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Studio Owner’s Panel Discussion – Meet the Panel PAA Conference 2019 5.30pm Saturday 14 September Join us as Ingrid Thomson from Healthy Numbers facilitates a panel discussion on the issues facing studio owners. Hear different perspectives from panelists across various sectors of Pilates and related industries. What are your most pressing issues?  Bring your questions and let’s discover what we can learn from each other!   Chair: Ingrid Thompson, Healthy Numbers. Ingrid is the author of So You Want to Start a Business, and is also an educator and business mentor and coach with a particular interest in, and passion…

Featured at PAA Conference 2019 Find out about all Ten Steps Pilates Client Sales Journey at the PAA Conference with the complete workshop presented by successful Pilates Can studio owners from Canberra, David and Claire Gunther: Discover what assets you can develop and use easily to attract and retain a higher percentage of Pilates clients for your own wonderful Pilates sessions. Visit the Conference website to learn more and REGISTER.   10 Step Pilates Client Sales Journey by David & Claire Gunther. Do you know your client’s sales journey? Placing yourself in the shoes of your typical client will help…

Introduction As we pass the one year anniversary of partnering with BMS for our Member Insurance Program, with insurance that is now linked to membership renewal dates, we are beginning to see instances of lapsed insurance: membership hasn’t been renewed by the due date and therefore insurance has lapsed as well. This is a very worrying occurrence as a lapse in insurance can also affect the retroactive date of your policy. “What is that and what does it mean?” I hear you ask. We approached our insurer, BMS Group, to provide an explanation of retroactive cover and why it is…

Authors: Mateus Beltrame Giacomini, Msca, Antônio Marcos Vargas da Silva, DScb, Laura Menezes Weber (Physiotherapist, Specialist in Physical Rehabilitation)b, Mariane Borba Monteiro, DSc Published: April 2016 Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 258–264 Link to entire article Summary The aim of this study was to verify the effects of the Pilates Method (PM) training program on the thickness of the abdominal wall muscles, respiratory muscle strength and performance, and lung function. This uncontrolled clinical trial involved 16 sedentary women who were assessed before and after eight weeks of PM training. The thickness of the transversus abdominis (TrA), internal oblique (IO) and external…

From the Committee The committee met last Friday, 28 June. The agenda included the regular subcommittee reports and updates on current projects, a conference update with coordination of logistics for the event and investigating options to support business owner members. The budget for financial year 2019-20 was presented to committee and projects for the coming year discussed. The annual Education and Industry Forum has been rescheduled to 23 August to allow greater participation. Key personnel from all PAA Education Bodies have been invited and representatives from Authentic Pilates, Polestar, Pilates ITC, PFI and Tensegrity have confirmed their attendance. Discussions will…

A very warm welcome to the new members (8) who have joined the PAA since our last membership update in May 2019. Congratulations also  goes to all the students who have graduated and to the members who have worked hard to achieve their upgrades this period (15).   We encourage you all to upgrade as you reach the next level, either by qualification or hours. New Members and Upgrades: New Associate Members (1) Emma Lamagnere New Associate Students (3) Daniel Staton Karen Kruidyk Karen  Scanes New Mat Members (2) Jie  Li (Windsor Gardens, SA) Michelle Smith (Sydney, NSW) New Level…

by Amy Lademann & Rick Lademann Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes promises to help athletes “gain and retain that competitive edge” The goal is to help the athlete, or his or her trainer, learn how to assess movement patterns, ranges of motion, strength & flexibility and overall core strength.  The book then provides an integrated model to work with, along with exercises to help produce performance gains. It is certainly an interesting read if you are new to working with athletes or interested in an integrated programming approach when training athletes. The authors discuss how their training approach differs through…

Introduction by Chris Lavelle, PAA Vice President This month, we have another great article on the pelvic floor from one of our own members, Sophie Jeffries. In this article, Sophie points out the importance of training the pelvic floor to work eccentrically as well as concentrically and some creative ways to integrate Pelvic Floor awareness  into Pilates workouts. Enjoy the article and remember to always screen your clients for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and refer them on to a Pelvic floor specialist when needed. Thank you Sophie for your contribution!   Would you like to write for us? If you have…

Separating You from Your Business There’s a well-known mental skill referred to as compartmentalisation that assists in creating discrete psychological boundaries between issues or concepts, usually employed subconsciously by the brain as a coping mechanism but sometimes as a learned skill. Compartmentalisation relies on breaking down life or goals into compartments and recognising the relative elements of each compartment. When you consider your own life, as a professional, as a partner to your loved one, as a parent, as a business owner, there are many different versions of you with different responsibilities and insurance gets broken down in a very…

What is a meniscus and what does it do? A meniscus is a protective disc positioned between bones which serves to absorb and disperse force. The menisci we hear about most often are those in the knee. The knee menisci can be damaged in isolation or in conjunction with other knee injuries, e.g. an ACL tear. A meniscal injury can cause a range of problems which may include: Swelling Clicking Catching when you attempt to straighten the knee A sense that your leg is about to give way If you or your client are experiencing this sort of problem, it…