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Looking for a New Way to Stay Healthy? TRYPILATES!

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Pilates And Your Immune System • Exercise Essentials Healthy Recipe • Exercise & Mental Health • What Patients Are Saying

Looking for a New Way to Stay Healthy? TRYPILATES!

How Can Pilates Keep You Healthy? Pilates has several health benefits. It improves motor control, reinforces postural alignment, strengthens joints and muscles, and can also decrease stress levels. By focusing on the core, Pilates can amplify your center of balance and promote an even musculature throughout the body. This treatment is effective for a large number of neurological and orthopedic issues, which is the main reason why so many physical therapists are incorporating it into their practices. Some of the most common conditions treated with Pilates include:

If you find yourself growing bored with your normal workout routine, it’s easy to fall into the habit of not exercising at all. There are tons of unique and fun ways to get more physical activity into your day and they don’t all involve lifting weights at the gym! One great way to stay healthy and in shape is Pilates. There are tons of benefits to joining a Pilates class or even exercising at home on your own using Pilates techniques taught to you by an instructor. Contact our office today to learn more about Wellness Solutions’ Pilates program and how it can help you stay fit and healthy! What Is Pilates? Many people believe Pilates is a new age exercise class for busy moms to take a few times a week. Pilates has actually been around for a long time! It originated as a form of rehabilitation in the early 20th century. Joseph Pilates created this form of exercise during World War I as a way to help rehabilitate wounded soldiers. How crazy is that? Since then, Pilates has been used for a vast arrangement of exercise, treatment, and strength training. Each exercise in Pilates begins with controlled breathing techniques to begin the contraction of the core muscles. Exercises can take place on a mat, similar to yoga, or on specialized equipment that uses springs, levers, and your weight to provide resistance. Utilizing Pilates for rehabilitation purposes has been a growing trend in the physical therapy field for quite some time now. Pilates not only aids in the recovery from bodily injuries, but it also helps with improving overall health, increasing strength and movement, and making your immune system strong.

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Arthritis.

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Back pain Neck pain

Balance issues. Multiple sclerosis. Spinal cord injuries.

Shoulder pain

Hip pain

Brain injuries. Joint injuries

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Pilates can be used for more than just injury rehabilitation. It is a great stress management technique and a good way to strengthen the joints and muscles. It helps with improving muscle performance, motor control, and reinforcing postural alignment. Because it focuses on your core, Pilates can improve your center of balance and promote even musculature throughout the body.

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PILATES AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Pilates can improve your sports performance, help prevent injuries, and boost your immune system. Our immune system flows through our lymphatic system. Unlike our circulatory system, lymph depends on our movement and the contraction of our muscles to circulate. Pilates assists with circulating the lymph that collects our hands, feet, and other places where our extremities connect to our core. Many exercises “pump” and squeeze these areas to get collected lymph moving. This is why the full-body movement required for Pilates exercise is so helpful! Pilates also focuses on stress-relief and calming your mind, through breathing techniques and specific movements. This causes the sympathetic nervous system to slow down, which in turn reduces stress and encourages immunity. Fitting exercise into your everyday schedule also promotes better sleep, which is necessary for healthy immune systems. Ready to Get Started? Pilates is an excellent source of fitness if you’re looking to improve your balance, blood flow, circulation, or alleviate back pain. This form of exercise can be customized specifically to a person’s needs and can cater to their current fitness and ability levels. If you think it might be a good fit for you, contact Wellness Solutions today to learn more about the health benefits Pilates can offer you! We’d be thrilled to get you started with the right workout regimen, so you can start achieving your health goals as soon as possible. https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/pilates-vs-yoga

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EXERCISE ESSENTIALS Perform This Exercise To Relieve Back Pain In Minutes! BRIDGING While lying on your back, raise your buttocks off the floor/bed. Repeat 10 times twice a day.

The staff at Wellness Solutions is focused on keeping you healthy and our equipment and facilities clean. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, we want to also encourage our patients to help prevent the spread of coronavirus by:

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STAYING HOME IF YOU ARE SICK

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WHAT PATIENTS ARE SAYING!

“After a Pilates sessionwith lots of stretching and laser treatment I received a therapeutic massagewhichwas amazing. I felt instant relief of my hip and lower back pain! Definitely continuing with Wellness Solutions!” - Tina F “Great professional and knowledgeable staff.” - Ann K.

Everyone knows that regular exercise is good for the body. But exercise is also one of the most effective ways to improve your mental health. Regular exercise can have a profoundly positive impact on depression, anxiety, ADHD, and more. It also relieves stress, improves memory, helps you sleep better, and boosts overall mood. And you don’t have to be a fitness fanatic to reap the benefits. Research indicates that modest amounts of exercise can make a difference. No matter your age or fitness level, you can learn to use exercise as a powerful tool to feel better. Exercise and depression. Maintaining an exercise schedule can prevent you from relapsing. It promotes all kinds of changes in the brain, including neural growth, reduced inflammation, and new activity patterns that promote feelings of calm and well-being. It also releases endorphins, powerful chemicals in your brain that energize your spirits and make you feel good. Exercise can also serve as a distraction, allowing you to find some quiet time to break out of the cycle of negative thoughts that feed depression. Exercise and anxiety. Anything that gets you moving can help, but you’ll get a bigger benefit if you pay attention instead of zoning out. By adding this mindfulness element—really focusing on your body and how it feels as you exercise—you’ll not only improve your physical condition faster, but you may also be able to interrupt the flow of constant worries running through your head. Exercise and ADHD. Exercising regularly is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce the symptoms of ADHD and improve concentration, motivation, memory, and mood. Physical activity immediately boosts the brain’s dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin levels— all of which affect focus and attention. Outdoor activities like hiking, sailing, mountain biking, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and skiing (downhill and cross-country) have also been shown to reduce the symptoms of PTSD. When you’re under the cloud of an emotional disorder and haven’t exercised for a long time, setting yourself extravagant goals like completing a marathon or working out for an hour every morning will only leave you more despondent if you fall short. Better to set yourself achievable goals and build up from there. EXERCISE & MENTAL HEALTH

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HEALTHY RECIPE: SPINACH & MUSHROOM MINI QUICHES

INGREDIENTS • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 8 ounces fresh mixed wild mushrooms (such as oyster and shiitake), sliced • 1 cup thinly sliced yellow onion • 1 tablespoon minced garlic • 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme

• 1 (5 ounce) package fresh spinach, coarsely chopped • 8 large eggs • ¾ cup whole milk • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon ground pepper • ¾ cup shredded Gruyère cheese

DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms in an even layer; cook, undisturbed, until browned on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Stir and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until browned all over, about 5 minutes. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, about 4 minutes. Stir in garlic and thyme; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add spinach; cook, stirring constantly, until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Whisk eggs, milk, Dijon, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Stir in cheese and the mushroom mixture. Coat a standard 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. Divide the mixture among the prepared muffin cups. Bake, uncovered, until puffed and set, about 30 minutes. Remove from the pan and serve immediately.

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