Kelvin doing a standing advanced exercise on the reformer

By Master Instructor Kelvin Tan from The Moving Body East Coast

“People often ask me whether Pilates counts as strength training. My answer is simple: yes—but whether it’s enough depends on what you’re training for.” — Kelvin, Master Instructor, The Moving Body

If you’ve ever wondered whether Pilates can replace lifting weights, you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common questions we hear at The Moving Body. 

The confusion comes from how we talk about exercise today. We have Pilates, gyms, yoga, functional training, HYROX, CrossFit and countless fitness trends—all claiming to build strength. 

The truth is surprisingly simple –  strength training isn’t defined by the equipment you use. It’s defined by whether your body becomes stronger. 

Changing resistance springs on a reformer

Is Pilates strength training? 

Yes. Pilates is a form of strength training. 

Strength training simply means challenging your muscles so they become stronger over time. For someone who is new to exercise or has been largely sedentary, Pilates can significantly improve strength, balance and control. 

However, whether Pilates alone is enough depends on your goals. 

If your goal is to move better, reduce aches and pains, improve posture and stay active throughout life, Pilates may provide all the strength you need. 

If your goal is to carry much heavier loads, compete in events like HYROX, or maximise muscle size and maximal strength, progressively adding external resistance becomes increasingly important. 

Why is everyone talking about strength training? 

One reason is ageing. 

From around our thirties onwards, we naturally begin losing muscle mass and strength—a process known as sarcopenia. Left unchecked, this contributes to reduced mobility, poorer balance and an increased risk of falls later in life. Fortunately, resistance training is one of the most effective ways to slow this decline and improve strength at almost any age. (OUP Academic) 

That’s why strength training has become such an important conversation—not just for athletes, but for anyone who wants to age well. 

Kelvin building lateral strength and stability with the Kneeling Side Bend on the Cadillac.

Pilates vs gym training: software vs hardware 

One analogy I like to use is thinking of your body like a computer. 

Your muscles are the hardware. 

Your movement patterns are the software. 

Traditional strength training is excellent for upgrading the hardware. It increases your ability to produce force by progressively overloading your muscles. 

Pilates upgrades the software. 

It teaches your body how to coordinate movement, improve alignment, activate stabilising muscles and move efficiently through different planes of motion. 

You can have incredibly powerful hardware, but if the software isn’t working well, you won’t use that strength effectively. 

The best-performing body has both. 

Can someone become too strong for Pilates? 

In some cases, yes. 

Someone who has developed exceptional strength through advanced calisthenics or heavy strength training may eventually outgrow the amount of resistance a Pilates reformer can provide. 

That doesn’t mean Pilates loses its value. 

Instead, its role changes. 

Rather than being the primary way to build strength, it becomes an excellent way to maintain movement quality, body awareness, coordination and control. 

Why I would still choose Pilates 

If I could only choose one form of exercise for the rest of my life, I would choose Pilates. 

Not because strength isn’t important—it absolutely is. 

But because my priorities have changed. 

When we’re younger, many of us train like we’re trying to become a Ferrari. We chase personal bests, heavier lifts and bigger numbers. 

As I get older, I don’t want my body to be a Ferrari anymore. 

I want it to be a Toyota. 

Reliable. 

Efficient. 

Able to keep going for decades. 

For me, fitness is no longer about reaching the highest level of performance. It’s about continuing to move well for the rest of my life. 

Pilates helps me build that foundation. 

A happy senior couple holding hands walking with hiking sticks

Should you do Pilates or strength training? 

The answer isn’t either-or. 

They complement each other. 

Pilates develops movement quality, balance, alignment and body awareness. 

Strength training progressively overloads your muscles so they become stronger. 

Think of Pilates as learning to move well. 

Think of strength training as increasing how much load your body can safely handle. 

When combined, they help you move with greater confidence—whether you’re carrying shopping bags, hiking on holiday, playing with your grandchildren or simply getting through everyday life with less effort. 

The bottom line 

The question isn’t whether Pilates builds strength. 

It does. 

The better question is: 

Is it enough strength for the life you want to live? 

For many people, Pilates provides exactly what they need to stay strong, mobile and independent. 

For others, adding progressive strength training helps them reach the next stage of their fitness journey. 

The goal isn’t simply to become stronger. 

The goal is to keep moving well—for life. 

 

Written by Sheryl Joy Ganal, Senior Instructor at The Moving Body

If there’s one condition I see more than almost any other in the studio, it’s lower back pain. 

With a background in physiotherapy and more than ten years of teaching Pilates, I’ve worked with clients of all ages—from office workers and new mothers to older adults and active individuals recovering from injury. One thing I’ve learned is that lower back pain is rarely caused by one single problem. More often, it’s a combination of how we move, how we sit, how strong our bodies are, and how we respond when pain starts. 

Many people arrive expecting me to give them a list of “back pain exercises”. Instead, the first thing I do is understand how they move. 

That’s because two people with the same complaint can need completely different solutions. 

Lower Back Pain Is Common—But It Isn’t Normal 

One of the biggest misconceptions I hear is that lower back pain is simply part of getting older. 

People often tell me, “I’m getting older, so I suppose this is normal.” 

While lower back pain becomes more common as we age, it isn’t something we should simply accept. Pain is your body’s way of telling you that something needs attention. That might mean improving your movement habits, strengthening certain muscles, restoring mobility, or addressing an injury. 

Another misconception is that lower back pain only affects older adults. 

In reality, I increasingly see younger adults—and even children—developing lower back pain. Long hours studying, prolonged sitting, poor posture, reduced physical activity and limited body awareness all contribute. Lower back pain isn’t an age issue; it’s often a movement issue. 

Research reflects this. The World Health Organization identifies lower back pain as the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting people across all age groups—not just older adults. 

Why Does Lower Back Pain Happen? 

There isn’t one single cause. 

The most common contributors I see include: 

• Prolonged sitting 

• Poor postural habits 

• Reduced physical conditioning 

• Weakness in the muscles that support the spine 

• Repetitive sports or heavy lifting without adequate preparation 

• Age-related changes in the spine 

One of the biggest factors is prolonged sitting. 

When we sit for hours with a rounded back, our spine stays in a flexed position for much longer than it was designed to. Over time, this can place additional stress on the muscles, ligaments and discs that support the spine. 

That doesn’t mean sitting itself is “bad”. It’s spending too long in the same position without enough movement that often becomes the problem. 

Not Every Back Pain Is the Same 

While I do see the occasional disc-related injury, much of the lower back pain I see is mechanical in nature. People often experience aching, stiffness or fatigue around the back without there necessarily being a serious structural injury. 

Understanding the type of pain helps guide the exercise programme. 

Muscular pain 

Muscular pain is often: 

• dull or aching 

• associated with muscle fatigue 

• localised to one side 

• aggravated by overuse or prolonged positions 

Disc-related pain 

Disc-related pain is often different. 

It may feel: 

• sharper 

• more central in the spine 

• associated with tingling or pins and needles 

• accompanied by numbness or symptoms travelling into the leg 

These are general patterns rather than rules, which is why assessment is so important. Imaging such as an MRI may sometimes be appropriate, but movement assessment remains one of the most valuable tools for understanding how someone is functioning. 

Why I Assess Movement Rather Than Posture 

One of the questions I’m often asked is whether I spend time analysing someone’s posture. 

The answer is yes—but not in the way most people expect. 

I don’t simply ask someone to stand still while I observe them. 

Instead, I want to see them move. 

Movement tells me much more. 

During an assessment, I usually look at simple movements such as: 

• flexion (bending forwards) 

• extension (bending backwards) 

• rotating 

• side bending 

 

These movements help me understand: 

• which positions aggravate symptoms 

• which positions relieve symptoms 

• whether there are mobility restrictions 

• how stable the pelvis and spine are 

• whether one side is working differently from the other 

From there, I can decide whether the priority should be improving mobility, building stability, increasing strength—or a combination of all three. 

There isn’t a single formula that works for everyone. 

Pilates Is About More Than “Strengthening Your Core” 

People often tell me they know they need to strengthen their core. 

What they sometimes don’t realise is that the core isn’t just the abdominal muscles. 

The muscles around your trunk, pelvis and spine all work together to support movement. 

When someone spends years sitting in poor positions or moving with compensation patterns, these muscles often stop working together efficiently. Pilates helps restore that coordination. 

That’s why our sessions don’t begin with advanced exercises. 

We start by teaching the body how to move well again. 

The Exercises I Commonly Start With 

Every programme is individual, but there are several exercises I use regularly because they tell me a great deal about how someone moves. 

Cat-Cow 

Cat-Cow is both an assessment and a mobility exercise. 

It helps me observe how someone moves through their spine while gently improving spinal awareness. 

Bird Dog 

Bird Dog develops stability. I often progress this exercise gradually—starting with just the arms, then the legs, before combining both. The goal isn’t simply to make the exercise harder. It’s to help the client maintain good control of their pelvis and spine throughout the movement. 

Bridge 

Bridges strengthen the gluteal muscles and help clients learn to generate movement from their hips rather than relying excessively on their lower back. 

Many clients with lower back pain benefit from stronger hip muscles because they provide better support for the spine during daily activities. 

 

Why I Often Use Props 

People who are in pain frequently lose confidence in movement. 

Simple props such as balls or cushions provide support and feedback. 

Rather than constantly telling clients whether they’re leaning to one side, the prop often lets them feel it themselves. 

This helps develop body awareness while making movement feel safer. 

When We Progress to Pilates Equipment 

Once someone has developed better movement awareness and control, we can begin using Pilates equipment such as the Reformer, Chair or Ladder Barrel. 

Each piece of equipment offers different benefits. 

On the Reformer, I often work on postural control, hip strength and coordination. 

The Chair allows me to challenge balance and single-leg stability. 

The Ladder Barrel is particularly useful for mobility and side-bending exercises. 

The equipment isn’t simply about making exercises harder. It’s about giving clients different ways to improve strength, stability and movement quality while keeping exercises appropriately supported. 

The Biggest Mistake People Make 

One of the most common mistakes I see is people copying exercises from social media without understanding why they’re doing them. 

A certain exercise may work very well for one person but aggravate someone else’s symptoms. 

For example, someone whose pain is aggravated by bending forwards may continue doing repeated crunches because they’ve heard core exercises help lower back pain. 

Choosing the right exercise starts with understanding your own condition—not copying someone else’s programme. 

There is no one-size-fits-all solution. 

How Do I Know When Someone Is Ready to Progress? 

Progress isn’t based on completing a certain number of sessions. 

I look for several things. 

First, pain should be significantly reduced or well managed. 

More importantly, I want to see better movement quality. 

Has the client developed greater body awareness? 

Can they control their pelvis and spine more consistently? 

Do they understand how to move without provoking symptoms? 

Once those foundations are in place, we can safely introduce more challenging exercises. 

My Final Thoughts 

Lower back pain can feel overwhelming, especially if it keeps returning. 

But in my experience, the answer isn’t simply finding the “best exercise”. It’s understanding why your body is moving the way it is in the first place. 

Pilates provides an opportunity to improve strength, mobility, stability and body awareness together. When combined with an individual assessment and a programme that progresses at the right pace, it can help people move with greater confidence and less discomfort. 

The goal isn’t just to reduce pain today. 

It’s to build a body that supports you for years to come. 

In Singapore, the number of traffic accidents resulting in injuries increased slightly from 8,058 cases in 2015 to 8,277 cases in 2016. These injuries can have considerable impact on quality of life, and often carry with them not just significant economic costs, but also tremendous personal and social losses. They can diminish quality of life and lead to functional and occupational activity impairments, as well as psychological problems. Fractures of the lower extremities, in particular, have a major impact on functional status and health-related quality of life.The rehabilitation phase is crucial for a good quality of life and outcome among these patients. Even if the injuries are not life threatening and do not need hospitalisation, they can still make a huge impact on the life of the injured person.

How Physiotherapy Helps

Whether someone has sustained a minor injury or multiple fractures, the objectives of physiotherapy are to enable the patient to return to normal, or desired, levels of activity and participation, and to prevent the development of chronic complaints. One common injury resulting from traffic accidents is whiplash. Caused by the sudden back and-forth motion of the head, whiplash can lead to the damage of ligaments, muscles and joints in the neck and head, thus restricting motion of that part of the body. In acute cases, early physiotherapy has been shown to reduce pain and increase cervical movement. Another common injury from road accidents is bone fractures. A bone fracture that doesn’t need surgery will require rest to heal. Depending on the location of the fracture, you will need either bed rest (vertebral fracture) or a cast (arm and leg fracture). But rest means the muscles will atrophy and the connecting joints will stiffen.

Surgeons know that the faster a person can use the affected part of their body, the smaller these negative effects will be, so they will try to create a situation where the joints have room to move and the bone can bear some weight. A stiff joint can make daily life miserable — try brushing your teeth without bending your elbow or walking without bending your knee! Exercise is key to regaining strength, coordination and range of motion. Usually, your doctor will advise you to do some exercises, and which motions you can and can’t do. But when you are experiencing pain, it is difficult to exercise on your own. How often should I do it? How far can I go? Is it normal to feel this amount of pain? To get the best outcome, you need professional guidance from a physiotherapist in this early rehabilitation period. This is crucial if you suffered multiple fractures.

Exercise and Counselling

The most important physical therapy interventions for patients suffering the consequences of an injury after an accident are counselling and exercise.Counselling involves providing support, information and advice. Exercise, when used in rehabilitation, can start with passive movements and mobilization techniques, progressing towards active movement, then strength training and functional exercises.Don’t take lightly the impacts of a road traffic injury. Make sure you achieve optimal results and consult a physiotherapist, who possesses the right knowledge and experience for such rehabilitations.

 

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Ideal Posture

Good posture, or ”neutral spine” is the proper alignment of the body. Deviations from neutral alignment are identified as excessive curvature or reduction in curvature. Ideal posture indicates proper alignment of the body’s segments such that the least amount of energy is required to maintain a desired position and a minimum amount of strain is placed upon the tissues of the body. It is ideal to maintain a neutral spine whether its sitting or standing!

A Common Postural Imbalance

Most postural deviations occur because the muscles that work to hold a joint in place are imbalanced – one muscle group will be too tight and the opposing muscle group is too weak. Muscles that are in a prolonged, or stretched position can’t function properly and lose strength. A muscle in a shortened position will decrease in length, since it is not being used causing muscle tightness.

For example, people with shoulders that hunch forward often have tight pectoral muscles that pull the shoulders forward and rotate them in towards the midline of the body. Pair tight pecs with weak back muscles and you have an imbalance that pulls the shoulder girdle away from its ideal position. When imbalances like these occur, for a prolonged period of time, overactive muscles compensate for underactive muscles, which causes tension, fatigue, discomfort and injuries.

The above described posture – the forward head posture is one of the most common postures these days. This posture leads to a typical imbalance of the upper postural muscles, described by Czech Physician Vladimir Janda as the upper cross syndrome.

This posture starts a domino effect; the head shifts forward, the centre of gravity shifts forward, the upper body shifts backward, and to compensate that, the pelvis tilts forward. The entire spine responds to the change of the head position. The load on the cervical spine increases from 5.4 kg to 19 kg!

Ways to Improve Your Posture

By understanding proper posture, you can learn about your own postural deviations and determine which corrective exercises will work best to improve your alignment. The easiest and most effective way to correct imbalances is to stretch the overactive, short muscles and to strengthen the underactive, weak muscles. With correct alignment and good posture, your muscles will work more efficiently. You can prevent pain and injury, look and feel better.

Pilates is a good form of exercise that can help with postural correction. You can get a postural assessment and work with your instructor to correct your muscle imbalances.

Posture can signal both the enduring characteristics of a person (character, temperament, etc.), and his or her current emotions and attitudes. So, if your health is not enough reason to improve your posture, then the way you look might be?!

The Physiotherapist from The Moving Body can assess your posture and check for imbalances. Contact us at The Moving Body if you feel that you need help with improving your posture or if your misaligned posture has already led to an injury.

All our physiotherapists at The Moving Body are Pilates trained. Pilates is a good form of exercise that can help with postural correction. Our Pilates instructors can also do a postural assessment and work with you to correct your muscle imbalances. The physiotherapists and instructors work closely together and can refer you to each other in case they feel you are better off with the other discipline, to ensure the most optimal outcome for you!

Article written by Nienke Assink, Physiotherapist

 

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Massage has a long history and was recorded in China from 3,000BC. It has been practiced in various parts of the world from India, Japan. As time evolved, different massage techniques were developed.

Massage is not just an indulgence it has healing properties. The different massage techniques can help with different conditions or just simply for relaxation. A massage can also help complement your exercise or rehabilitation regime.

1. Swedish Massage – Long sweeping strokes with pressures applied at certain points.
2. Aromatherapy Massage – Combines the therapeutic benefits of using essential oils with some Swedish massage techniques.
3. Sports Massage – Medium to hard pressure focusing on muscular releases and stretches. Pre-sports massage helps athletes to prepare their bodies for optimal performance, while post-sports massage helps to normalize the body’s muscular tissues.

Other Forms of Bodywork

1. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) – Gentle basic strokes known as the “stationary circle”, “pump”, rotary” and “scoop” techniques are designed to manipulate lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels with the goal of increasing their activity and promote the flow of lymph. It is recommended for stress, water retention, post-surgeries, swelling, tiredness, obesity, migraines/headaches.
2. Remedial Therapy – Combination of Swedish massage with neuromuscular technique, muscle energy techniques, soft tissue release and connective tissue massage. It encompasses various advanced massage techniques such as myofascial releases, trigger points releases that are used to treat musculo-skeletal injuries and improve the body’s repair mechanisms. Clients who are experiencing muscle stiffness or previous muscular injuries can choose remedial massage to improve their condition. This form of treatment is tailored to individual needs and varies from customer to customer, especially the common ones such as stiff neck, lower back pain, piriformis syndrome, frozen shoulders, knee pain and plantar fasciitis.

Contra-indications to massage:

1. Skin diseases that are contagious
2. Cancer (require doctor’s clearance)
3. Fever/ Flu
4. Diabetes (partial)
5. Pregnancy (only 2nd trimester and after)

*It is recommended that massages be done by qualified therapists.

 

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Running form is commonly being discussed and debated in the running world today. But how will you know what is the appropriate running form? Here are some useful tips on better running form to be more efficient and therefore reduce your likelihood of injury.

5 Tips for better running form

1. Running Posture:

• Stand tall with torso upright with toes pointing outwards.
• Shoulders should be low and relaxed.
• Run with head up and gaze ahead, don’t look down at feet.
• Elbows 90o and imagine you’re carrying a potato chip in each hand without crushing it.

2. Optimal Cadence:

• Ideally your foot should be striking the floor 180 per min.
• This reduces your ground contact time and reduces injury risk.
• Less time on the ground, mean less energy needed to propel forward thus making you more efficient.
• To calculate, count your right foot strike for 20s and multiply by 6.
• Run light and avoid pounding.

3. Avoid heel striking:

• Heel striking is simply explained as your hips behind your feet.
• Slow cadence is often linked with heel-striking.
• Heel striking makes it very difficult to push off because your foot is in front of your hips. Your hips should be over your feet in order to propel forward.
• Heel striking and over striding lead to breaking and increases risk of injury.
• Mid foot landing is optimal for running, so attempt to land more midfoot rather than heel or forefoot. Forefoot running can lead to strained calves or Achilles injuries.

4. Increase joint mobility:

• Decreased range of motion at a joint can limit your speed, reducing your cadence thus increasing risk of injury.
• If there is a restriction in mobility in the lower limb when running, then there is a higher risk of injury.
• Full mobility is needed to run fast and efficiently.
• Joints that need full range motion for running are: the thoracic spine, the hips and the ankles.

5. Lean:

• Momentum is important in running in order to propel you forward. This can be achieved through forward lean.
• If you lean from your ankles without bending at the waist you generate increased momentum when running.
• This allows you to use gravity to your advantage and propel you forward and minimises bouncing up and down during running.
• Flexing at the ankle reduces the unnecessary strain caused during toe off.

Exercises to do to improve your running form:

1. Posture: Clasp hands and reach overhead to try to reset posture prior to running. Stand up against a wall with heels against the wall and try keep head, spine and heels against the wall.
2. Cadence: Calculate your cadence and try to increase it to between 170-180 strides per min whilst taking shorter and lighter strides.
3. Midfoot: March on the spot with emphasis on midfoot landing underneath your hips rather than in front.
4. Mobility: work on some running specific mobility exercises to mobilise the thoracic spine, hips and ankles before your run, but focus on static muscle stretches after your run.
5. Lean: work on ankle mobility exercises to increase the range of motion. Then practice leaning your body weight forward in a straight line whilst standing.

 

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Physiotherapy dates all the way back to 460 BC, with Hippocrates advocating the use of massage, manual therapy and hydrotherapy to treat those with bone and muscle-related disabilities. Physiotherapists have come a long way since then, with specialists in neuro-muscular disorders, heart and lung-related disorders, and paediatrics. At the end of the day, we are experts in muscles, bones, their neurological connections, and exercises.

Physiotherapists are commonly consulted to rectify aches and pains. These may be secondary to an injury, or may have developed for no apparent reason. Interestingly enough, most patients complain of back and neck pains, which “just woke up in the morning”. Questions on their lifestyle (at home, work and recreation), coupled with a musculoskeletal assessment, give clues as to what may have happened.

Such “random” pains seem to be largely due to anomalies in posture and alignment. These irregularities may occur due to unequal forces applied on the skeletal system, for example, repeatedly using one side more than the other.

This got me thinking — what if the muscular imbalances were identified in advance? Addressing these differences would thus prevent seemingly innocent movements from triggering such aches and pains. Muscular weaknesses and tightness could be used to PREDICT the development of postural anomalies, misalignments and points of degeneration (in weight—bearing joints).

I believe that today, the role of the physiotherapist is not restricted to pain management alone. It is also to PREVENT the deleterious effects of an imbalanced musculo-skeletal system.

Over the next three months, we will discuss the concept of Preventive Physiotherapy in the following areas:

1. Degenerative diseases (osteoarthritis,spondylitis)

2. Slipped disc

3. Before pregnancy and postnatal

In the meantime, move holistically! Consult one of our physiotherapists to identify your muscle imbalances and rectify them.

Article written by Aparna Shah, Physiotherapist

 

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We caught up with our Senior Instructor Audrey, founder of The Moving Body Group and also a Master Trainer to share her experience with Pilates and the history of The Moving Body Group.

 

1. Can you share with us what got you started with Pilates?
I began my journey in Pilates when I began to suffer from back pain in 2002 when I was working as a fitness coordinator in one of the major gyms in Singapore. I was teaching between 6 – 7 high impact gym classes a week. That was when I discovered that I had a scoliosis and that the excessive high impact exercise was causing compression in my lower back.

2. What made you want to start The Moving Body?
I wanted to offer a solution to people who were suffering from physical injuries and conditions that were looking for an alternative answer besides surgery or medication. The Moving Body is all about the fact that when one has an injury or condition, resting and not moving is not always the answer but moving the right way can actually improve one’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

3. I understand that you are already a Master Trainer, could you share what this means and what it takes to be a Master Trainer?
I often feel awkward to use the word Master trainer in relation to myself as it makes me sound like I know it all but in fact I find that I still have a lot to learn and always will be learning from others around me, even my students.
I have a passion for teaching and mentoring young instructors. I went through the journey myself of being a fitness instructor, from teaching general fitness classes to the role of a Pilates instructor where I was teaching people exercises that would be more corrective to their posture and this had large effects on their daily lives.
Being a Pilates instructor is not about teaching exercises alone to your clients, in many ways you need to address the mental and emotional state of your clients too. My mission is to educate young Pilates instructors that they are not exercise instructors alone, they play a more holistic role in their clients’ lives.

4. Since you started doing Pilates to now being a Master Trainer, what have you learnt throughout the years? What advice would you give to people that are hesitant about Pilates?
You would never know unless you try!

5. Tell us more about yourself when you are not teaching
I am a busy mum to my young active children, I like to bake because it calms me. I like that baking requires patience, precision and practice which are qualities that are important in life.

6. Aims and goals for the future both on a personal level and also for the company.
I want to achieve better work life balance both for myself and for our clients. We will look into offering new Pilates programs at our studios so that the whole family can enjoy together.

Fitness is an important aspect any sport, as much as nutrition and diet is. Sports therapy came into existence to cater to a need of sports professionals exclusively. Depending on the kind of sport, the possible injuries and their consequences are many. Hence, it is important to have specialized therapists who understand the injury, the why and how of it and what can be done to prevent or treat it. So, a sports therapist is a professional who specializes in preventing and treating sports related injuries.

The sports therapist job profile 

What all can a sports therapist help you with? They could guide you to excel in your chosen sport, by avoiding the possible injuries associated with it. If any injury happens, they are fully qualified to provide you first aid. They are also competent to provide you long term assistance in terms of training support, specialist advice and treatment to suit your sport, appropriate massages etc.

They can also help you get back to your normal training and competitive state, in case you are injured in any way as they know best, what’s good for you. In short, a sports therapist is like a true partner for a professional sportsman in order to keep going and be successful in their field of sport.

Why it is important to find the right ones? 

Many people mistake sports therapy for mere physiotherapy, whereas this is much beyond that. If you choose the wrong person as your sports therapist, then you could end up with more trouble than you bargained for. It could cost you more psychologically, physically as well as financially, if you make a wrong choice. It is important to find proper, certified and trained sports therapists who really understand the principles of sport and can guide you properly.

This is where The Moving Body Group can make a huge difference. The sports therapists here are fully qualified to help you out and guide you and help you with your training and rehabilitation needs. They can efficiently handle all the common muscular complaints such as mobility problems, back pain, postural issues, etc. They can work out your fitness schedule that is meant to get you back to your full performance in the optimum time. It is important not to do it a rushed manner and many athletes may end up making this mistake, thus worsening the injury.

The benefit of engaging with a sports therapist

Here is a list of specialized treatment options that sports therapists Singapore can help you with for your fitness and performance benefits.

• Specialized sports massage
• Muscle strengthening and stretching techniques
• Taping (Strapping)
• Core stability training
• Proprioception training

To know more about these and how you can sign up and benefit from these, visit contact us here and talk to the experts. They are highly customer centric and can listen and guide you to choose the best possible way forward.

 

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