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20 Mar 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pregnancy, Women's Health

Pelvic Floor Strengthening

**Pebbles in the Pond – Imagery for Pelvic Floor Strengthening** The pelvic floor hammock at the base of your pelvis can be divided into deep and superficial layers. There are many muscles making up this hammock and we know that stretching of the muscle tissues in pregnancy and tearing or episiotomi...

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18 Mar 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pregnancy

Ante-natal Depression

Did you know that up to 10% of pregnant women in Australia suffer from depression in pregnancy? I read this article late last year from the BBC and felt just awful. It explored the incidences of depression in both pregnant women and post-natal new mums. And more upsetting was the reluctance to speak...

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7 Mar 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Women's Health

Let’s Talk about Bladder Control

Women's Health in our CBD branch. Did you know that bladder control problems or incontinence is as common as 1 in every 3 women? Perhaps you are not aware, but did you know that there are women's health physiotherapists that can help? You don't have to put up with it! Heba at our CBD branch is train...

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7 Mar 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Back Pain

Pain: Friend or Foe?

Nobody wants pain, but without it, we wouldn't survive for long. Its purpose is to protect us from danger by changing our behaviour. An example of this is telling us to quickly take our hand off the hot stovetop so we don't get burnt, or making us limp when we sprain an ankle, so we can heal. Pain h...

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4 Mar 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pilates

Pilates for Men – 5 reasons why you should!

Men can benefit greatly from $1. Use it as a complimentary session to your gym, running or soccer training regimes and see the difference. Here are 5 reasons why getting down on the mats can be a great and worthwhile thing to do: **Discover muscles you thought you never had.** Lifting weights, runni...

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25 Feb 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pregnancy, Women's Health

Baby Brain: Truth or Myth?

For those that may know me, I am quite certain that they would agree that I am pretty good at keeping control and good at NOT losing things. However, when pregnant and mum of a small child (twice), I managed to do all but that! Locking myself out of my home, reversing into a car park concrete pillar...

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2 Feb 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Sydney CBD

Equipment that Your Body Will Love

Here is our stock list and prices for all the gear and props you may want for your practice at home. Please add 10% GST to these prices. Thin Pilates Mat (4.5mm thick - red, pink, black) $22.00 Thick Pilates Mat (9mm thick - red) $125.00 Swiss Balls (45 and 55cm) $65.00 Swiss balls (65 and 75cm) $70...

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2 Feb 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Back Pain, Pilates

Pilates and Hip Stability

Hip injuries are often hard to diagnose and can be often confused with pain radiating from the pelvis or lumbar spine. Hip pain can often be accompanied by lumbar and pelvic pain also. Today we will explore the hip joint a little more. **Anatomy of the Hip joint** The hip is one of the largest weigh...

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28 Jan 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Pilates, Sydney CBD

Pilates Studio Packages

Save now for individual sessions with our Physios We have introduced 4-visit and 6-visit packs for hourly sessions for private tuition and re-assessment.These are to be used within 2 months of the first visit, but will save you up to 20%. And all session will attract an individual session rebate fro...

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22 Jan 2013 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Sydney CBD

New fees for 2013

There will be a small price increase in fees, effective from Term 1 2013. The new fees are as follows: Beginners 10 week program $390 Intermediate and Advanced 10 week program (off peak) $320 Intermediate and Advanced 10 week program (peak times) $350 Assessments $149 One on one Pilates or treatment...

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