SHIFT CARE · CLINICAL PILATES
Clinical Pilates
Guided movement adapted to each individual, with personalised support and careful attention to their needs and goals.
Looking for Clinical Pilates in Lisbon?
Do you live in Lisbon and have you been advised to try Clinical Pilates? At Shift Care, you will find highly qualified professionals ready to support you throughout your recovery.
What is Clinical Pilates?
Clinical Pilates is a therapeutic approach to Pilates used by physiotherapists in the rehabilitation of people with injuries or health conditions. It combines physical exercise with physiotherapy, providing specialised training tailored to each patient’s needs.
Clinical Pilates exercises can be performed using equipment such as the Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair and Spine Corrector, or on a mat.
The exercises engage several muscle groups simultaneously and focus particularly on the core, also known as the powerhouse: the group of muscles that includes the abdominals, diaphragm, pelvic floor and glutes.
CLINICAL PILATES
A practice tailored to you.
Clinical Pilates is based on the principles of the Pilates method and adapts the practice to each person’s characteristics, needs and goals.
Individual guidance enables you to work progressively and mindfully, respecting your current condition, physical ability and development.
- Rehabilitation following injuries to muscles, tendons and ligaments, fractures and orthopaedic surgery, including sports injuries in both amateur and professional athletes;
- Central neurological conditions, including strokes and spinal cord injuries, as well as peripheral neurological injuries, traumatic brain injuries, spinal conditions such as herniated discs, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ankylosing spondylitis, among others;
- Asthma, cancer-related conditions and rehabilitation following cardiac or abdominal surgery;
- Prenatal and postnatal care, stress, urge and mixed urinary incontinence, and other pelvic floor conditions.
HOW THE SESSIONS WORK
Personalised support designed around you.
Each session lasts 50 minutes and consists of two stages:
- Assessment: At the beginning of the session, a brief assessment is carried out to gather clinical information, review the signs and symptoms described by the patient and assess their posture;
- Intervention: This is followed by breathing and core activation exercises designed to improve breathing patterns. Exercise sequences are then performed using the Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector or other equipment. These sequences are completed slowly and with control, and are adapted to each person according to their condition, symptoms and overall well-being.
The emphasis is not on the number of repetitions but on the quality of movement. Each exercise is performed only a few times, with particular attention to technique and execution.
CLINICAL PILATES
Would you like to know whether this approach is right for you?
Talk to our reception team to ask any questions, check availability and determine the most appropriate form of support.