Pilates Exercises to avoid or modify with Osteoporotic clients
General: Extreme flexion and rotation of the Lumbar Spine.
Mat Exercises:
Roll over
Rolling Ball
Rocker with Open Legs
Saw
Swan Dive
Neck Pull
Shoulder Bridge
Spine Twist
Jack-Knife
Teaser
Hip Twist with Stretched Arms
Boomerang
Seal
Crab
Control Balance
Reformer Exercises:
Teaser
Down Stretch
Arabesque (Long stretch series)
Stomach Massage (Round back and Twist)
Short and Long Spine (Reformer/Trapeze)
Semi-circle
Thigh Stretch-Advanced
Kneeling Arms (Drawing Sword with rotation and Side bend overhead pull)
Snake/Twist
Corkscrew
Short box (Round back, Rotation, Spear a Fish
Knee Stretch (Round back)
Balance Control
Mermaid
Grasshopper
Bridge with Arm Pulls
Star
High Bridge
Trapeze Exercises:
Roll back
Magician
Ferris Wheel
Thigh Stretch
Kneeling Roll Down
Breathing
Push Through
Saw/Circular Saw
Teaser
Mermaid
Reverse Tower
Tower/Monkey
Short Spine
Semi-circle
All Hanging exercises
Pilates Chair Exercises:
Bridge with Pumps
Hamstring 1/Washer Woman
Hamstring 2
Hamstring 3
Seated Spine Stretch
Jackknife
Pike/Teaser
Handstand
Push-ups
Side Body Twist/Mermaid
Spear a Fish
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