Thursday - Sunday 12:00pm-7:00pm
The STOTT PILATES® Injuries & Special Populations (ISP) course equips you with the skills required to address a broad range of physical challenges among your clients. It is important to note that this course will NOT prepare students to diagnose or treat any specific injuries or conditions or prescribe exercises for these populations without consultation with an appropriate health practitioner (i.e. Physical Therapist, Physiotherapist or similarly recognized health care professional).
Completion of ISP is required for full STOTT PILATES certification.
General course objectives
Discuss the Pilates instructor’s role in the rehabilitative process
Examine the industry standards for screening clients and learn how to begin a Pilates program to safely and appropriately work with special populations
Discuss the three-level muscle classification system
Develop and be able to apply a rehabilitative approach based on current models of joint stability
Examine optimal and dysfunctional biomechanical patterns in various regions of the body
Review the most common injuries and special populations that may be encountered
Review appropriate exercise progressions for those injuries and special populations
Practice programming for specific injuries and special populations
What you will learn:
Approaches to rehabilitating an injured musculoskeletal system
Anatomy and biomechanics, dysfunctions and pathologies, and exercise modifications in the: lumbo-pelvic, cervical, upper quadrant, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle and foot regions
Pregnancy, fibromyalgia and other special conditions plus workout design
Appropriate modification of Matwork, Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair and Barrel exercises
Requirements of certification:
24 hours of instruction
No physical review, observation or practice teaching required
Prerequisites
Students must have completed the IMP or IR or CMR
Continuing Education Credits
STOTT PILATES 2.4
REPs 16.0
canfitpro 4.0
ACE 2.4
Course is $1275 plus HI state tax.