
pilates teacher and instructor training
Are you already a Pilates teacher or Physiotherapist looking to expand and deepen your existing Pilates knowledge?
One Day Courses
Mary Thornton offers a range of one day courses at the studio for Pilates teachers and allied health professionals wishing to continue their professional development.
Subjects include:
• Postural Assessment
• Pilates and Osteoporosis
• Equestrian Pilates
• Pelvic Floor and Pilates
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Our Next Training Workshops
Osteoporosis & Pilates
Date: Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Cost: £50
Venue: The Clinical Pilates Studio, The Mews, 5A Watts Lane, Eastbourne, BN21 1AP
Workshop Aims:
During this 3-hour workshop, we will be examining the pathology of osteoporosis and the research around this condition & exercise.
We will then discuss and look at our clinical reasoning of how to use pilates on our clients with osteoporosis. There will be a practical element as well as theory and discussion.
Workshop Objective:
To increase instructor confidence to use pilates with osteoporotic clients.
Lecturer:
Mary Thornton is a Chartered Physiotherapist and Pilates Foundation trained practitioner and has been using pilates in her clinical practice for 13 years. She is director of The Clinical Pilates Studio, East Sussex (www.theclinicalpilatesstudio.co.uk) which specialises in exercise rehabilitation. Before opening the clinic she worked extensively with in the NHS as a senior clinician specialising in muscular skeletal and women health treatment as well as private practice. Mary also lectures to clinicians and pilates instructors on different aspects of clinical pilates, she also devised the pilates programme for the UK's first equestrian DVD ‘Pilates for Riders’.
The course is open to any internationally qualified Pilates teacher or Allied Health Professional.
CPD points: 3 hours
To book a place for either date, please contact the studio direct 01323 419083, or email us.
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Pilates for Horse Riders
Date: Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Cost: £50
Venue: The Clinical Pilates Studio, The Mews, 5A Watts Lane, Eastbourne, BN21 1AP
Workshop Aims:
Run by Mary, these workshops are a unique opportunity to analyse your postural imbalances and understand how they affect your riding technique. You will then learn some of the Pilates principles from the DVD allowing you the chance to check your technique and develop your skills in order to benefit your riding performance. No rider should be without these core skills.
To book a place, please contact the studio direct 01323 419083, or email us.
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Tutorial Dates, 2012
Time: 10.45am – 12.15pm
Cost: £15
Venue: The Clinical Pilates Studio, The Mews, 5A Watts Lane, Eastbourne, BN21 1AP
| Wednesday, January 18th | subject tbc |
| Wednesday, February 29th | subject tbc |
| Wednesday, April 18th | subject tbc |
| Wednesday, May 16th | subject tbc |
| Wednesday, July 4th | subject tbc |
To book a place, please contact the studio direct 01323 419083, or email us.
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Interactive Tutorials
These are interactive 90-minute sessions allowing Pilates teachers and allied health professionals to discuss specific topics and reflect on their practice with their peers. These are held every 6–8 weeks at the Studio on Wednesday lunchtime, coordinated by Senior Physiotherapist and Pilates practitioner Mary Thornton.
Cost: £15 per person
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