Pilates Applications for Health Conditions Volume 1

A profound amalgamation of Pilates’ past, present, and future. It introduces the reader to the value of research, gives an overview of what is available today, and stresses the importance of continued discovery. It also highlights the often undervalued importance of gait, and the wealth of information that can be gleaned from observing this most simple and yet intricate of movement patterns. This is a book that will inspire the most seasoned of professionals to reassess and reevaluate their teaching. Elizabeth Larkam and Madeline Black bring to the fore their vast experience, knowledge, and creativity. They put on full display the reason they are leaders in our field. – Rael Isacowitz, MA, BASI Pilates, Founder & DirectorA must read for all practitioners in the movement and health fields, akin to taking an advanced level course in Gait mechanics as it relates to a variety of health concerns prevalent today with updated information about proper breathing and exercises that you rarely hear about. This book is extremely useful, and very detailed, which encourages you to try things out on yourself as well as your clients. I am certainly grateful for their efforts and congratulate them on an extraordinary journey to bring this information to us. – Marika Molnar, PT

Madeline Black is the author of Centered, Second Edition: Organizing the Body through Kinesiology, Movement Theory and Pilates Techniques (Handspring, 2022). She developed the Madeline Black Method™, a movement method that improves function and strength based on intelligent assessments, manual techniques and exercise sequences that help people achieve their fullest movement potential. She has a private practice in Sonoma, CA.

Elizabeth Larkam, National Certified Pilates Teacher, is the author of Fascia in Motion: Fascia-focused Movement for Pilates (Handspring, 2017) and contributed the chapter on Pilates for Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second Edition (2021). She was awarded the Medal of the Danish Society of Military Medicine in recognition of her efforts to improve the rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. She has created Pilates programs for orthopedic, spine, and chronic pain diagnoses, and has lectured in Exercise and Sports Science at the University of San Francisco, and in Dance and San Francisco State University. Elizabeth is in private practice in Marin County, California and Georgetown, Texas.