Services
Cygnet Pilates Studio offers manual and movement therapy sessions along with small group exercise (3:1) sessions. The scope of exercises range from gentle rehabilitation techniques to more intense exercise and resistance training. Each session is tailored to meet your movement goals. Please go to our contact page for more information on how to get in touch.
PLEASE NOTE: There is currently a waiting list for group sessions. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining a group class.
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DNS: During the first years of life the nervous system establishes universal programs that control human posture and movement. DNS emphasises the neurodevelopmental aspects of motor control (the neuromuscular processes that allow us to develop from a helpless newborn to a running, jumping and skipping 4-year-old). DNS pays particular attention to joint centration (position and balance of joints and muscles through range of movement) and aims to facilitate neuro-myo-fascial balance.
Often muscle and joint pain, and non-traumatic injuries are a result of uncoordinated repetitive micro-movements. Through assessment and active exercises DNS helps to restore coordinated healthy movement and improve our ability to perform, whether it be an athletic pursuit or longevity in our performance of recreational and daily activities.
Contemporary Pilates: An evolution of the Pilates method, which is informed by an updated scientific understanding of motor control and movement behaviour. It incorporates techniques from other movement methodologies such as the Franklin Method, Feldenkrais and other somatic practices.
Fascial Manipulation: is a manual therapy technique developed by Italian physiotherapist Luigi Stecco. The Stecco family have been pivotal to the revolution of our understanding of fascial tissue. Historically fascial tissue was viewed as an inert packaging material. Our current understanding is that the fascial tissue is a highly organised, innervated, proprioceptive (sense) organ, which, among other things, organises and orchestrates our movement system.
