Injuries & Special Populations (ISP)

A 24-hour module that equips you with the skills required to address a broad range of physical challenges among your clients. This course is an essential part of being a quality instructor and is highly recommended before beginning to teach Pilates to clients.

Requirements

24 hours of instruction
No physical review, observation or practice teaching required

About the course

This course is intended for those already working in the fields of fitness or movement and is conducted over 4-6 days. Building on your STOTT PILATES® knowledge it teaches you to customize workouts to address weaknesses, health conditions, postural problems or injuries (but not to diagnose specific injuries).

General Course Objectives

Discuss the Pilates Instructor’s role in the rehabilitative process
Examine the industry standards for screening clients and learn how to begin a Pilates program to safely and appropriately work with special populations
Discuss the three-level muscle classification system
Develop and be able to apply a rehabilitative approach based on current models of joint stability
Examine optimal and dysfunctional biomechanical patterns in various regions of the body
Review the most common injuries and special populations that may be encountered
Review appropriate exercise progressions for those injuries and special populations
Practice programming for specific injuries and special populations

Objectives

Approaches to rehabilitating an injured musculoskeletal system
Anatomy and biomechanics, dysfunctions and pathologies, and exercise modifications in the: lumbo-pelvic, cervical, upper quadrant, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle and foot regions
Pregnancy, fibromyalgia and other special conditions plus workout design
Appropriate modification of Matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair and Barrel exercises