pilates penrith

Looking for a workout that’s low-impact, adaptable, and enhances your everyday functional movement? Pilates offers an effective alternative to high-intensity workouts, focusing on strengthening and conditioning your body with minimal impact.

What is Pilates?

Pilates involves low-impact exercises that improve strength, mobility, and posture while challenging coordination and control. The practice utilises gravity, breath, and resistance to enhance movement patterns that translate into functional daily activities. Resistance methods commonly used include body weight and equipment such as Pilates rings and exercise bands.

Pilates exercises emphasise principles like breathing, concentration, control, centring, precision, and flow. This holistic approach targets both the mind and body, focusing on core stability and alignment. It aims to increase muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, posture, and balance.

Why should you do Pilates in an allied health clinic?

Our instructors are university-qualified with a minimum of three-year studies and are educated in movement patterns that can be adapted to suit individual needs and fitness levels, removing the generic concept of pilates classes. Our instructors can modify exercises to suit the ability and level of individuals, particularly with consideration of injury, specific conditions or pregnancy.

What is the difference between Pilates and yoga?

Both pilates and yoga are low-impact exercises with a focus on mind and body control however Pilates has a more strengthening focus and can utilise external resistances in comparison to improving flexibility with muscles and joints found in yoga. Pilates is a form of exercise that can also be utilised in injury rehabilitation as well as prevention whereas yoga has more of a prevention aspect.

What are the benefits of pilates?

Pilates has a range of benefits including improvements in:

  • Core strength, stability and endurance
  • Posture and balance
  • Flexibility and mobility
  • Body awareness
  • Daily functional movement patterns
  • Breath control
  • Concentration levels

Pilates can also:

  • Reduce stress
  • Decrease pain levels/recurrence of pain
  • Be adapted to suit individual needs
  • Rehabilitate functional movement following injury, pregnancy, surgery and spinal conditions
  • Be suitable for any fitness level

Who is Pilates for?

Pilates has no limit for attendees and is highly beneficial being a low-impact form of exercise. Pilates has traditionally been beneficial for those managing

  • Hypermobility 
  • Pre or post-orthopaedic surgery rehabilitation
  • Injury rehabilitation
  • Osteoporosis 
  • Osteoarthritis 
  • Spinal injuries or chronic low back pain 
  • Fibromyalgia 
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome 
  • Pre or post-natal individuals 
  • Ageing

When in doubt, seek advice from a Physiotherapist or your GP.

Pilates is run at our OnePointHealth Penrith clinic:

  • Tuesday 5:00 pm
  • Saturday 7:30 am

Check our timetable for more information.

onepoint health pilates
penrith pilates
pilates in penrith

Find A Clinic Near You

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! Pilates is a safe, low-impact form of exercise suitable for pregnant women, especially as it allows for strengthening of the back, core and pelvic floor muscles, along with improving breathing techniques. Exercises can be modified when discomfort is experienced and can be made gentler when needed.

However, it is recommended to check with your doctor before completing any form of exercise while pregnant.

Absolutely! Our instructors are university qualified and have the knowledge and experience to apply appropriate adaptations for each individual. Exercises found within pilates can be modified to suit a range of conditions, abilities or injuries.

Unfortunately, medicare benefits do not cover pilates classes however there are opportunities to book a consultation with an allied health professional to develop a personalised exercise program. Speak to your GP to determine if you are eligible.

As Private Health Insurance rebates are available depending on your eligibility. Please check with our friendly admin team for more information.

Pilates at OnePointHealth has a cost of $20 per class.

No skill is needed to start pilates, our instructors will teach you the correct technique for each exercise and can progress or regress as necessary.

Pilates is suitable for any age, any skill or fitness level and is not limited to athletes, dancers etc.

GP clearance may be required for some individuals.

It is recommended that you bring your own mat and drink bottle to class.

It is recommended you wear something comfortable to exercise in, such as a singlet/t-shirt and shorts/tights, shoes are optional during class however socks are recommended.