Pain Free Posture MN & Pilates Integration Mind.Body.Spirit. offers the following services:

Private and Group Posture Alignment Therapy

Posture Alignment therapy with Deb Preachuk, a certified Posture Alignment Specialist is a series of specific corrective posture and joint movement awareness exercises designed to address dysfunctional movement patterns and poor kinesthetic awareness.  Posture alignment therapy in the Egoscue Method is best described as falling somewhere in between physical/athletic therapy, pilates and personal training.  Deb will help guide you into postural awareness and teach you where you have been incorrectly holding or moving your body parts.  The PAS guides the student to notice and feel the underlying mechanical cause of pain, not just on the band-aid on the sore spot approach.  These corrective exercise techniques address muscle imbalances and joint misalignment which in turn Balance the Body and Relieve the Pain.

How?

Posture Alignment therapy is based on the concept of the body's blue print design.  (http://www.egoscue.com/painfree/themethod.php) By working with a highly trained Posture Alignment Therapist, a series of need and function specific corrective exercises are selected for each client. Each exercise reintroduces proper posture, function and load to the major weight bearing joints and muscles.  Over the course of a few short weeks, the body begins to return to it's functional blue print design allowing the client to move more freely, with less mechanical and muscular stress.

The result?

• Eliminate chronic pain
• Improved posture
• Increased flexibility
• Improved muscular strength and endurance
• Reduced joint stress and breakdown
• Improved balance and kinesthetic awareness
• Less tension and muscular stress
• More active lifestyle

Private and Group STOTT Pilates

• Mat Work
• Reformer
• Cadillac, Chair and Barrels
• Pilates-based small equipment (BOSU, foam roller, toning ball, stability ball, mini flex ball, flex band, etc.)

Pink Ribbon Program Post-rehabilitative Breast Cancer Exercise

Exercise may be the last thing you feel like doing after breast cancer surgery. You're probably exhausted, your arm may be painful and swollen, and the requisite treatments can make you feel even worse. All you want to do is rest. In the past, that's exactly what doctors recommended. However, recent studies indicate a link between moderate physical exercise and improved quality of life for breast cancer survivors.

Pilates Integration Mind. Body.Spirit. offers the Pink Ribbon Program Post-rehabilitative Breast Cancer Exercise.  The  Pink Ribbon Program is a specifically designed exercise protocol designed for those breast cancer survivors on the road to recovery. The program will help stretch and strengthen the shoulders, chest, back, and abdominal muscles, allowing full range of motion to return to the areas affected by breast cancer removal and reconstruction surgeries. This workout is accommodates women who have undergone surgery recently or who have long since begun recovery, and is appropriate for all fitness levels.

The Pink Ribbon Program supports the physical, mental, and emotional wellness for those individuals recovering from breast cancer surgery. There are many benefits including:

• Helps regain strength and mobility in the affected shoulder and arm
• Retrains the musculature of the trunk for postural improvement
• Improves self-confidence
• Helps reduce feeling of depression by promoting a positive body image
• Enhance and restores energy levels
• Decreases stress and tension
• Enhances physical and mental well-being

Personal Training

• Flexibility training
• Exercise program design & Consultation
  • Cardiovascular
  • Muscular strength and endurance
  • Flexibility
  • Body Composition
  • Balance, Coordination, Agility, Power
• Lifestyle coaching