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Curves, Twists and Bends

Curves, Twists and Bends

A Practical Guide to Pilates for Scoliosis

Annette Wellings and Alan Herdman

Published by Singing Dragon

Paperback: £12.99 / $18.95

2009, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 160pp
ISBN: 978-1-84819-025-2, BIC 2: VFJD VXH VFM

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'This is a practical and accessible guide to exercise for scoliosis sufferers, including information about the condition, practical lifestyle tips, and a series of pilates exercises that promote flexibility, posture and muscle strength. Combining the experience of Annette Wellins, a pilates teacher with major scoliosis, and Alan Herdman, a leading pilates teacher to doctors, professional dancers and sportspeople, the book may be useful not only to individuals with scoliosis and their families, but also tho physical therapists, pilates instructors and other healthcare professionals.'

- International Therapist

'The book is a useful tool for addressing scoliosis through exercise, both for those who have the condition and for Pilates instructors with scoliotic clients... Wellings and Herdman have assembled a set of 34 exercises primarily focused on stretching and lengthening, that are appropriate for people with symptoms ranging from mild to severe scoliosis, and even for the general population.'

- PilatesPro