Workshop Descriptions
Matwork Choices for Personal Trainers
Personal trainers everywhere are recognizing the benefits of incorporating Pilates-based exercises with their clients. This workshop will break down certain key Matwork™ exercises that will bridge the gap between personal and Pilates training. Learn variations of basic exercises using the Flex-Band® exerciser, Fitness Circle® resistance ring and Stability Ball™ and explore their application to individual clients. Train the eye to pick up variances in stability, mobility and movement patterns. Discover how to cue, correct, use props and modify either to challenge clients further or support them in achieving optimal form.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Apply the STOTT PILATES® Five Basic Principles to select Matwork™ exercises.
- Focus on cueing and correcting skills specific to personal training.
- Understand how to incorporate small equipment in a personal training setting.
- Learn effective modifications for specific individuals.
FORMAT:
Workshop (2 hours)
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Postural Analysis and Application to Pilates Exercise
This hands-on workshop will outline the importance of postural analysis in programming STOTT PILATES® workouts. Review ideal posture as well as specific deviations found in flat back, sway back and kyphosis-lordosis posture types. Discover how muscle imbalances typically manifest in static posture and practice conducting postural analysis. Finally, explore common Pilates exercise choices and modifications to accommodate these imbalances and work toward restoring adequate length and strength in the musculature over time.
FORMAT:
Lecture / Workshop (3 hours)
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The Shoulder Girdle: Stability and Function
Explore the anatomy and biomechanics involved in the normal healthy functioning of the shoulder girdle and discuss some of the interruptions that can occur and exercise progressions to restore optimal function in this lecture/demo. First, the available ROM and typical movement patterns of the shoulder girdle are broken down analyzing scapular movement, humeral movement and relevant muscular action. Next, address some common abnormal or dysfunctional movement patterns. And finally, discover exercise progressions to rebuild normal muscle action and movement patterning as well as shoulder girdle exercises that can challenge and prepare for specific activities and enhance performance.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand optimal function and movement patterns of shoulder girdle.
- Understand common dysfunctions.
- Review anatomy and muscular involvement.
- Learn exercises and progressions on the equipment to optimize shoulder girdle function.
FORMAT:
Lecture / Workshop (3 hours)
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Stability Ball Challenge, Level 5
Provide maximum challenge and movement variety to an intermediate to advanced-level workout with the Stability Ball™. Discover innovative exercises that challenge upper and lower body strength, core stability, balance and control. By alternating body parts holding or being supported by the ball, the unstable nature of this tool will stimulate dynamic stabilization and proprioception. Any client will realize the benefits of incorporating this fun and powerful workout.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Apply STOTT PILATES® principles to more challenging Stability Ball™ exercises.
- Effectively challenge proprioceptive awareness, strength and stability.
- Understand how to challenge stability safely using various body parts on the ball.
- Learn cues and corrections for safety and effectiveness.
FORMAT:
Workshop with physical participation (2 hours)
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Stabilisation Principles
with Melanie Byford-Young
Discover the foundation of the STOTT PILATES® exercise repertoire with this Stabilization Principles lecture/workshop. Explore the functional anatomy, reasoning and research behind the biomechanical and body awareness issues that set the STOTT PILATES® method apart from other styles. These principles ensure that clients become more mindful and execute more control during exercises thus reaping the full benefits. Specific anatomical reference points as well as cueing and visualization techniques will be discussed to help instructors and trainers teach safely and effectively.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Learn the STOTT PILATES® Five Basic Principles.
- Understand the reasoning behind the principles.
- Examine current research that supports the principles.
- Learn cueing techniques for teaching the principles.
FORMAT:
Lecture / Workshop (2 hours)
STOTT PILATESA CECs:
0.2
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Advanced Postural Analysis and Application to Pilates Exercise
with Melanie Byford-Young
This three hour lecture/demonstration workshop will help participants develop a greater depth of understanding of the information that can be learned from a postural analysis, and specifically how postural analysis pertains to the shoulder and cervical spine.
We will go beyond the basics and examine the interconnections between the regions of the body. Specific pilates exercises and programming relating to the findings will be discussed throughout the workshop. Participants must have taken an essential level anatomy and postural analysis course prior to enrollment.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Incorporate pre-existing understanding of anatomy and postural analysis into 3-dimensional, relative model of biomechanical function and dysfunction
- Apply postural analaysis principles to rehabilitation of the shoulder and cervical regions
- Adapt Pilates exercises using props, modifications and cueing, based on findings in postural analysis
FORMAT:
Lecture/Demo (3 hours)
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Punches, Plyometrics and Overhead Activities
with Melanie Byford-Young
Finally, challenge yourself and your clients with plyometric and proprioceptive exercises for return to sport and functional activity. In this workshop, we will look at the kinematics of throwing and overhead activities and use exercise progressions to develop upper body strength, mobility and control beyond the basic level, and integrate dynamic stability training into the kind of 3 dimensional, ballistic movement sequences required for most sporting activities.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the biomechanics of various sporting activities as relevent to shoulder function
- Understand the relationship between biomechanics and functional strength/mobility
- Effective use of plyometric and overhead exercises incorporating props, modifications and cueing for progressing a client from post-rehab back into full sporting or daily life activities.
FORMAT:
Lecture/Demo (4 hours)
Cueing and Modifcation on the Reformer for a Client with Postural Issues
with Melanie Byford-Young
Clients with specific postural issues require specialized programming to effectively realign the skeleton and re-balance muscles. This lecture/demo reviews exercises from the Essential Reformer repertoire and explores how these movements can be modified for each individual. Specific postural habits are discussed with particular focus paid to muscular imbalances associated with aspects of the following postures: kyphosis-lordosis, sway back and flat back. How to recognize and target lengthened, weak, shortened or tight muscles due to postural habits, what exercises to select and appropriate cues and modifications will be examined.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Recognize basic postural characteristics and identify muscular imbalances present in each
- Understand how selected STOTT PILATES® Reformer exercises target specific muscle groups to begin rebalancing them.
- Understand how specific modifications will increase effectiveness and safety for individual clients.
FORMAT:
Lecture/Demo (2 hours)
STOTT PILATES CECs:
0.2
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Advanced Cervical Spine Stabilisation
with Melanie Byford-Young
This four hour practical workshop is designed to give participants an in-depth understanding of the bones, articulations, muscular forces and biomechanics of the cervical spine.
Participants will develop the logic and problem solving skills to effectively use props and modifications of various Pilates exercises for safely and effectively teaching clients spine issues.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Understand the various anatomical structures of the cervical spine and their biomechanical relationships
- Develop problem solving and clinical reasoning skills incorporating a thorough understanding of the anatomy of the cervical spine region
- Learn appropriate use of props, cueing and modifications for clients with cervical spine dysfunctions.
FORMAT:
Lecture/Demo/Application (4 hours)
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