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STOTT PILATES® COURSE POLICIES

STOTT PILATES® COURSE APPLICATION

Injuries & Special Populations

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.

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 & special populations
  • Practice programming for specific injuries & special populations
What you will learn:
  • Pregnancy, fibromyalgia & other special conditions plus workout design
  • Appropriate modification of Matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair & Barrel exercises
  • Approaches to rehabilitating an injured musculoskeletal system
  • Anatomy and biomechanics, dysfunctions & pathologies, & exercise modifications in the: lumbo-pelvic, cervical, upper quadrant, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle & foot regions
Requirements of certification:
  • 24 hours of instruction
  • No physical review, observation or practice teaching required
Prerequisites:
  • Completion of Intensive Mat-PlusTM – IMP or Intensive Reformer – IR
Course Tuition – $1150.00
Manuals and required materials – $280.00
ISP Course Package
  • ISP Resource Guide Manual
  • Injuries & Special Populations Support Materials Manual
  • Back Care Repertoire (3 disc set) •Be Kind to Your Spine DVD
  • Pain-Free Posture DVD
  • Standing Tall DVD
  • Spinal, Pelvic & Scapular Stabilization with Reformer & Vertical Frame DVD
Continuing Education Credits:
  • 2.4 STOTT PILATES®; ACE; canfitpro

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