A fresh approach to Pilates and Feldenkrais by a qualified Physiotherapist. We offer solutions to difficulties with pain, movement and posture. Our premises are in Mount Hawthorne with classes running in North Perth and Leederville.
SERVICES
ABOUT US
Free to Move Training operates in North Perth, Leederville and Mount Hawthorne in Western Australia. We believe that exercise is the most lasting and effective way to manage most pain, posture and movement difficulties. This requires a coordinated approach, which ideally it begins with a detailed individual assessment.
We also offer a mobile Physiotherapy, Clinical Pilates and Feldenkrais Service with home visits to North Perth, Leederville, Mount Hawthorne, West Leederville, Wembley, Mount Lawley, Inglewood, Menora, Northbridge, and surrounding suburbs.
The aim is to achieve the desired results with the minimum number of hands-on treatments, progressing to individual or group lessons in the Feldenkrais Method or Clinical Pilates.
Attendance at the classes helps participants improve physical functioning by improving strength, flexibility, posture, breathing and coordination. Emphasis is given to developing core stability and body awareness, (especially of the back and abdominal muscles).
Participants learn to make the movements more effortless, fluid and graceful. Special exercises are taught to help promote safe lifting. Relaxation is an important component of most classes, as Jodie considers this to be an essential skill with our busy lifestyles.
For more information, click on the link to our website above.
LOCATION
Classes commencing April 2008 will be held at 'The Chapel Space', 114 Angove St, North Perth WA 6006 (Mondays and Thursdays) and 'The Loftus Community Centre', 99 Loftus St Leederville (Tuesdays and Saturdays). The postal address for Free to Move is C/o The North Perth Post Office, WA 6006.
BENEFITS
Effortless improvements in posture
Increased flexibility
Relief of stiffness, pain and tension
Greater ease in performance of daily tasks
Improvements in sporting performance
Moving with greater ease and grace
Better balance and stability
Improved coordination and concentration
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Pilates on the Ball and BodyBolster - 117 Angove St North Perth
Mondays 6 till 6.55pm
Next series starts: 28th April 2008
Following series starts: 21st July 2008
Cost $220 for 10 weeks
Feldenkrais Classes - 117 Angove St North Perth
Mondays 7 till 8pm or Thursdays 9 till 9.55am
Next series starts: Mon 28th April or Thurs 1st May
Following series starts: Mon 21st July or Thurs 24th July 2008
Cost $220 for 10 weeks
Clinical Pilates - 117 Angove St North Perth class
Thursdays 10 till 11 am
Next series starts: 1st May 2008
Following series starts: 24th July 2008
Cost $220 for 10 weeks
Pelvic Power Pilates for Women - 99 Loftus St Leederville class
Tuesdays 6pm till 6.55;m
Next series starts: 29th April 2008
Following series starts: 22nd July 2008
Cost $220 for 10 weeks
Pelvic Power Pilates for Women - 99 Loftus St Leederville class
Saturdays 10 till 11 am
Next series starts: 10th May 2008
Following series starts: July 2008
Cost $132 for 6 weeks
Please enquire about our 'earlybirds discount'.
TESTIMONIALS
More flexibility, less headaches! - Vanessa.
I have found the course of high value - a tremendous learning experience. Also a very good stress relief - Paul
Greater flexibility of back and neck. Very relaxing. I find Jodie’s explanation about the reasons why certain movements work very interesting. - Robyn
Very good instruction. Professional approach- Lorna
I’ve found new ways of performing movements that were often painful before. The classes were not only beneficial, but enjoyable too - Rita
Just keep the classes running. Great!! - Greg
I have lived with daily pain for so long that I cannot adequately express the feeling of "no pain" and "quality movement". The no pain moments are extending to longer periods of time and I truly relish it. - Mandy
I have so enjoyed the classes – after a class I feel like I’ve just had an hours massage to release the tension. In addition, the lower back aches have diminished almost entirely – and that is with being slack and doing very little outside of class - Sue
Great stretch every week. Gets out all the kinks - Jude
I have tried many ways over the years to mange my pain, but since doing Pilates I have had more pain free days and less pain filled days. I haven’t felt this great in ages. - Marie
Essential to keeping me supple and aligned - Margaret
For more testimonials, click on the link to our website above.
CORPORATE SERVICES
Customised training programmes
Back education and manual handling workshops
Workplace ergonomic assessments
Corporate Fitness
ABOUT PILATES
Pilates is a system of body conditioning, with a focus on flexibility and strengthening of the core stabilising (postural) muscles.
Clinical Pilates is form of Pilates developed by Physiotherapists as a method of rehabilitation. The exercises have been modified to make them safer and more therapeutic. Certain exercises have been eliminated, due to the risk of injuries, which have been reported with conventional Pilates.
Current research confirms what Joseph Pilates was teaching – that there is a relationship between weakness of the deep postural muscles and back pain.
Many Physiotherapists have found that retraining and strengthening of the deep or ‘core’ stabilising muscles is essential in helping a client with back pain return to optimal function.
In Clinical Pilates, exercises are carefully progressed. Resistance is only increased once a client is performing an exercise with the correct technique at a particular level. In this way, participants gradually improve concentration, coordination and body awareness.
ABOUT THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD
The Feldenkrais Method is named after its inventor, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais, Israeli judo master, internationally renowned physicist and educator.
By exploring exactly how we move, and then expanding our movement repertoire we not only enhance the quality of our movement, but open up all sorts of new possibilities, some of them delightful and unexpected.
This unique and ingenious approach to human movement, development and learning has become popular with pain sufferers, physiotherapists, yoga teachers, body workers, sports people, dancers and performing artists. Because it helps improve the quality of movement it is equally useful for those with pain and movement difficulties and those whose work relies on skillful movement.
Feldenkrais is not about exercise or therapy. It is actually about learning. By incorporating an awareness of how all parts of the body can move in a more synchronised way, participants can discover greater flexibility and range of movement without having to stretch.
Even in the course of a single lesson participants have reported greater power without the need for strengthening, simply by finding a more efficient way to move.
Feldenkrais Practitioners have participated in at least 4 years of professional training. The method is taught in two different ways: Individual lessons (called Functional Integration) and Group lessons (called Awareness Through Movement). Many Feldenkrais Practitioners are also qualified in another field, such as physiotherapy, dance or medicine.
CONDITIONS OFTEN TREATED
Ankle sprains
Arm pain
Arthritis
Back pain
Balance problems
Cerebral palsy
Clumsiness / coordination problems
Coccyx pain
Elbow pain
Fibromyalgia
Foot pain
Golfers elbow
Headaches
Hip pain
Joint replacement
Knee pain
Multiple Sclerosis
Neck pain
Neurological problems
Osteoporosis
Plantar fasciitis
Poor posture
Recovery from surgery
Repetetive strain injury
Sacro-iliac pain
Scoliosis
Shoulder pain
Spinal pain
Sports injuries
Stroke
Tennis elbow
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Feldenkrais Method contact the Australian Feldenkrais Guild on freecall 1800 001550 or check out the following websites:
http:www.free2move.com.au
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy (Curtin University WA 1987)
Feldenkrais Practitioner - completed 4 year professional training programme 1999 Western Australia
Levels 1, 2 and 3 Clinical Pilates (Dance Medicine Australia, Perth 2005)
Service Categories
Feldenkrais, Laser Therapy, Physiotherapy, Pilates
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