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Clinical Pilates Education & Workshops: An emphasis on research, functional anatomy, movement analys

12/31/2025

As we step into the new year, we’re looking ahead to a season of deeper learning and continued clinical development. ✨

With upcoming Clinical Pilates courses and monthly Clinical Conversations on the horizon, we’re excited to keep building alongside this community.

Here’s to 2026! 🥂🎆

12/29/2025

✨ Pilates Teaching Tip ✨

Breathe Into Your Lumbar Spaces🫁

When we inhale, the abdominal wall responds to shifting pressure between the thoracic and abdominal cavities. We often focus on the visible rise of the belly but anatomically, the abdominal wall wraps 360° around the trunk, connecting into both the thoracic and lumbar spine.

🫁That means breath shouldn’t just move forward. It should also expand posteriorly into the lumbar spaces.

In this week’s movement exploration, you’ll notice where your breath naturally travels, then redirect it toward the lumbar spine to sense how it influences spinal length, segmental space, and whole-body organization. 🫁

What did you learn in your body? 👇

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12/27/2025

Do you know how load actually travels through the body? 🤔

This week, we’re exploring how load is transferred through one of the most underrated stabilizing structures in the body: the interosseous membrane.

Consider these questions as you think through your next movement assessment:

💡How does the interosseous membrane contribute to load-sharing and support in both the forearm and lower leg?
💡What direction does load travel through the interosseous membrane in the forearm?
💡 And how does that compare to the load-transfer direction in the lower leg?

Drop your answers below, our goal is to help you refine your clinical reasoning lens so that your cueing, assessment, and programming become more precise. 👇

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12/22/2025

"Oyster" is one of those exercises that looks simple until you understand everything it reorganizes. 🏋️‍♀️

It’s not just about “opening the knee”. This exercise gives you a powerful way to explore hip internal rotation, eccentrically load the hip rotators, and support more efficient biomechanics at the hip, pelvis, and lumbar spine.

When we help patients find controlled hip rotation, we influence femoral motion, neuromuscular timing, and gait-specific mechanics. This is a meaningful, targeted, and clinically useful exercise.
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We use variations on this exercise again and again in programming for clients who need clearer hip IR, smoother weight transfer, or more efficient push-off for gait. 🏃

Want to deepen your clinical reasoning and learn how to choose (and cue) exercises with purpose?

Our Clinical Support Course helps Pilates instructors bridge the gap between movement teaching and rehabilitation principles. Learn more and join us → Calibrate’s Clinical Support Course in 2026.

11/19/2025

🏌🏼‍♀️Golfer’s elbow may be less common than its lateral counterpart, but it still shows up often enough to make us pause and look beyond the site of pain.

When symptoms persist, the question becomes less about the elbow itself and more about the system around it.

🔵How is limited pronation or supination shaping load through the forearm?
🔵What role do the distal radioulnar and radiocarpal joints play in creating either mobility or instability up the chain?
🔵And how might scapular control influence tension through the common flexor tendon?

In a clinical Pilates setting, even simple grip variations can uncover movement inefficiencies and open the door to more functional, progressive training.

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11/14/2025

👣 When exploring the foot as a dynamic spring system, it's important to translate theory into practice.

Let's recap: the feet work together for shock absorption, energy storage, force and load transfer, and propulsion.

Understanding this system gives us information on how to assess, cue, and train the feet.

The goal isn’t to isolate muscles to build strength. The goal is to give our patient access to effortless, efficient movement.

How do we do this? By tying practice back to theory. 👣

🧑‍🎓 Expand your evidence-based movement practice with Calibrate's clinical Pilates education courses.

📚 Clinical Support—Rehab Training for Pilates Instructors

📚 Level I—Clinical Pilates for Rehab Professionals

📚 Level II—Movement Therapy for Rehab Professionals

Check out details via the link in bio. 🔗

11/13/2025

👣 The foot isn’t just a base of support. It’s a dynamic, spring-loaded system that's purpose-built for movement.

Each muscle, ligament, bone, joint, and tendon is important for shock absorption, energy storage, force and load transfer, and propulsion. When one segment moves, the whole system responds.

At Calibrate, we look beyond beyond static stability, focusing on the integration of stability AND mobility for functional movement.

📘 Anatomy and biomechanics act as an important foundation for learning, but clinical reasoning and movement prescription skills come from the functional integration of this knowledge.

🧑‍🎓 Unlock new levels of proficiency (and freedom) in your practice with Calibrate's clinical Pilates and movement therapy courses.

📚 Clinical Support—Rehab Training for Pilates Instructors

📚 Level I—Clinical Pilates for Rehab Professionals

📚 Level II—Movement Therapy for Rehab Professionals

We're here to support your learning, every step of the way. 👣

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10/17/2025

🚨 New Course Alert 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce our Intro to Clinical Pilates course on .

👉 This course will help you decide whether pursuing full clinical Pilates certification is the right path for you.

✨ Enrol before Oct 31st to save 20%!

🔗 Available through our website. Link in bio .Pilates.Education

10/16/2025

When pain resolves, fear of movement often lingers.

Many patients recovering from disc injuries avoid lumbar flexion long after it’s safe, missing a key opportunity to retrain mobility and confidence.

Pelvic tilting on the Reformer offers supported lumbar flexion training, restoring:

✅ Segmental control of the spine
✅ Eccentric strength of the anterior abdominal wall
✅ Proprioceptive awareness of movement

This small movement plays a big role in restoring the spinal kinetic chain.

Learn how to confidently prescribe and progress spinal movement in our Level I—Clinical Pilates training course, where theory meets practice for rehabilitation professionals.

📍 Now enrolling for Spring 2026 in Vancouver or Toronto. Link in bio.

10/02/2025

The sacroiliac joints (SIJs) are a critical bridge between the spine and the lower limbs, transferring load with every step, squat, and reformer press.

But how often do we pause to consider how different hip and postural positions affect SIJ loading in the Pilates studio?

🧩 Here are a few clinical reasoning questions to guide your assessment:

🔵How do hip movements (rotation, ab/adduction, flexion/extension) change SIJ compression?

🔵How does ligament loading differ between supine, crook lying, side lying, sitting, and standing positions?

🔵Which positions would you select for a patient with SIJ hypomobility?

🔵Which would you select for SIJ hypermobility?

These questions are not about quick answers. They are designed to refine your clinical lens and decision-making process.

🔖Save this post for your next SIJ case.

📅 Discuss how the SIJ relates to glute tendinopathy at our next Clinical Conversation | October 8th @ 10am PST

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09/19/2025

🚨 New Course Alert 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce our Intro to Clinical Pilates course!

Designed get you started on your clinical Pilates journey, this an online, self-paced learning opportunity, available through .

👉 This is not a certification course, but will help you decide whether pursuing full clinical Pilates certification is the right path for you.

💡In the meantime, you’ll gain practical tools to integrate and safely use the exercises taught in this course in your day-to-day practice.

📜 Once completed, you’ll receive a certificate of completion (including learning hours + course info). This certificate can be used for continuing education credits, depending on your professional college or association. (See Embodia’s guide for details on CEU eligibility.)

✨ Enroll before Oct 31st to save 20%!
🔗 Available through our website. Link in bio .Pilates.Education

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