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What is Clinical/Rehab Pilates?

Clinical/Rehab Pilates is a specialized form of Pilates used for chronic pain management, injury prevention, and rehab. Clinical/Rehab Pilates is effective because it is based upon the advanced BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL approach to pain. Together with individual and targeted rehabilitative exercises this helps you to alleviate pain, regulate your nervous system, and retrain your muscle memory.

What is Causing Your Pain?

Pain can be described as acute or chronic depending on its duration.
You know that a broken bone, strained muscle, or sprained ligament can cause pain. This is acute pain; it happens quickly and goes away when the body heals itself. For example, we need 3-4 weeks for a muscle to heal, 6-8 weeks for a bone to heal, and 12-18 months for ligaments, tendons, and discs to heal. If you have had your pain for longer than this, it is called chronic pain.

Chronic pain lasts longer than the time taken for your injury to heal, so it is very safe to say that tissue damage is not the cause of your pain. Even if you have recently had an MRI, ultrasound, or X-ray and have been told that you have scoliosis, herniated disc, or degeneration of some kind, we know that each condition also occurs in pain-free people. They are most likely not the cause of your chronic pain. So, what is causing your pain?

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Byopsyhosocial Model of Pain

Chronic Pain Experience
Biological Factors:
Age
Gender
Diet
Exercise
Sleep
Lifestyle
Injury
Psychological Factors:
Self Esteem
Emotiional Resiliance
Trauma/Grief
Expectation Of Recovery
Anxiety
Coping Skills
Fear Of Pain
Social Factors:
Financial Worries
Employment Worries
Family Background
Interpersonal Relationships
Lack of Social Support
Lack of Medical Care
Cultural Belifes

What conditions is Clinical/Rehab Pilates good for?

Clinical Pilates classes are suitable for a variety of needs including:

Chronic Pain
Injury
Muscle/Tendon/Joint Problem
Cancer Patients
Pre/post Natal
Rectus Diastasis
Osteoporosis
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Scoliosis
Amputees
Post Surgery Rehab
Poor Flexibility
Disc Problems
Sciatica
Hip & Knee Pain
Neck/Shoulder Tension/Pain
Frozen Shoulder
Headaches
People with trauma
Sport-specific Conditioning

How can Clinical/Rehab Pilates help me?

The latest scientific research is applied, combining a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach with Pilates exercises specifically targeted to your needs. Each class is individually designed and supervised. Clinical Pilates classes are tailored to help you:

Conquer pain
Regulate your nervous system
Reclaim control over your body
Improve your biomechanics
Improve your posture
Increase resilience
Rebuild your mind&body connection
Become stronger
Have more energy
Sleep better
Regain confidence
Move fearlessly and with ease
Suffer less Anxiety
Enjoy better moods

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INCREASE RESILIENCE

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ALLEVIATE PAIN

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PREVENT INJURY

About Our Founder:

Maja Whitworth is a Clinical Pilates Instructor specializing in a biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain management and rehab. She has a deep understanding of how pain, injury, and trauma, whether physical or emotional, are interconnected and can affect our health, nervous system, and ability to move freely, smoothly, and without fear or pain.
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8-Week Clinical Pilates Program

This program is tailored to help you heal, regulate your nervous system, conquer pain, reclaim control over your body, improve your biomechanics, increase resilience, and rebuild your mind and body connection. Each program is individually designed applying the latest scientific research which combines a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach to rehab with Pilates exercises specifically targeted to your needs.

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This program is individually designed to help you reach your goals while staying free from chronic pain or injury. You will become stronger, leaner, and more in control of your body. Your posture will improve, you will have more energy and strength for daily tasks, and you will enjoy deeper sleep, less anxiety, and a better mood.

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Vesna Zuban
I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Maya in Melbourne when I was looking for a pilates instructor with specific clinical knowledge and experience to help me deal with a slipped disc and lower back strain. Maya’s professionalism, deep knowledge of her craft and her teaching style were just what I needed. I got so much from our sessions, my body leaned out, I gained a new lease on life and kissed my aches and pains goodbye. I can’t recommend Maya enough to anyone who values real knowledge, quality and professionalism. She is a sensational pilates instructor! (Please come back to Melbourne Maya! 🙏🏼)
Maja Pedersen
Sessions with Maja are fun and engaging. She is simply a wonderful person and instructor, always patient and kind to answer all the questions. She has thought me how to perform an exercise properly and to understand my range of movements. Her attention to detail is impeccable which makes the whole work out experience even more fulfilling 🤩 I’m forever grateful that I can now exercise while avoiding the pain! A big Thank you to Maja 🙏😊
Katarina Ružić Stojanović
When it comes to exercise, I can't boast of my discipline, but pilates with Maya made me completely change my mind. Her approach is so wonderful that I go to trainings with joy. Not to mention the results - the long-standing pain in the cervical part of the spine has diminished already after a few trainings. Maja as an instructor is very dedicated and patient, she has no problem repeating as many times as necessary in order to do the exercise correctly. Also, each exercise is accompanied by detailed information about its benefits and the way it has a positive effect on our body. It is an understatement to say that the trainings are a real pleasure, and at the same time very educational. With respect.
Donna Wright
I have known Maja since she began her Pilates teaching journey in Dubai. I may even have been her first student in her backyard during her courses! Her passion goes beyond the basic Pilates class and extends to getting YOU, the client, to understand why we do something and to how to better do it more efficiently and pain-free. I have attended many of Maja’s group classes and have been lucky enough to have 1-1 sessions. She’s been subjected to my moaning about my pain, things that wobble and droop but always got me through with a laugh and firm corrective techniques. Maja is not a part-time Pilates instructor. Rehab Pilates is part of her everyday life. We have enjoyed holidays together where during my morning ‘mature’ lady stretching she’s sprung up from the table (belly laughing) to show me how and what to do so not to injure myself further. Maja is known for her skill and passion throughout the Middle East and Australia. Serbia is now lucky to have her expertise. If you are looking to try Pilates or you need rehabilitative support Maja Whitworth is in a class of her own.

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