I'm often asked how long it will take? How many sessions do I need?
It depends. Yes, it already feels too vague saying that, but the truth is, it depends on the individual, everybody is different. And I won't lie to you. But I do want to break it down, highlight what we need to take into consideration before we can answer the question.
Where are you starting from? Injury, athlete, sedentary life behind a PC? Then everybody heals at different rates, builds muscle at different rates, learns at different rates. Then there are factors outside of your Pilates practice that affect progress, which only you can influence. What you eat and how well you sleep play a role, if you are insulin resistant or on perma-stress will also affect how fast you might progress. Are you doing any other activities? Will those aid or hinder? How much time can you invest? Once a week? Three times a week? Will you carry the learnings into your everyday activities or rely on the hour with your movement practitioner?
If you are starting from a base of recent injury or your body has some adaptations that don't serve it very well, the first few sessions will be needed to address those. If you strengthen a body in an adaptation, it will get stronger in that adaptation, which is not ideal. Think an internally rotated shoulder being strengthened in that position. It's like letting a broken bone heal without setting it correctly first. At the same time we need to increase body awareness for greater control and create stability in your body across all joints and especially the spine, before we can start to load it or speed things up.
The niggle/injury/imbalance you are feeling, and which we are re-training in Pilates, is a symptom of what has been going on for a long time in most cases. That achilles tendon didn't just suddenly give way. That shoulder didn't just all off a sudden stop you from lifting your arm without pain. It is the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back, the tip of the iceberg, underneath which we find adaptations, guarding and gripping strategies. As a result, it might take a while to undo what has been there for a while. As we start working, as we retrain the body, brain and nervous system, we will probably unearth a few more things. And it can be frustrating at times. I have experienced this on my own body, with lower back, arm and shoulder issues. Some have taken months to fix, but I am so much better for it. And the longer you leave it, the longer it takes to fix, generally speaking.
But it is worth it. Without it you could end up in the roller coaster ride that is getting active and then getting injured, not being able to do anything for a while while you get better, then getting active again, and getting injured again. You get the picture. Most of us then give up, or think the gym, running, cycling, tennis [insert your activity here] is not for me, and end up not doing anything (cause what's the point if I just get injured all the time?!), and that is where the bad stuff starts happening.
So, the ugly truth is: it will take time. Sometimes a lot of time. Probably more than 10 sessions, often months. No one wants to hear this, and a magic wand would be nice.(whenever asked if you could have a super power, what would it be? 'Healing' is what I say.). But unfortunately we have to put the work in and be consistent. Health cannot be bought, it has to be attained and then maintained. We all understand that you can't walk into a gym create a six-pack and then not do anything anymore but keep that six-pack. It will disappear faster than you could create it. But the good news is, it can be changed, with consistent work.
And I am not saying that because I want to sell more sessions. As a Pilates teacher (not instructor), my goal is to teach you the Pilates tool kit, help you build your mind body connection, so you can independently work with your body everyday, take control, adjust your posture when you feel tightness creep in, retrain you proprioception to help your shoulders and neck, for example, align yourself when you are loading or tensioning your body (be that at home or in the gym), know how to use breath to help with strength and relaxation alike, know how to maintain and nourish your body through movement.
Now then, are you prepared to put the work in required to be pain free and strong again? Then come try Pilates for yourself, start taking control, come join us.
Studio and Matwork with a Diploma qualified Pilates teacher. To reserve your spot go to: https://www.lifefitpilates.com.au/book-online
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