Prenatal Pilates

Antenatal & Postnatal Pilates

Antenatal Pilates Studio Classes

60 min class
Cost: $15

Monday : 1.00pm
Tuesday : 5.30pm
Thursday : 5.30pm

Postnatal Pilates Studio Classes ‘Mums and Bubs’
45 min class
Cost: $12

Thursday : 11.00am

At Back in Motion Physiotherapy & Pilates we run antenatal and postnatal pilates classes. These are for women who are wanting to keep active during pregnancy and return to activity following giving birth.

Nicole Karl, our Pilates Instructor, has been running these classes since 2009 and has found the positive response to antenatal and postnatal pilates outstanding. Nicole graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Physical Education and has trained through Back in Motion Pilates, a nationally recognised Pilates training centre that trains physio’s nationwide. She has furthered her Pilates career by completing a Polestar Pilates International Course in 2009.

As well as antenatal and postnatal studio classes, which have a limit of 4 participants, Nicole is available for one-on-one pilates sessions in the studio. Pilates is a low impact and low intensity exercise that is safe through all stages of pregnancy. It focuses on such things as breathing and relaxation, it puts extra focus on important muscle groups such as deep abdominals and pelvic floor, whilst also combining a total body strengthening and stabilising workout.

Kerryn Tutty, a physiotherapist and Pilates Instructor at Back in Motion, has had 3 children and would high recommend the benefits of Pilates to all.

Benefits of antenatal pilates:

• Postural awareness and strengthening.
• Relief of back pain.
• Improving and maintaining muscle tone to help with the demands of labour.
• Faster postnatal recovery.
• Decrease in muscle cramps.
• As well as many benefits to the baby.

Antenatal pilates is also a great way to meet other ‘mums to be’ and is an excellent way to exercise in a safe and supervised environment during pregnancy.

Benefits of postnatal pilates:

• Relief of back pain
• Better pelvic floor control
• Improved continence
• Faster postnatal recovery
• Improved strength and posture to aid faster return to ‘pre baby’ sports and activities.