HomeHealth Fitness have teamed up with West London Physio to bridge the gap between the end of Physio treatment and full recovery from injury through the provision of Pilates. Although the physios demonstrate and suggest many exercises for their patients these are not always followed. West London Physio is a fantastic facility based just off High Street Kensington. Their aim is to restore pain-free movement. In your treatment you receive a comprehensive assessment, expert diagnosis, and treatment specific to your problem. They combine hands-on ‘manual therapy’ and specific exercise in their treatments. We aim …

Pilates really seems to be the way forward at the moment. We’re seeing a real increase in demand for not only home visit Pilates but also classes at work across London. Our feedback suggests that the rise of work classes is due to Pilates being something you don’t have to get too hot and sweaty to benefit from thus showers etc are not necessary afterwards. It is therefore, quick, easy and convenient and fits ideally into lunch hours. Further more and with Pilates as an exercise form in general, its really very effective …

Pilates is a worldwide exercise technique that has been adopted by and helped millions of people. Pilates is a technique based on 8 principles which go way back to its founder Joseph.H.Pilates, follow these and results are close behind. They are: Concentration – this is clear to anyone who has participated in a well taught pilates lesson, for pilates to achieve its goal you must really focus on the execution of the movement. Breathing – Joseph Pilates stated that ‘breathing is the first act of life, and the last’, in …

The first problem is finding a suitable machine to buy. This is not as easy as I thought it would be when asked to buy one for a valued client. As usual, the specialist home based ones are much lower quality and poorer build than the studio machines. The difference in price is of course, massive. My research suggests that with these machines you do get what you pay for. In this clients case budget was no problem so we bought the best one priced at £3000 or so. This …

A year or so ago we started some one to one pilates sessions at home for a lady with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Now before I go further, I am not suggesting that every person with every type of MS would be helped but she most certainly has. Through strengthening her core via the various matt based pilates movements she has found her posture has improved greatly. It has also helped psychologically, ‘I never thought I’d be able to do that’ she said. Not all but most of the exercises to …