Pregnancy Pilates

Clinical Pilates is a gentle and enjoyable form of exercise during pregnancy for most healthy women. At Free to Move a qualified Physiotherapist runs all our Pilates classes, ensuring you will have a safe, effective and comfortable experience.

We help you with common pregnancy issues such as lower back pain, pelvic pain, postural changes and cramps.

Our aim is to keep your muscles toned, with special emphasis on gentle exercises for your abdominals, pelvic floor, back and bottom. We help you to improve your posture, alignment and balance, while minimising any discomforts associated your changing body. Pilates assists with preparation for labour and birth as well as the physical tasks of early parenting. Individual Physiotherapy treatment is also available at our clinic if needed.

Free to Move advise you to seek your doctor's approval before commencing a new form of exercise during pregnancy.

View our Timetable including special Pregancy and Postnatal class on Mondays in Term 1

Postnatal Pilates

If you have had your baby and you're trying to get back in shape, you'll find that our Studio Pilates classes or Level 1 Floor Classes are a great way to safely tone and strengthen your abdominals, back muscles and pelvic floor, helping you to regain your figure. Most doctors will advise you to wait about 6 weeks before starting Clinical Pilates classes, but even before then we can show you some simple exercises you can do at home.

After the birth, our Physios can check your abdominal muscles for separation and show you how to support these muscles if required. We can also help you deal with any back or neck pain, which often occurs at this time due to muscle weakness and lots of lifting! Safe lifting techniques are taught at our classes, as it is not just strength that is needed but intelligent use of your body.

We also understand other problems which may sometimes occur following childbirth, such as bladder leakage, mastitis, fatigue or depression and can provide support, advice and referral to other health specialists as appropriate.

A little bit of time out for yourself when you are caring for a young family can also be a wonderful thing, leaving you feeling relaxed and aligned. You deserve it!