Pilates

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Pilates is a low-impact exercise form focusing on strength, flexibility and stamina. A regular Pilates practice can lead to proper postural alignment, improve core strength, and correct muscular imbalances. Due to its cross-discipline application, Individuals who practice Pilates have reduced risk of injury when engaging in other activities, sports and exercise forms.

Who Can Benefit from Pilates?

Pilates at Spear is an excellent platform for cross training, back health, and pushing your fitness forward. Alongside Physical Therapy, Pilates can help you:

  • improve strength of mind and body
  • maintain fitness while treating an injury
  • transition out of PT when you’re ready

How Does Pilates Work at Spear?

We offer Private Pilates Sessions on the Reformer. Our classes are focused on building strength and mobility within healthy anatomical alignment. The traditional Pilates blend of controlled movements and breathing techniques challenges the body while calming the mind.

What is a Pilates Reformer

Spear Private Pilates Sessions take place on the Balanced Body Clinical Reformer with Tower (nick-named the Reformer-Half Cadillac), the number one choice of hospitals, rehab clinics and private practitioners worldwide. Sessions on the Reformer are excellent for anyone from beginners to those patients and clients with Pilates experience.

The private setting lets us design a session around your needs and take time with the details that are important to you. The unique two-in-one Pilates equipment offers adjustable resistance and creates a framework to improve awareness of alignment. A Private Session will help you improve strength, coordination and proprioception, and leave you feeling refreshed, long and strong.

How can Spear Pilates Help with Weight Loss

With its emphasis on strengthening postural muscles to achieve optimal functional fitness, Pilates promises to make you longer and leaner, with improved joint mobility. It also helps burn calories, and targets your core like almost nothing else will, engaging your deeper abdominal muscles for a sleek, flat stomach.

Scheduling a Pilates Session at Spear

Private Sessions: Available Monday through Saturday by appointment.

What does Pilates Cost at Spear?

  • One Hour Private Session: $100.00
  • 30 Minute Private Session: $50.00

Pilates and Insurance:

In addition to our Certified Pilates Instructors, some of our therapists (see below) incorporate Pilates principles into their rehab programs. This is covered by insurance as part of traditional Physical Therapy.

Where in NYC are Spear’s Pilates Sessions and Classes Located?

Private Pilates sessions are currently available with a Certified Pilates Instructor at Spear.

Kristen Markoe, PT, DPT at Midtown – W 57th Street also incorporates principles of Pilates into her patient rehab programs.

Therapists offering Pilates
Nathan Duke, PTA
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Nathan Duke, PTA
Corina Lambraia, PT, DPT
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Corina Lambraia, PT, DPT
Andrew Medlin, PT, DPT, CSCS
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Andrew Medlin, PT, DPT, CSCS
Shrusti Mehta, PT, MPT
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Shrusti Mehta, PT, MPT
Kranthi Reddy Nalla, PT, MS
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Kranthi Reddy Nalla, PT, MS
Kathleen O'Donnell-Pickert, OTR/L, CHT
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Kathleen O'Donnell-Pickert, OTR/L, CHT
Maitrei Shah, PT, DPT
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Maitrei Shah, PT, DPT
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