Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your Practice | 5 CEU/CEC
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Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) Athletic Trainers:Category A | 5 CEU
Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) Course Expiry:Dec 31, 2025
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Professionals:5 CEC
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Course Expiry:Dec 31, 2024
Explore the science behind over 50 Pilates exercises to master each movement with confidence and control. Revitalize and perfect your Pilates practice by understanding the muscle action, breathwork and techniques required.
Did you know that performing Pilates can strengthen your core, improve flexibility, and posture, and help to reduce stress and anxiety at the same time? Backed by scientific research, learn how Pilates exercises benefit every system in the body. Examine annotated artworks that show the mechanics, the angles, how blood flow and respiration are affected, the key muscle and joint actions working below the surface of each exercise, safe alignment, and more including:
Specially commissioned computer-generated image (CGI) artworks depict all the main Pilates exercises with variations that add or reduce challenge; and
Artworks that detail the mechanics of each exercise, correct body posture, the muscles involved and how they engage to perform movements; and
Illustrations featuring color-coding to highlight how the muscles, ligaments, and joints engage, stretch, and relax to perform each exercise; and
Pilates programs tailored to different abilities and aims; and
Suggested practices with a progressive increase in challenge over weeks and months; and
Easy-to-follow infographics help explain the hard science behind why Pilates training is so effective and what beneficial physical adaptations it can bring.
This evidence-based, approachable, and pragmatic fitness guide is a professional essential.
Learning Objectives
Understand the muscle action, breathwork and techniques required for effective and safe Pilates program.
Explain the many benefits of Pilates on the human anatomy and physiology.
Describe the appropriate uses of Pilates movements for various conditions.
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Book: Paperback, 224pp. Dec 2022. ISBN-13:
978-0744064230
Continuing Education Info
Accepted by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) and may be used towards the continuing education (CE) requirement for Athletic Trainers (ATC). View more here.
Accepted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and may be used towards the continuing education credit (CEC) requirement for ACSM professionals. View more here.
