The Pilates method is a system of movement and therapeutic exercise developed over a span of 60 years by German born athlete and physical therapy pioneer, Joseph H. Pilates.
Utilizing the specialized equipment he designed, the method works by toning muscles as well as balancing muscular force at the joint level.
It stimulates circulation through facilitating muscular flexibility, joint range of motion and proper musculoskeletal alignment.
In addition, it promotes new neuromuscular patterns, heightened body awareness, and more precise coordination.

The Pilates method combines oriental disciplines (harmony and slow movements) and modern Western scientific evolutions (physical shape and postural re-education, proprioceptive exercise).

In other words practising the Pilates method will leave your body with a new muscular balance that makes you feel strong but lithe and that makes you move fluently and with more harmony while consuming minimal energetic forces.

This magic effect will take place over a dozen sessions during which you feel a sensation of wellness, loosened muscular tensions and sort of mental relax. The effect is of muscles that have been worked while being stretched and loosened.

At the same time your body learns a new attitude while moving in space without creating any abnormally blown-up muscles and without any burden to the joints.
Therefore the Pilates method grew a reputation of being very helpful in case of pain due to muscular tension.

The muscular work respects kinetic muscular chains and muscular regions. That way the entire body is worked specially the profound muscle tissue, postural muscles and the spine extensors.

Today the Pilates method is practised in various different fields: from rehabilitation to fitness and more recently even for athletic preparation programmes.