![15429292-aérobic-pilates-femmes-filles-kid-instructeurs-entraîneur-personnel-au-gymnase.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmawiT3iqFcPKF5k6sU9yR4BHRkrhXAVuZSTnhovqtjwJt/15429292-a%C3%A9robic-pilates-femmes-filles-kid-instructeurs-entra%C3%AEneur-personnel-au-gymnase.jpg) - **Pilates** is a **physical fitness system** developed in the early 20th century by **Joseph Pilates**, after whom it was named. Pilates called his method **"Contrology"**. It is practiced worldwide, especially in Western countries such as *Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom*. As of 2005, there were **11 million people** practicing the discipline regularly and **14,000 instructors in the United States**. ![evde-pilates-yapmanin-incelikleri-sportmen.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSKtogWbXbNooVnGpEt8nvQovHTKomQ7VF739E3aH21b3/evde-pilates-yapmanin-incelikleri-sportmen.jpg) - There is only limited evidence to support the use of Pilates to alleviate **low back pain**, or **improve balance** in elderly people. Evidence from studies show that while Pilates improves balance, limited data exists on whether this impacts on falls by the elderly. > Pilates has not been shown to be an effective treatment for any medical condition. There is some evidence regular Pilates sessions can help muscle conditioning in healthy adults, when compared to doing no exercise improve balance in elderly people. > Evidence from studies show that while Pilates improves balance, limited data exists on whether this impacts on falls by the elderly. ![three-pilates-butt-exercises_661e7701-5743-4be2-bd99-20d9a41fee51.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfTRhY7h31rVkYkCubmcXQFUDZLX2T56Wt1nKXatyxeBj/three-pilates-butt-exercises_661e7701-5743-4be2-bd99-20d9a41fee51.jpg) - **Pilates** has not been shown to be an effective treatment for any medical condition. There is some evidence regular Pilates sessions **can help muscle conditioning in healthy adults, when compared to doing no exercise**. https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPLMXaCu2WPotDPxxgThgPUDF64VnrxpBUWDnL6HjXVaD/1066965_bosu-body-balance-liveup-meia-bola-com-elastico_m1_635876842181072000.jpg ## History of Pilates - **Pilates** was developed by **Joseph Pilates**, from **Mönchengladbach, Germany**. His father was a gymnast and his mother a naturopath. ![8296b39346361935c60c100344da43bb_w877_h500_crp.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQETq8EBZuqDV3ir8EPNADkr9yVuccTm8ePwfMWrcojHW/8296b39346361935c60c100344da43bb_w877_h500_crp.jpg) - During the first half of the twentieth century, he developed a system of exercises which were intended to strengthen the human mind and body. Pilates believed that mental and physical health were interrelated. ![pilates-1.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRJz4zdBrNfMJqKSs15w6XjFwqz6sQAK9LmAwJ1X8SzaX/pilates-1.jpg) - In his youth he had practised many of the physical training regimes available in Germany, and it was from these he developed his own method. It has clear connections with the physical culture of the late nineteenth century, such as the use of special apparatuses and claims that the exercises could cure ill health. > It is also related to the tradition of "corrective exercise" or "medical gymnastics" as typified by Pehr Henrik Ling. ![images.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZiTkmCdocqhQkZeadGrgCsU2Xv8FoLYbY87F3jPLbyX2/images.jpg) - **Pilates** said that the inspiration for his method came to him during **World War One**, while he was being held at the Knockaloe internment camp on the Isle of Man. He developed his method there for *four years*, working on his fellow internees. ![pilates-suelo.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR69fy2ZqHmYmu2v5pkyWD4d4hxektRkq7GGWcdLy53Eg/pilates-suelo.jpg) - **Joseph Pilates** accompanied his method with a variety of equipment, for which he used the term **"apparatus"**. Each apparatus was designed to help accelerate the process of stretching, strengthening, body alignment and increased core strength started by the mat work. > The best-known and most popular apparatus today, the Reformer, was originally called the Universal Reformer, aptly named for **"universally reforming the body"**. Eventually Pilates designed other apparatus, including the **Cadillac, Wunda Chair, High "Electric" Chair, Spine Corrector, Ladder Barrel and Pedi-Pole**. ![15429301-aerobic-frau-persönlicher-trainer-von-kindern-mädchen-stabilität-schaumstoffrolle.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcCTWhmPMpMHrRTFV7eG72fkB2P26jLgxUszwSMzdP6U2/15429301-aerobic-frau-pers%C3%B6nlicher-trainer-von-kindern-m%C3%A4dchen-stabilit%C3%A4t-schaumstoffrolle.jpg) - **Pilates** published two books related to his training method: Your Health: `A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education in 1934, and Return to Life Through Contrology in 1945`. ![pilates.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdymBK142FVCG9aq2gQBMPqNc1PEmCnMe1xPpAkGh9ijy/pilates.jpg) - His first students went on to teach his methods, including: **Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Jay Grimes, Ron Fletcher, Mary Bowen, Carola Treir, Bob Seed, Eve Gentry, Bruce King, Lolita San Miguel, and Mary Pilates, Joseph's niece**. Contemporary Pilates includes both the *"Modern" Pilates and the "Classical/Traditional" Pilates*. > Modern Pilates is partly derived from the teaching of some first generation students, while Classical Pilates aims to preserve the original work as Joseph Pilates taught it. ![images.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZiTkmCdocqhQkZeadGrgCsU2Xv8FoLYbY87F3jPLbyX2/images.jpg) With Love by [Maria.Yogilates](https://steemit.com/@maria.yogilates)... 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