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Catherine Lewan, PT, DPT, and our Pilates instructors are branching out into the community to teach Pilates and Yoga. Below are two classes taught by Catherine Lewan, DPT.

 

Yoga Basics

Enhance your strength, flexibility and improve your posture with yoga at APT.  With a focus on proper breathing, we will flow through a series of poses to increase your strength and flexibility while helping quiet your mind. This class combines the benefits of yoga with our anatomical cuing to help you learn how to keep your body in the correct neutral position during the poses. Props will be used when modifications are necessary to keep you in neutral alignment.

Thursdays from 12 – 1pm, starting 1/5/2012 
This 5 weeks class is $60
Taught by Jennifer Thornton
 

Pilates for Aging Gracefully

This class is for individuals with mobility limitations as a result of the natural aging process who would like to increase strength and flexibility SAFELY.  The class is a gentle workout that can be performed by all ages and ability levels -- while exercising mostly from the comfort of an armchair.  By targeting pelvic, abdominal, back and shoulder muscles, this program will enhance your level of functional fitness and therefore help you to perform daily activities with greater ease.  Additionally,

Rediscover the lost art of walking. This is great for those of you who need to start a walking program, but are unable to because of pain. Walking with poles decreases stress through a painful lower extremity by 25%, and is a great way to cue core muscles and good posture. We find it to be an excellent tool for gait training.

This class is three consecutive Wednesday mornings and will start Wednesday, October 19th, at 9:00am. Nordic Poles will be provided. This is an outdoor class, so please remember to dress appropriately for the weather.

Call 773-907-3599 to register

Nordic Walking with Poles Class - Cost: $120.00
Evening Class: Wednesdays at 5:30pm starting March 16th
Morning Class: Thursdays at 8:30am starting March 17th

This spring we will hold our first Nordic walking with poles class. This new form of exercise improves balance, agility, coordination, efficiency of movement, and visual acuity.  Using poles unloads painful joints that may have prevented you from enjoying the excellent weight bearing exercise of walking.  We love it because the upright posture that is required for Nordic walking encourages your posture muscles (level 1 stabilizers) to continuously engage to provide dynamic stability to keep your joints in a neutral position. The class will also review the use of the equipment, the basic technique and exercises to help improve your performance.  Patricipants will be provided with their own poles.

Class Duration: 6 weeks


Total Control©: Pelvic floor exercises with Pilates - Cost: $120.00
Evening Class: Tuesdays at 7:00pm starting March 15th
Morning Class: Wednesdays at 10:00am starting March 16th

 This class will introduce basic Pilates and fitness exercises with an emphasis on the pelvis.  A growing body of research indicates that the pelvic floor muscles and deep core muscles play an important role in our everyday functioning.  Total Control is a class format tha