Leonie Cruickshank Pilates & Personal Training

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18560681.sports-massage-therapists-given-go-ahead-work-ahead-england/?ref=fbshr

Sports massage therapists given go-ahead to work ahead of England There is some good news for home workers battling aches and pains from computer work.

Zoom classes
Mon 6.30pm
Wed 6.30pm
Sat 9.30 am

PM details. Not suitable? Let me know what is.

Morning people. Hope you’re all well and coping with social isolation.I have used ‘Zoom’ meetingsto try and do some short classes. If you are interested and have been attending my classes, please message me and we can try and organise something. Trying to keep numbers reasonably small in each session. I am not charging for these just trying to keep us all sane.

Hi a wee updated on classes. All SL Leisure classes are now off. I’m also giving careful consideration to my studio classes. At the moment Sat 9.30 is on. I might move to only 2-3 per class in the future but with health issues in family it is unlikely that they will continue.

As soon as I learn to work it 🤔 I’ll put some things online. Feel free to contact me if you want advice on home workouts.

Take care everyone. Stay healthy

Those ‘weird’ exercises at the start of your class....
From Rachel France of Biomechanics Education

What is an MET?
This is an acronym for ‘Muscle Energy Technique’.
An MET is a contraction of the muscle with origin & insertion getting closer together thus creating energy within the muscle. So opposite to stretching BUT more often than not a better AND kinder way to improve muscle function as shown by some research
Range of motion isn’t necessarily the most important achievement, particularly for those super mobile body types BUT optimising muscle function is a priority for everyone in terms of risk reduction & improving performance
This is where an MET trumps methods like stretching, which by comparison is relatively aggressive
There are various methods to applying an MET & one of the most commonly taught is PNF or Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation. While this model of ‘contract then stretch’ can be helpful it is also harder to do on yourself & requires the stretch component which again maybe a little too much for some in terms of longevity of results
Ribot-Ciscar et al (& subsequently Jiri Dvorak) did some work on what they called Post Contraction Sensory Discharge.
They found that a sub maximal endurance isometric muscle contraction proved to be a superb method to improve the function of a muscle that “..cannot relax..”
Sub maximal - means less than the maximum & we found that cueing around 20% effort was most effective.
Endurance hold - is to sustain the isometric contraction for a period of time & we found around 20 seconds was most effective
So when do you use it?
In my opinion prior to anything else since it’s easy, anyone can do it, it’s probably the safest technique in the planet AND for almost 2 decades I personally have consistently had phenomenal results with myself & my clients & even complete strangers who’ve watched my videos online & tried it have emailed me suddenly pain free for the first time in years....oh & of course the research also suggests it’s pretty darn great!
But dont take my word for it, try it, research it, give it to clients & ask me anything you like about it!

https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/1333-2/

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Muscle_Energy_Technique.Love Movement ❤️

Muscle Energy Technique Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a form af a manual therapy which uses a muscle’s own energy in the form of gentle isometric contractions to relax the muscles via autogenic or reciprocal inhibition, and lengthen the muscle. As compared to static stretching which is a passive technique in which the...

Spaces available for Saturday morning 9.30. Go on brave the cold and give yourself a good start to the weekend!

To all my lovely Pilates, Massage and PT clients, I’ll be taken a wee break over Christmas to recover from an operation . Hopefully back end of Jan. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year . Thank you for all your good wishes.

Who me???

Hi folks. A wee reminder that there wont be a Pilates class this Saturday. Off on a jaunt to London. Back as normal next week. PM to book.

Appointments available now for Remedial and Sports or a relaxing Swedish Massage. PM for details.