe use of the equipment, patient set up, regressing, progressing and modifying exercises and clinical case studies to help you put the concepts into practice. This course satisfies the Reformer 1 requirement for our Balanced Body Pilates Certification program.
16 hours
CoreAlign
4 MODULES
CoreAlign provides a wide variety of exercises and in the clinical setting, CoreAlign provides the opportunity to work functional movement patterns including gait, squatting and lunging, reaching and lifting, and integrating whole body movement. This introduction to CoreAlign includes common exercises used in a clinical setting with detailed equipment set up, clinical applications and safety.
4 hour
Designed by clinicians who use CoreAlign as an essential part of their practice, this course provides you with a range of tools for working with your clients. Beginning with essential core and lumbopelvic stabilization exercises, the course introduces functional progressions for gait, squatting and lunging, reaching and lifting, and integrating whole body movement. This course is designed to help you identify a client’s functional limitations and help them regain optimum health through whole body movement.
16 hours
This course introduces you to the CoreAlign as a rehabilitation tool. You will explore common functional movement patterns and how to use the CoreAlign’s variable tube resistance and independently moving carts to assist and facilitate quality movement. Exercises are performed in a variety of positions including supine, all-fours, and standing. Each of the exercises presented includes patient set up, basic regressions, progressions and safety considerations. The course includes a case study and applications in the rehabilitation setting.
8 hours
This course will expand on your ability to create customized exercise programs for patients with a wide variety of musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. Progressions of several foundational exercises including plank work, standing, and gait exercises are included to help patients move from rehabilitation to real life in a safe and effective environment. Training techniques using CoreAlign rotator discs and variable directions of resistance are also explored as part of the CoreAlign system.
16 hours
This training program is designed specifically for rehab professionals seeking to expand their use of therapeutic movement as a treatment modality. Our program is designed to teach therapists how to work with individuals, regardless of their level of function.
*BB Instructors are PTs with 10+ years of using movement in clinical practice
*Evidence-based exercises are included in the curriculum
*Convenient format and affordable continuing education workshops
Yes – to learn more about our CoreAlign courses please visit our Education Finder.
A workshop is a short form course designed to give you, the rehabilitation professional, introductory knowledge on equipment usage in the clinical setting. These 4 and 8 hour courses are perfect for in-service trainings, for facilities that have equipment and need physical therapists and physical therapy assistants to have strong working knowledge and application of exercises. These courses will get you incorporating Pilates into your clients’ programs while working on the equipment safety and effectively.
A certification level course satisfies course requirements for our Pilates teacher training certification program and for our CoreAlign teacher training program. These courses will put you on the path to becoming a fully certified instructor and give you a richer understanding and deeper level of knowledge around exercise application and the potential of Pilates and/or the CoreAlign in the clinical setting. Not only will these courses give you the tools you need to incorporate Pilates and/or the CoreAlign safety and effectively with patients, but will start you on your own movement journey as a full certified Balanced Body Instructor in either Pilates or CoreAlign.
