Adele -owner B Pilates studio
An interest in Pilates and Biomechanics has given me the opportunity to change lives daily.
I love the rewards experienced daily from clients who say “I can now ride my bike with no pain, My form has improved, I feel so much stronger, “ I have lost centimeters, I climb the stairs with no pain, I run so much faster and my form has improved, I do not experience pain down my leg any longer, I am more agile, my running time has improved.
The body is complex and yet simple movements allow us to alleviate pain. Everyone’s spine will degenerate that is absolute fact, however, Pilates with very specific biomechanical movements allows our body to experience longevity, and pain free workouts. The body allows us to workout or be sedentary for a few decades, however, when we reach a certain age our mobilizing muscles need help.
My work experience has taught me that a combination of pilates and biomechanical movements adds value to our training and general well being.
Enjoying spinning, weight training, interval training has allowed me to train pain free. Introducing stabilizing muscles (your foundation) into your workouts makes such a difference.
“EVERYBODY SHOULD BE DOING PILATES ”
Qualified spinning instructor (cycle lab), Personal training and Exercise for Pregnancy (ETA), Pilates – small apparatus, reformer, cadillac, chair, scoliosis(Trifocus and Katya Kinski – Pilates Academy of SA). I have now found my niche. Combining all my previous training and continuously updating annually we are able to assist clients with pain relating to training
Introducing Julie Anne van Veenendaal – Occupational Therapist and Basi Pilates Instructor
Julie Anne, an Occupational Therapist will be starting at the studio and offering pilates for rehabilation as well as pilates for health and wellness.
What is Pilates for Rehabilitation?
Pilates for rehabilitation is the use of Pilates by a trained therapist as a treatment modality for people with a specific health diagnosis to reach therapeutic goals, achieve functional outcomes and enable meaningful participation in daily life.
What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy is a client centered profession whose main aim to enable people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do every day, thereby promoting health and well-being. Occupational Therapists work with their clients to understand what is important to them and identify ways to support them in achieving their goals. Occupational Therapy may be focused on promoting or maintaining health, preventing or slowing disability, compensating for lost abilities or restoring skills and abilities that are needed to flourish in everyday life.
Why Pilates & Occupational Therapy?
There is a growing body of evidence supporting the therapeutic benefits of Pilates for a number of health conditions but why specifically to an OT who is trained in pilates?
As a trained healthcare professional, an Occupational Therapist understands the relevant precautions given different diagnosis. Occupational Therapists are skilled in adapting various activities to make them both safe and therapeutic. They are also skilled in understanding which functional movement patterns are important for the things that you want to and need to do. Pilates exercises are all functional and the Occupational Therapist can match these exercises to the specific functional movement patterns that you need on a day-to-day basis. Finally, what sets Pilates apart as a movement modality is that it is a mind-body form of exercise. Occupational Therapists are equipped to understand not only both the mind and the body, but their understanding of sensory processing and integration means that they have a unique contribution to make in terms of unpacking mind-body connections.
Julie Anne van Veenendaal
Julie Anne has always found joy in movement and has loved dancing from a young age. It was through dancing that she found Pilates not only as a form of conditioning, but also as a way of managing back pain an a hypermobility disorder. In 2015, Julie Anne started the BASI matwork teacher training and, having found her passion in helping people, decided to leave a career in dancing to study Occupational Therapy. She fell in love with the holistic and creative OT approach which focusses on enabling people to find meaning in what they do every day.
In 2018, Julie Anne embarked on the 500-hour BASI comprehensive teacher training while simultaneously completing her degree. She graduated with distinction from the University of Cape Town in 2019 and is working towards a master’s degree in resilience at the University of Cape Town.
As an Occupational Therapist, Julie Anne has an extensive background in anatomy, physiology and psychology, with a keen appreciation for how pain, injury or chronic conditions can impact everyday life. As a Pilates instructor, she has a firm grounding in facilitating movement and has seen how the therapeutic benefits of Pilates can help people find health and wellness.
Julie Anne is interested in pain management and mindfulness as well as orthopaedic, neurological and pschological conditions. She is passionate about helping people find hope, healing and resilience and believes that movement is an important part of the process.
In the words of Joseph Pilates: “Change happens through movement and movement heals”
Should you like to know more, please contact Julie Anne
0615899814 – returntolifetherapy@gmail.com