Dear Richard, you may be interested to know that a RCT involving 39 subjects was conducted 3 years ago at our private practise clinic in Hong Kong where we specialise in Pilates based rehabilitation B.E.T - biokinetik exercise technique. the study was part of a MSc completed by one of the originators of B.E.T - Rochenda Rydeard. The subjects had recurrent/chronic LBP. The outcome measures included NRS101, PSFS,RMQ questionairres and gluteal strength as assessed by cybex and emg pattern of hip extension - prone and step up. the treatment was 3 one hour sessions over 4 weeks.
The results were very positive with a significant change in all questinairres that was maintained over a 12 month follow-up period.
rocehnda has presented her results at several conferences in Asia and I presented her study at the movement dysfunction conference in Edinburgh last September. of course I am constantly telling her to publish and i hope that she will soon find the time to do so.
regards Judy gould
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> From: Richard Bolton <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2002/04/26 Fri AM 02:26:49 CST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Pilates Writings
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> mel mel mel. When will you give up on this attack against pilates. I am both
> a PT and a Pilates Teacher/Teacher Trainer. We all teach how Joe had some
> great ideas but little clue about anatomy as we know it today. Remember
> though that he was writing over 50 years ago. I am sure we could comment the
> same on any orthopaedic text book of the time (many which I have). The beauty
> of a lack of knowledge form a biomedical model (the one which you seem to
> love so much) is that it creates! Then the medically involved try to justify
> why it works (see the works of Jull et al in QLD Australia) Not inventors,
> simlpy people who question why things work in a biomedical modelling approach.
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> I have studied pure mathematics, applied physics, anatomy and have a PT
> degree from the university of Sydney. My family are also avid scientists (you
> may have seen the Australian movie about my grandfather, "The Dish"). Yet
> despite this I am also a Pilates Teacher. I use my sound anatomical knowledge
> to assess and diagnose the issues and then employ many of Pilates original
> and refined repertoire to rehabilitate my clients. Seems to work well enough.
> Funnily enough I also co-authored and researched the March 2000 UK National
> Guidleines on the treatment of Occupational Low Back Pain. This was the
> largest literature review and rating of articles the world has seen on Low
> Back Pain (3500 articles were reviewed). Funnily enough it did not provide
> any real information other than everyone gets back pain during the working
> years. The workplace environment has little to do with its' occurance and
> moral and perhaps social factors are far more important. At the time I
> remember thinking to myself, hey...Pilates definately has a positive outcome
> in the clinic. If we set aside some time and money to do a study it will show
> significant results and perhaps then the GP's patients the world over will be
> sent to Pilates teachers for rehab, and the PT's will be out of some bread
> and butter. Maybe that's why of all Pilates courses the world over, 60% of
> applicants are PT's.
>
> Well on a final note, you got me to come out of the cupboard again by
> mentioning a topic close to my heart. But provocation on the same topic over
> and over seems like we have little else to talk about? How about mandatory CPD
>
> richard MAPA MCSP
> Pilates Foundation UK
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