Hello and welcome back to our Pilates and Pregnancy blog. I am five weeks postpartum and feeling ready for some movement! At my doctor’s appointment next week my physician will hopefully clear me for all forms of exercise. For now, Carey prepared a safe session to ease me back into Pilates. We started with a […]

Hello and welcome back to our Pilates and Pregnancy blog! I am happy to announce that I gave birth to a healthy baby boy on April 20, 2014. This post will chronicle his birth and my first month as a new mom, including adjusting to my new body, enduring the baby blues, and attempting to […]

  When did you start Pilates and what inspired you to start?      I took my first Pilates class in 2005. I have scoliosis and Pilates was recommended by my orthopedist to help alleviate back pain. After a bit of a break I resumed practice at Rivercity Pilates very first studio and found it was a great fit […]

Have you experienced any of these problems? chronic tightness and pain in the neck and shoulders neck pain from sleeping in an awkward position bad posture such as hunched shoulders and a forward head position an achy upper body from sitting at your desk all day arthritis whiplash a pinched nerve causing neck pain muscle […]

When did you start Pilates and what inspired you to start? I have only been practicing Pilates since November 2013.  I had tried fitness classes and different types of yoga but never really found my niche.  An avid runner and self-described “gym-rat,” I really wanted something that would complement my usual work outs.  Pilates forced […]

Welcome back to our Pilates and Pregnancy blog! We are 38 weeks along and baby is still about the length of a watermelon – 18 to 22 inches. I had a doctor’s appointment this week and my physician said that baby’s head has dropped even further and boy can I tell! Not only does my […]

Welcome back to our Pilates and Pregnancy blog! According to my app, this week the baby is the length of a watermelon – about 19-22 inches. My app also says that he should be around 6.5 pounds, but we know from my last ultrasound that he blew past that landmark weeks ago! We’ll guess that […]

Welcome back to our Pilates and Pregnancy blog! It has been quite the eventful couple of weeks around here. We moved to a brand new, larger studio. It’s beautiful and allows us to offer more classes – including new Barre classes and expanded yoga and Pilates options. Life was a little crazy during the transition […]