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World Congress on Sports Medicine: Calvo JB (Department of Anatomy-University of Alcalá) , Cabral L. (Corpora Pilates Madrid)
Introduction
The Pilates Method is a movement therapy that have excellent results because its functional training. It could be done on the floor but for Rehab is better to do treatment on the machines, that have with different springs and possibilities. For example, the muscles can move isometrically, concentrically and/or eccentrically, and for sports you can re-training the specific sports patterns. Material and Methods
85 patients received treatment and rehab including Pilates exercises and where compared with 150 patients treated with conventional protocols during the past 5 years.
The Pilates group had: meniscal tears (12), anterior cruciate ligament (14), patellar syndromes (35) and others (24).
The protocols include: active and passive mobilization, strength, and propioceptive training.
The focus were at: alignement, core control, functional organization and isolation of the leg movement and pelvic movement, and breathing. The exercises were
At Trapeze/Cadillac: Long Spring Legs, Tower Leg Press, Prone Press, 90/90, assisted Squats, and Breathing.
At the Reformer: At the Reformer: Footwork Leg Press, Leg Circles Arcs, Knee Ext Seat, Lunge, Stomach Massage and Standing Series.
At the Chair: Stand and Seat Leg Press, Soleus Decelera and Lunge to Stand
And at Mat: Femur Arcs, Side Kick, Bridging, and Single Leg Stretch.
We added implements at different phases of the treatment in order to improve the challenge or to facilitate the movement. Results and Conclusions
Time to return to activities were faster in all patients of the Pilates group.
For different sports and pathologies, the order of the exercises are different.
In this paper we show the exercises in 3 phases: basics, intermediate and advance.
Pilates is very effective as kinesiotherapy, and specially for sports rehab.
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