This workshop, created by the Merrithew® team, focuses not only on preventing falls but also on ensuring effective recovery from them. By incorporating the Stability Chair™ and Cross-Bow™ handles into our exercise routines, we can offer older adults a comprehensive tool for enhancing their postural stability, strength, and flexibility, ultimately improving their ability to recover from falls and maintain an active, independent lifestyle.
Learning objectives
- Apply the STOTT PILATES Principles to exercises on the Stability Chair.
- Understand the importance of falls recovery in addition to fall prevention for enhancing the quality of life among older adults.
- Learn and practice falls recovery exercises using the Stability Chair with Cross-Bow handles, focusing on balance, strength, and flexibility.
- Experience a workout that incorporates falls recovery exercises, ensuring ongoing engagement and improvement in falls recovery skills.
.2 CECs. This is an in-person Workshop
This workshop provides instructors tools to incorporate new fascial research concepts within the body of the STOTT PILATES Essential Matwork repertoire. Following the Essential Matwork order, participants explore how exercise essences can be enhanced with new fascial research concepts, inspiring a new movement experience. Created by the experts at Merrithew®, discover seamless movement flowing exercise sequences that take the body through multiple planes of movement. This workshop will spark creativity in programming and allow participants to tap into their innate body wisdom to find alternate variations that best suit their movement potential on any given day.
Discover new programming options available with the Vertical Frame developed by the Merrithew® team. This workshop introduces easy-to-follow sequences that effectively incorporate various spring tensions. It focuses on innovative techniques to improve flexibility in the spine, hips, and shoulders while challenging balance and weight transfer through both bilateral and unilateral standing exercises. Participants will learn how to create smooth transitions between movements, enhancing the flow of the workout and promoting a more engaging experience. The adjustable spring tensions create a supportive environment that enhances body awareness, encouraging dynamic stability throughout the entire body.
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Get down on the Mat for a workout that’s not for the faint-hearted. Welcome to the full-body workout athletes swear by for sports conditioning, cross training and a strong, injury-resistant core. With this workshop, developed by the Merrithew® team, every last muscle will feel this challenging routine that uses Toning Balls™and innovative exercise choices to focus on precision and control.
Equipment: 2 lb or 3 lb toning balls
Elevate your current practice and deepen your approach to the STOTT PILATES® Movement System™ with innovative exercises using the Cross-Bow™ Handles on the Stability Chair™. This workshop introduces the Cross-Bow Handles and offers unique opportunities to intensify your workouts while providing diverse ergonomic support for the hands and wrists. Explore challenging repertoire, enhance understanding of exercise progressions and regressions, and improve accessibility for your clientele with the utilization of the Cross-Bow Handles. Increase movement options and expand workout possibilities on the Stability Chair.
- Explore the functionality and novel approach to positioning with the Cross-Bow Handles on the Stability Chair.
- Enhance your practice by integrating high-level exercises from various Merrithew® repertoire, augmented by the Cross-Bow Handles.
- Learn to modify existing exercises using the Cross-Bow Handles, leveraging its ergonomic design to optimize hand and wrist alignment.
- Engage in movements featuring functional patterns, diverse positioning, and orientations, while strengthening the whole body.
- Refine your technique and improve strength, mobility, and body awareness.
.2 CECs. This is an in-person workshop