Barbara Wintroub
Time to get new shoes! Why? Because the shoes I’ve seen on the court recently are terrible and disgusting. How long have you had your shoes, six months, a year, four years? Dump them immediately. Maybe they don’t look worn out, dump them anyway. Shoes don’t last anymore. It’s the inner sole that breaks down […]
Are Pilates Teachers Poorly Trained?
I have been hearing horror stories from the Pilates front lately. “Do something about that hump in your back on the reformer”. Would you say that to a client while teaching them Stomach Massage? Maybe you shouldn’t teach stomach massage to someone who should not do it. Scoop, roll forward, round your back, all terrible […]
Exercises To Help Reduce Pickleball Injuries
Recently I’ve run into several injured pickleball players. The first person blamed pickleball for her severe knee injury. BUT, she did admit that she played hard racquetball for 20 years and she twisted her knee dancing. Person two tore their ACL but admitted she skied for years. Person three broke her wrist running backward after […]
Do You Really Need To Be Pilates Certified?
I am the only PMA certified Pilates teacher in my entire area. I have been called on to interview a potential Pilates teacher at one of my facilities who I know is not really certified. Everyone takes a weekend course of mat and reformer, they don’t turn in any hours but say they are certified. […]
Improve Your Pickleball Posture
Have you shrunk an inch or more? Do you stand up straight or list forward? Have you had shoulder surgery? Does your shoulder hurt when you hit a high Pickleball? Age is not an acceptable answer, poor posture is. Take a look at your shadow or image in a mirror. What do you see? Good […]
Pilates For Tennis Players
Recently, I watched the Easter Bowl tennis tournament for junior players. In the finals of the 18 and under were two tall, slim, young, women both with shoulder problems. Of course, I did a body analysis on both only to find: overly tight pec minors from too much chest work anterior pelvic tilt from too […]
Working Out Pain In Your Knee
This week I have had terrible pain on the outside of my right knee. So bad I couldn’t bend my knees to pick up the Pickleball. Oh boy, I thought, I’ve finally torn a meniscus. I decided to spend time stretching my IT Band before I see someone. The IT Band stretches from the hip […]
Push Yourself To Be Creative
I’ve been teaching Pilates 18+ years now. Because most of my clients are seniors, I never get to do many of the intermediate exercises and certainly not the advanced ones. Seniors have too many issues and joint placement problems to be in the more strenuous exercise positions. So, when I have a group of two […]
New Parts, Old Parts
Getting “spare parts” for our body these days is almost as easy as getting spare parts for our car – especially when it comes to joint replacement. For many of us, without these “new parts” our body would most likely fall apart with how much Pickleball we’re playing. But there’s a problem, often we don’t […]
Pain in the Buns
Here’s a quick story. At my local optical shop the 20-year-old, six-foot-tall son of the owner was in terrible back pain. I put him on the floor, did some FST type stretching and he stood up basically pain free. What does that mean to you on and off the pickleball court? It means there is […]