77 year-old client experiences postural correction, achieving significant spinal uprightness

#PosturalCorrection is possible even in your #70s. Our client is 77 years old. This is amazing results on the same day. The picture on the left is taken at the start of the session. The picture on the right is at the end of the session. Our bodies are designed to move. During the session, we release the tight muscles that inhibited our client to upright her spine. We teach her diaphragmatic breathing that allows her upper and mid-back muscles to come alive. We also mobilise her hips, and strengthen her her limbs. Most importantly, we teach her the importance of neck and shoulder mobility so that she can correct her forward head posture.

Our heads are very heavy. If we keep having our heads sticking out of our necks, it will create immense pressure on the cervical spine, subsequently affecting the entire spinal column.

Our feet is the foundation to our everyday walking. We also release the intrinsic foot muscles using @Naboso accessories. Capitalising on the thousands of #mechanoreceptors on our palms and #soles, we increase her #mindbody sensory to improve her movement efficiency.

Extremely delighted that our client can walk with an uprighted spine and left the session totally thrilled.

Scoliosis intervention for children to correct spinal imbalances

We want to express our gratitude to our 12 year-old client and her parents for the year-long dedication to work on the #scoliosis curve, and manage the left-right spinal imbalances. Every exercise homework and every session collectively add to the journey to strengthen the much needed muscles to help her grow, especially during #puberty.

Rain or shine, exams or holidays, they showed up. Partnering with the parents to reinforce learning is one of the most important steps.

Seeing “straight” from our client’s perspective is another critical point, so we can find the true straight.

Children are inquisitive. We enjoy every “why” and every “how”, ask it away so we can improve the cognitive understanding for the need to correct wrong postures. And that will change behaviour and reap the results we are after.

It’s definitely a process. Patience, trust and commitment are but just some of the key ingredients.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to be your accountability partner in this journey.

Hanging inversion on the #Cadillac

#Hamstrings post-knee surgery would usually be tight, even after years. One of the ways to reduce the tonality of hamstrings is to strengthen your lower #abdominalmuscles.

Executing the #abdominalcurl using the fuzzy #straps on the Cadillac not only get your #abdominals firing, you can see how the posterior chain of the body relaxes (see straighter legs where ankles and hips are aligned), reducing the protective guarding from the hamstrings.

Before-After Comparison: Cadillac Hanging to reduce hamstring tonality

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About CARVE PILATES STUDIO

We work with Rehabilitative, Scoliosis, Fitness, Pre-natal and Post-natal, Neurodegenerative and special populations. Suitable for all ages and body forms,

Our focus: Postural correction | Biomechanics focused | Evidence-based

Our youngest client is 12 years old with the oldest at 80 years old.

Our experienced team provides a range of services to suit your specific needs – from small group classes on Reformer/Tower (of up to four pax) to Private 1-on-1/Duet sessions using multi-equipment.

Let CARVE help you achieve your goals and carve out the best shape for yourself.

Vision

CARVE is a boutique studio where people come to refresh, recharge and live life to the fullest. Our mission is to help our clients achieve a balanced and healthy lifestyle and manage pain in a safe and supportive environment.

We believe that it is important to carve out time for yourself in order to smoothen out pain points in your life, both physically and mentally; just like a carpenter carving out time to smoothen out every piece of wood before transforming it into an art piece.

Teaching Principles

CARVE is dedicated to helping you achieve your fitness goals and live life to the fullest.

We teach with these 5 principles:

Maintain joint centration to build healthy and strong joints.
Improve three-dimensional breathing for better lung capacity and spinal uprightness.
Increase foot-to-core engagement for optimal workout efficiency.
Encourage mindbody connection to improve proprioception in movement.
Challenge muscle strengthening with various planes of movement.

Clients & Community

Our goal at CARVE is to bring the community together to promote physical and mental wellbeing with our unique holistic approach.

We work with diverse clients from fitness populations to cancer and stroke patients. We meet you at where you are, and work with you towards your goals. Movement is medicine.

We offer a wide range of classes, as well as PILATES GIVES, a fundraiser to support Home Nursing Foundation.

Active rehabilitation has helped our studio founder recover from knee surgery and lower back pain from frequent flying during her corporate career. Read more: "How has Pilates changed my body, my perspective on pain and injury recovery?"

A safe space for pain management and postural correction

Unique Pilates experience

Come to refresh, recharge and live life to the fullest

Use of brand new Merrithew® equipment and Naboso® accessories
STOTT PILATES® Certified instructors with superb verbal and tactile cues
Excellent understanding of biomechanics and movement to awaken deep core muscles in your body
Bountiful natural lighting from the 4.7m floor-to-ceiling window
A stroll from Tanjong Pagar and Shenton Way MRT stations