It’s no secret that movement is the key to being a healthy individual.
Clinical Pilates is one of the more productive ways of moving that might not get your heart rate up as much as that hardcore HIIT class but will deliver countless benefits when it comes to posture, movement, strength and flexibility.
The original Pilates method was developed by Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century as a form of low impact exercise to improve core stability, posture and balance. Since then the body of evidence speaking to the method’s benefits has grown considerably.
Pilates is becoming increasingly popular, with more and more Pilates studios popping up, offering everything from merchandise and juice bars to hit after your session.
Unlike regular Pilates though, clinical Pilates is incorporated into your clinical exercise program offering a more individualised approach, targeted to specific muscle groups and areas of concern. Helping to reduce pain and reduce the likelihood of injury, clinical Pilates offers a low impact way to strengthen key muscles correctly and support physical wellbeing.
Overseen by a physiotherapist, clinical Pilates forms part of your clinical exercise plan. These tailored plans always follow an in-depth assessment of your body, movement and concerns. The physiotherapist then formulates a treatment plan that will target and strengthen certain muscles. This form of clinical exercise using specialised Pilates equipment also seeks to improve range of motion, posture and flexibility, building a stronger, more resilient body.
The tools of the trade are vast, from reformer beds to a simple elastic band or even your own body weight. However, the most important element of incorporating clinical Pilates in your tailored clinical exercise plan is your physiotherapist… So how do you know if you’ve found a good one?
Like any profession, physiotherapists should engage in regular professional development activities to to ensure they are keeping abreast (or up to date with) of the latest evidence in the field of sports medicine. Healthia boasts extensive professional development programs for their clinicians, ensuring that the service they are providing is always backed by the most up to date research to ensure ongoing clinical excellence.
“We’ve got a number of organic activities as part of what we do here at Healthia, I guess the most important to us, and the most fundamental one is to ensure that our clinical teams are engaged and showing up for their clients every day. To keep that going, we have a number of engagement strategies, the most important one being our industry leading education and professional development programs” said Healthia CEO Wes Coote.
Highly engaged clinicians will ultimately provide a better client experience and higher quality care so it’s no surprise that this is becoming an increasingly higher priority for Healthia.
As part of their clinician development programs, Healthia nurtures graduates from numerous allied health professions and unsurprisingly, has become an employer of choice amongst health graduates nationwide.
With their recent acquisition of Back In Motion, adding 63 clinics to their portfolio, Healthia has expanded and built on already robust clinical exercise programs across their clinics, offering a unique value add for clients.
Across their incoming clinics, Back In Motion offers highly-individualised clinical exercise programs with their team of highly trained physiotherapy professionals. Their programs go above and beyond, using evidence-based clinical methodology to deliver individually tailored exercises using specialised Pilates equipment during focused group or individual sessions.
“We identified that our two organisations were very closely aligned with our philosophies about our team members, how we operate and with our outcomes we are looking to achieve for our clients,” added Coote.
With a stellar track record of successful integration and clinician retention, the Back In Motion clinics are bound to continue their performance streak.
As Australia’s largest and fastest growing physiotherapy operator, Healthia is already a leader in the space. The expansion of clinical exercise programs in more physiotherapy clinics not only offers excellent value for clients, but for shareholders too by increasing profit margins and delivering better patient outcomes.
Samantha Freidin is a business journalist at Emerald Financial whilst also completing a Masters of Marketing and Digital Communications at Monash University.
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