Alignment in pilates

Alignment is the key when it comes to pilates. Actually, it is vital that your body is correctly aligned to restore and also to maintain muscle balance. A good alignment implies that your muscles will be able to maintain the body’s joints, where bones meet and articulate, in their natural zone. If a joint in your body is in an unnatural alignment and if, with this bad alignment, you exercise without paying attention to the normal position, then you can cause harmful injuries on your joints. That’s the main reason why you should always keep in your mind that idea of alignment when you exercise for your safety and wellness.

Then, for correcting any imbalances, the correct positionning is necessary to get the right muscles working in an efficient way. In Pilates, the idea of alignment is specially developped when it comes to the the spine and pelvis. Actually, the correct alignment of the pelvis and the spine is the main point, in all  pilates workouts. As the spine has an “S” shape with natural curves, it’s fundamental to maintain those curves the way they are during most of the exercises.

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