Task Force on Dancer Health/ Dance USA

MDs and PTs often recommend Pilates as a path for recovering from injury, no matter your age. It can also help prevent injury because of its focus on core stability, balance, flexibility and posture. Not to mention cultivating the mind body connection

Pilates can also benefit women who are pregnant or post partum by safely strengthening and conditioning the core and pelvic floor. Anyone with pelvic floor issues or dysfunction would benefit from Pilates.

Last week my 11 year old daughter and I had the pleasure of attending the return of NYC Ballet's summer residence in Saratoga Springs, New York in an all Balanchine program at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.

It was such a sweet day for us and included a girls lunch, the ballet, and of course gathering some of the famous medicinal sulfur water for perfect skin and gastrointestinal health.

Here we are on the last day of July and the last day of International Diastasis Recti Awareness Month. If you have been following my site you likely already have a pretty good idea about what exactly a Diastasis Recti (DR) is. What you may not know is that you really can successfully overcome this particular change in your muscle structure and function thru the guidance of an experienced professional.