Top Stories: Baby Boomers Benefit from Pilates
As Baby Boomers age, their health issues are coming into focus. A symposium at the recent American College of Sports Medicine’s annual meeting explored the topic of overuse injuries in Baby Boomers, which are common in the athletic members of this age group. Symposium Chair, Jeffrey A. Ross, DPM, MD, FACSM, suggested that as people age they need to transition from activities like running and basketball into more joint-friendly workouts, like Pilates. This approach is working for Atlanta Jazz musician Earl Klugh, who says he’s in the best shape of his life thanks to Pilates. And the Today Show recommended Pilates for women going through menopause to improve their pelvic floor strength.

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• A new teacher-training center opens in northern Ontario.

• A UK Pilates Instructor writes about how she helps a Parkinson’s disease sufferer.

• Gillian McKeith, host of the UK TV show “You Are What You Eat,” writes in depth about her lifelong battle with scoliosis and how Pilates helps her manage the pain. “From my first session, the pain started to lessen. I was hooked. My life changed completely,” she says.

and…Star Jones isn’t the only one skipping Pilates class. UK morning show host Fern Britton recently admitted to having gastric banding surgery while promoting that she’d lost weight naturally. Britton produced a best-selling Pilates video with Lynne Robinson in 2003.