AboutLynda Lippin Expertise After 18 years of experience as a Pilates teacher and personal trainer I can answer any questions relating to Pilates and strength & flexibility training. I am knowledgeable about exercise and sports and am a certified Pilates for Golf instructor. Finally, I have years of experience working with clients who have back/neck pain, disc injuries, stenosis, rotator cuff injury, osteoporosis, pelvic floor dysfunction, Parkinson`s, MS, fibromyalgia, CFS, RSD, osteo & rheumatoid arthritis, scoliosis, hernia, spinal cord injury, exercise after mastectomy and abdominal surgeries, pregnancy, joint replacements, and spine surgeries.
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Experience I have been teaching Pilates since 1989 (back when there was no Pilates certification) and was certified by the PhysicalMind Institute in 1993. I became an ACE certified personal trainer in 2000, the same year I was accepted as a Certifying Pilates Teacher for PhysicalMind. In both of my former Pilates studios in the states, Body Precision and balanCenter Pilates, I worked with Physical Therapists, chiropractors, and physicians to help their patients regain functional strength and mobility faster after and during illness and injury.
Organizations American Council on Exercise, PhysicalMind Institute, Pilates Method Alliance
Publications PhillyFIT Magazine, JerseyFIT Magazine, PhysicalMind Forum, Main Line Life, Personal Fitness Professional
Education/Credentials 1988-1995 Graduate School for PhD in Philosophy
1993 Pilates Teacher Certification
2000 Pilates Teacher Training Certification
2000 ACE Personal Trainer Certification & joined ACE faculty
2003 Pilates for Golf certification
2004 Pilates for Gait Training, Pilates for Osteoporosis, Nutrition
Awards and Honors Winner Best Pilates Bargain 2002 from Main Line Today Magazine; Best of Philly 2003 Pilates Studio from Philadelphia magazine; business chosen to be profiled on Idea Cafe, the top small website website; profiled also in Stephanie Chandler's new book The Small Business Planning and Information Guide; member of Philadelphia Mayor's Council on Health and Fitness
Question i am Pilates student. I would like to know different equipment and mat exercises to be given to a person with slipped disk on the neck.
Thanks a lot.
Answer Dear Ofelia,
Thanks for your question. Are you a Pilates client or a teacher training student? If a client, you should be with a teacher who knows this information. If a teacher training student, I will give you some guidelines and let you figure out the rest.
Basically, you want to modify exercises for as little neck motion (especially forward flexion) as you can. NO rolling over onto the neck, NO weight bearing on the head/neck. YES spine extension, YES shoulder strengthening.
So avoid rollover-type exercises (including short spine & tower/monkey). Rolling can be OK if they stay on the shoulder blades and off the neck. Teach proper neck mechanics for things like 100s, etc. Focus on building strength with long box prone, chest expansion, rowing, etc.
Within these guideline you should be able to figure out what not to do.
