Pilates and neck pain
How can it be possible? You have neck pain and you go to Pilates 2-3 times a week but your neck still feels painful. This is just not right! You have heard that Pilates is supposed to be good for you so why isn’t it working?! Oh sure you feel a bit better than before but you could hardly call yourself PAIN FREE. So what is going wrong? Is it your teacher? Is it you? Is Pilates just not the right exercise for you and your neck? The answer to all of these could be yes. However, it’s much more likely that it is this-and this is the major reason that people also do yoga, go to the gym, get massages etc and still have pain. Sometimes, they may get better for a while but the pain comes back eventually. And the major reason is that one hour of Pilates will never undo 7 hours of bad posture at the computer or reading or driving. This is also one of the major reasons that people do 500 crunches and can still suffer from back pain. This is another great myth. If you are supposed to have a strong core to protect your back how could you still have back pain? Well, the same applies. You cannot expect to do an hour in the gym and then go to work and slouch at the computer for hours on end thinking that your crunches have protected your lower back from pain.
By doing exercises you will strengthen the area which will most definitely help but it will not allow you to be pain free if you are stressing your joints, muscle, discs and ligaments for hours on end. The forces are just too great. You must remove the causes to your pain.
Therefore, if you do your yoga classes and Pilates classes, do yourself and your necks a huge favour by keeping your neck in good postural position throughout the day. It will make a world of difference to your necks I promise you.
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Mark Perren-Jones has worked throughout the world’s health spas and health clinics. He did the majority of his study (7 years) in Australia and has treated thousands of clients over the past 20 years with all sorts of neck and back problems. He has studied acupuncture, massage, joint manipulation and mobilization, kinesiology, reflexology, Thai massage, Bowen technique and many other modalities to understand which therapies gets the best therapeutic results and which don’t for particular neck and back problems.
With his 20 years of clinical experience, years of diligent study and research Mark has put together this site so that you can benefit directly from his work. You will be taught not only how to treat your own pain but as importantly what causes your pain in the first place. With the knowledge you gain to remove the causes of your neck and back pain, means you will not have to suffer anymore. 
I have my new DVD out now which will show you in my easy 3 step approach how to alleviate your own neck pain.
Neck pain and especially stiff necks are not difficult to treat once you know how ( ie.remove the major causes of your neck pain and stiffness.)
I will show you how simple it is to treat your neck pain & stiffness both quickly and easily.