Sports

More and more people in the world of sport are recognising the benefits of incorporating Pilates training into their day-to-day training programmes.

Joseph Pilates himself (the founder of Pilates) worked with elite athletes initially. Increasingly, since then, the influence of his exercise approach has helped to benefit many sports people, at both a professional and amateur level.

From team games to individual sports Pilates can benefit every-one. From the world of golf, it is well known that Tiger Woods has attributed improvements in his flexibility and posture to Pilates. Venus and Serena Williams use Pilates training in conjunction with their regular training programmes; and teams like the New Zealand All Blacks and the English Cricket team have been using Pilates exercises as part of their own team training sessions for many seasons now.

From cycling, to swimming, running, skiing and horse riding, Pilates exercises can be adapted to easily compliment the requirements of any given discipline. Not only this but the benefits of Pilates can actually help to enhance and improve performance and skill, by further developing balance, posture, suppleness and strength in flexibility.

At Pilates Physiotherapy Cork, sports people have the additional benefit of knowing that they are working alongside an experienced Chartered Physiotherapist. This is of particular importance when dealing with sports injuries, chronic injuries, recurrent / overuse strains or with people who are looking to return to sports.