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Andrew & Sarah. While many aspects of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are yet to be fully understood, one element that is becoming increasingly clear is the benefits that exercise can deliver people living with the disease. Understanding and communicating these potential benefits to the MS community is vital, as lifestyle modifications that can improve quality of life are incredibly important. Recognising this, Australian-based science communication initiative, MStranslate, has placed a strong focus on this topic during the last twelve months. This reflects MStranslate’s mission statement to provide objective, accurate and accessible updates on developments in MS research, something that co-founders Brett…

Prue McAuliffe, athlete Someone once told me that succeeding in track and field is about who can stay injury free the longest. In fact, that’s probably true for any sport. Even though track is an individual sport, it’s the team of professionals around the athlete that enables this to happen. Without injury, training can continue enabling performance to improve. An athlete’s development is dependent on the ability of that team (massage therapists, physiotherapists, coaches, Pilates instructors, dietitians etc.) to help and to ensure everyone is working towards the same goal. That is why choosing the right professionals, specific to your…

Announcing an exciting new insurance program for members. We are excited to announce that eligible members will soon have exclusive access to a comprehensive and cost-effective Professional indemnity, Public & Products Liability insurance program through their PAA membership. The PAA is working with insurance broker BMS Risk Solutions Pty Ltd (BMS) to bring a member-centric perspective to the design and delivery of a new insurance program, resulting in significant immediate and long-term benefits to members. The new policy will be available to active Graduate Level 1, Mat and Full members of the PAA as part of your membership, allowing you…

Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies “It is … in the  interests of the Pilates Teacher to have a basic understanding of the hyper-mobility spectrum. A Pilates Teacher should be able to provide some level of education and care to those attending their classes who exhibit generalised joint hyper-mobility (GJH). They should be able to recognise those further along the hyper-mobility spectrum who may present with a potentially undiagnosed, and perhaps rarer form of heritable Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS). A Pilates Teacher might advise their hyper-mobile clients to seek a referral for specialist assessment, but always deliver appropriate exercise supervision within the remit of their experience and training”. ~…

A very warm welcome to the 21 new members who have joined the PAA over summer since the last newsletter, and also to the 4 new studios. Congratulations to all the students who graduated and to the members who have worked to achieve upgrades this period. A total of 33 graduates and upgrades in all!   New Associate Students (7) Angela Rayner Elaine Kwok Eleanor Burton Elizabeth Maria (Elsa) van der Merwe Joanna Lee Megan Skillen Taryn Scanlon   New Mat Members (6) Bonnie  Collins – (North Perth, WA) Carl Chang – (Narrabundah, ACT) Helen Pannell – (Spearwood, WA) Maria…

Complete Guide to Foam Rolling Complete Guide to Foam Rolling by Kyle Stull First thoughts might be that you are about to read a book offering a foam roller exercise program that includes release techniques.  However, this book is much more about understanding and learning correct technique to assist with myofascial release.  Not only does it cover techniques utilising various rollers but also massage balls. It was great to see that this book combines scientific research and systematic instructions for effective foam rolling.  It is based on using these techniques for muscle preparation and recovery, very useful in a Pilates environment…

Enja Schenck M.S. – pilatesscience.org For PAA members with a leaning towards research and scientific theory, we’ve recently discovered an engaging and highly informative website devoted to cataloguing and reviewing current Pilates based research: pilatesscience.org The website is a work-in-progress project, created and curated by Exercise Scientist, Classical Pilates Teacher and Teacher Educator Enja Schenck M.S., from Brooklyn, NY. Enja claims to be equally fascinated by the original Pilates method and movement science research. The stated purpose of the website is to: Inform about Pilates articles published in scientific journals to date in an easily categorized manner (Articles > by…

In May 2017 the PAA announced two new logos for use by members: Mat Accredited and Studio Accredited. Since release of these logos the PAA support team has fielded several questions: what the logos are, which one to use, and how to correctly use them to promote yourself and your business. And finally, where to find them. It seemed like a good idea to write a small piece to explain. What are these Logos? The purpose of these logos is to help promote quality Pilates instruction across the industry. They were designed so that clients could easily identify individual PAA…

PAA Conference ’17 in Review A huge thank you to 2017 Events Manager, Olga Tamara, who has compiled the following 2017 Conference video: “Finally finished! Here is a little video of the PAA Conference 2017. Thanks to all who presented and attended! Enjoy!” ~ Olga Photos/video © Laura Vanags Photography

Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies The 4th quarter issue of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Volume 21, Issue 4 was published during October. Full members who are eligible will have received an email recently with access to the online copy of the Journal. If you have not already taken advantage of this great PAA member benefit, take a look soon! Courtesy of Elsevier, the PAA have also been given permission to share excerpts of research articles in our newsletters. From the current issue we’ve chosen to share the abstract from “Effect of movement control and stabilization exercises…