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Introducing our new feature We’d like to get to know you and how Pilates fits into your life, so each newsletter we’ll highlight a PAA member on our website. We will also highlight each Instructor in Focus on social media channels. See below for details of how you could be our featured Instructor in Focus in the next PAA newsletter. Mana Ogawa, PAA L1 Member Instructor in Focus: Mana Ogawa Studio(s) you work at: Movement Principle (Brisbane) Location: CBD & Paddington (Brisbane) Instructor training and level: Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction (PilatesITC) Focus Questions 1. In one word, describe your…

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…

Jeremy Hunt PAA Treasurer, with Dipa Karmakar and team, India I am sitting in the cafeteria at the VM Salgoacar Hospital in Goa, India writing this update of my trip.  Early in 2018 I was approached by a friend with an invitation to go to India and help set up a rehabilitation facility in Goa, provide continuing education for the physiotherapists in Goa and Mumbai and to help chaperone the Australian Osteopathic students over here on placement with their tutors. I have spent the past week in Goa, observing the Australian Osteopath students provide treatment for the locals, and I…

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…