Testimonials (Pilates)
Julie Mills wrote on 6 Feb 2006:
[My physio] was the one who recommended i do pilates; she was very keen, and gave me your flier (...) and I continued coming [to your classes] (...).
Pilates saved my back as well as my sanity. Having Sciatica wasn't funny and I was in terrible pain. Using pilates significantly repaired my strength and indeed I'd say that it made me even stronger. I swear by it, and wish that you were here in sheffield, because the teachers aren't half as good.
When I first began pilates I had numbness in my lower left
leg and foot.
My flexibility was very limited and I certainly could not do the 'rolling like a ball'.
Within a matter of weeks, through walking and doing my pilates breathing and posture,
the numbness had cleared and my flexibility dramatically improved.
Prior to the sciatica, I was an avid cyclist but could not ride my cycle as the position was too painful. Last summer, I completed a 210 cycle ride through Wales, which I'm certain I could not have done without Pilates. I would recommend it to anyone... need i go on?!!!!
Rachel Tallent wrote on 17 April 2008:
I just wanted to let you know that I have moved away from Leicester now so wont be coming to the Thursday night classes anymore. I was hoping to come to a last session to let you know myself, but unfortunately couldnt make it. Many thanks for your excellent teaching - I have really enjoyed your classes, and if I move back to Leicester again I'll definitely look you up!
Thanks again.
Rachel
Lisa R wrote on 6 April 2006:
After having back surgery for a herniated disc and a few years of on and off physiotherapy I was suffering from constant back pain every day. This affected my confidence to exercise and perform tasks and activities.
Contacting Emanuela at Pilates Fitness was the best choice I have every made. I was given a personalised programme of exercises and stretches on a one to one basis.
After approximately a year and a half my posture has improved, I have a much stronger core area which supports my back and I am more flexible. I was also given a series of emergency exercises/stretches for back pain, which I have never needed to use.
I am now pain free and am able to do everything I could before the surgery. In fact I am now fitter than I was before the surgery.
I have also received information and advice about diet and nutrition and stress management including massage and Indian head massage.
I am able to do the exercises and stretches at home by myself and my confidence has returned.
Beverly wrote in August 2009:
I quickly realised, even though I had done Pilates for some time, that I had not been doing it quite right. With Emanuela's careful instruction and guidance, it made all the difference between just doing an exercise and doing it effectively.
Jim Oswald (cyclist and golf player who attends my Hinckley classes) wrote on 28 October 2008:
I think if you go to Pilates you will never get a a bad back again, and that is why I go. I have had back pain like you will not believe and it has bothered me for 20 years. I have been going 6 months now and two weeks ago something clicked in my back and things started to move that have not moved for years. My left leg points differently and walks differently; I can wake up in the morning without any back aches. When you first go, you find the exercises a bit girly but later you realise you were just doing it wrong. Now I can hold a level 2 plank for 60 seconds which is not bad for an old guy.
For the money it is a bargain.
Jim Oswald
Anisha wrote on 8 March 2010 2008:
My first Pilates class left me very relaxed. The tension in my upper back has gone and that evening I felt very relaxed, slept like a log.
Anisha
Testimonials (sports massage)
Chris H. wrote in Nov 2007:
After 1/2 hr massage on my calf muscles, Emanuela relieved the pain and stiffness in my Achilles.
The following morning was the first time in months I had been able to walk down the stairs forwards!!!
Neil wrote on 06 July 2009:
[The day after the massage] I felt great, there was no noticeable pain or stiffness anywhere and it's probably the best my back and hip have felt since the day I first injured it four years ago. There were no headaches, no bruising at all and I also had a great nights sleep i felt so relaxed.
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