Pilates Studio 165 Specialities

1. Pilates
2. Gyrotonic®
3. Garuda
4. Treatment for specific spinal injury or weakness
5. General and specific rehabilitation / body fitness, muscle training
6. Pilates and Gyrotonic® for pregnancy pre and post-natal treatment
7. Pilates and Gyrotonic® technique for professional dance training

Pilates

Pilates addresses the importance of core stability and provides clients with an understanding of correct posture and muscle use, thereby reducing injury and providing rehabilitation when injury occurs. Internalizing this awareness is an integral part of a professional dancer's training but it is also a basic requirement for all highly developed body skills whether demonstrated by a footballer, athlete, gymnast or professional musician. Such awareness is also paramount to maintaining good physical health for each and every one of us.

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Gyrotonic®

GYROTONIC® improves mobility of joints and the spine and increases muscular contraction and extension. It is a modern technique created for professional sportspersons and artists who put great strain on their joints and muscles and are subject to constant injury, but it has also become recognised as invaluable for body joint improvement and greater mobility amongst a wider range of the general public.

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Garuda

The Garuda begins where other exercise forms finish. It takes the clarity and mindfulness of Pilates as its root, adds the economy of Alexander technique, the proprioception of Feldenkrais, the soulfulness and spirituality of Yoga and the enjoyment of movement in dance to create the excitement experienced in the creativity and flow of the Garuda exercise. Campbell and Anna are the first Garuda teachers and teacher trainers in Australia and work regularly with the founder of the Garuda technique both overseas and in Australia.

It is the opportunity to bring these three techniques together that provides the unique challenge of the work found at Studio 165 and enables Anna and Campbell to provide a wide range of remedial treatments.

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Treatment for specific spinal injury or weakness

Many of the clients that Campbell and Anna have treated over the last 12 years have suffered from a whole range of spinal injuries and malfunctioning problems. Their wide range of Garuda, Gyrotonic® and Pilates Reformer Equipment enable them to provide a highly personalized approach to providing the supportive exercises necessary to build up body strength and to correct defective posture.

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General and specific rehabilitation / body fitness, muscle training

Both Anna and Campbell have come to specialize in support and rehabilitation for professional sportspersons, including AFL players and athletes, and musicians. However, much of their work engages with the general public who gain tremendous benefit from long term regular classes at Pilates Studio 165. Many have found the personalized sessions so beneficial to their health and fitness that they have continued regular classes for extended periods of over ten years. Age is no barrier their youngest client is eight years old and their oldest is 99!

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Pilates and Gyrotonic® for pregnancy pre and post-natal treatment

Anna and Campbell work with clients throughout their pregnancy and post-natal care. They work alongside leading obstetricians and with child and maternal health centres specializing in:

• Post C-section rehabilitation and exercise programming, sacral iliac pain management, core stability, pelvic stability, pelvic floor prolapses, RSI issues, upper tightness due to breast feeding, posture awareness and correction, lymphatic drainage for swelling and general well being during pregnancy;
• Working with osteopaths, physiotherapists, and doctors in an integrated fashion to assist throughout pregnancy and with post-birth care to regain strength and optimize muscle efficiency in child bearing years;
• Lecturing on post-natal care and exercise rehabilitation at Child and Maternal Health North Fitzroy and North Carlton, providing ongoing post-natal classes for mothers' groups;

Post-natal matwork courses are available where mothers and babies are both welcome, classes are perfect for mothers' groups continuing to share experiences with other women in restorative sessions. Private individual or double classes particularly focus on issues faced in pregnancy, preparing for future pregnancies and post-natal regeneration.

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Pilates and Gyrotonic® technique for professional dance training

Over the last decade both Pilates and the Gyrotonic® technique have become an integral part of dance training and form a necessary component in the development of young dancers aspiring to a professional career in the world of dance. Understanding correct muscle use, improving technique and managing injuries plays a vital role in any successful dance career.

Internationally, the best schools teaching ballet have now come to see the significant role that Pilates and Gyrotonic® play in ensuring the health and well-being of young dancers who by nature of their daily activities in the dance studio are continuously exposed to the risk of injury and muscular stress related activities.

In their provision of these rehabilitative treatments Campbell McKenzie and Anna Tetlow are able to utilize their long experience in professional ballet as a vital support for their Pilates and Gyrotonic® training techniques.

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