by Christine Romani-Ruby PT, D.Ed., MPT, ATC, NPCT The Pilates Roll Up is a beneficial and challenging whole body exercise. It is especially challenging for clients who stand in the hyperlordotic posture with short hip flexors and lumbar extensors (often known as lower crossed syndrome). Certain phases of the roll up exercise can also be challenging for those with shortened latissimus dorsi muscles because of their extension pull on the spine and the need to flex the shoulders to complete the exercise. Knowing the many challenges of the roll up exercise due to postural constraints, you can guess that there are potential risks in performing this exercise incorrectly. It is important that the roll up is performed slowly with control and breath to ensure the engagement of the external oblique muscles to protect the spine from the sheering force of the hip flexors. The roll up motion requires abdominal contraction for the …
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Location Update
COVID-19 / Coronavirus Location Update
We are open!! We have re-opened our facility in a limited capacity. Please view the new class schedule. Please click here to see how we are planning to keep you safe when you return and how you will be asked to help if you plan to attend a class or session. We will be continuing our virtual sessions after re-opening for those of you and our staff that continue to need to stay at home. If you are a regular studio client and you have a package of classes, please know that expiration dates will be extended by two months. We miss you and are looking forward to seeing you back at the studio! If you have purchased a virtual session package, we will be happy to transform that to a live session package or credit to your account for another type of class in the studio as needed. However, we do plan to keep the virtual classes and sessions going....maybe forever because they were so well received. Just let us know how we can help. In addition to our in studio schedule, we …