Equipment Safety & Pilates
We start the new Year with resolutions that hopefully will last and help us become happier and healthier. Some may choose to buy Expensive or Cheap Pilates equipment as part of New Years Resolution.
Stop, think...
Pilates Equipment needs to first and foremost be safe. Safe for the user and also the Instructor (If an Instructor is involved , hopefully a well trained Pilates Method Instructor).
Pilates Equipment is not your regular Gym Equipment , Springs attached to any equipment and any ill considered Spring load & applied to any exercise, without the appropriate level of Pilates Method knowledge. Performed incorrectly an exercise with any load is developing incorrect muscle patterning in your own body. Incorrect Muscle Patterning that promotes inefficient movement and load distribution in our muscles and joints - the very opposite to what you are wanting to achieve in your Pilates Practice..
Manufacturers of Pilates Equipment Need to work with Properly Qualified and Registered Pilates Method Instructors. Instructors that have studied the Pilates Method over a number of years & possess adequate qualifications in the Pilates Method Industry, before trying to sell Equipment that is potentially not Safe.
I look forward to the day when Equipment sold in the Australian Pilates Market needs to meet ACCC guidelines of "Fit for purpose". If it does not meet Pilates Method Safety standards as well as Consumer Protection Guarantees it cannot and should not be sold & Marketed as Pilates Equipment.
Always consult a well qualified Diploma Qualified and registered with the Australian Pilates Method Association Instructor or Pilates Alliance of Australasia for advise on what equipment to buy. Attend a few classes in a proper Pilates Studio with a Diploma Qualified Pilates Method Instructor , and then venture out and explore your options
Well done for taking the first step, here to a health and happy start to Pilates.