Postural Retraining
🧍♀️ Postural Retraining
Teaching Your Body to Move Smarter, Not Harder—with Support from Pilates Principles
What Is Postural Retraining?
Postural retraining is not about forcing “perfect” posture—it’s about helping your body find ease, balance, and strength in how you sit, stand, breathe, and move throughout your day.
In physical therapy, we guide you to:
✅ Identify posture and movement patterns that may be contributing to pain or dysfunction
✅ Restore natural alignment of your spine, ribs, pelvis, and feet
✅ Improve how your posture supports your core, breath, and pelvic floor
✅ Build awareness and control through small, sustainable adjustments
Why Posture Matters for Healing
When posture becomes habitual or imbalanced, it can lead to:
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Low back or neck pain
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Core and pelvic floor weakness or overactivity
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Breathing dysfunction
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Fatigue or inefficient movement patterns
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Repetitive strain or joint pressure
By improving postural alignment and awareness, we can help reduce strain, enhance movement, and support long-term recovery.
How We Use Pilates in Postural Retraining
Our approach includes Pilates-based movement and breath work to retrain posture from the inside out.
Pilates is a highly effective system for:
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Teaching core engagement without gripping
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Coordinating breath with movement
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Improving spinal mobility and alignment
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Building balanced, functional strength and control
We integrate mat-based and apparatus-inspired Pilates movements tailored to your needs—whether you’re recovering from injury, managing pelvic floor symptoms, or simply learning to move more efficiently.
In Short:
Postural retraining, supported by evidence-based Pilates principles, helps your body move with more ease, confidence, and control. You’ll gain tools you can use in everyday life—not rigid rules, but real awareness that supports lasting change.
