Robyn Bailis Pilates and Muscle Activation

This is what 99 looks like when you have a happy life and take care of your self.

The boys having a cool one together.

During my Morning meditation on Aura, (loving this app!), with Life coach Tina Stinson, I realized I needed to embrace something. I embrace that which serves me positively and release all that does not. It seems simple, but not something that I have been able to do over the last 10 years.

How do bone, muscle, and balance interplay when it comes to real world situations as we go through midlife and beyond? We recreated this Venn diagram for you from a 2023 paper pointing out that “the specificity principle suggests that for fall, fracture and sarcopenia prevention, we should prioritize strength training (or resistance exercise) and challenging balance exercises.”

PRT = Progressive Resistance Training

Fall prevention requires balance training that is dynamic and reactive, along with mobility and progressive resistance training.

Muscle and bone strength need progressive resistance training along with impact training.

(Idea emoji) Notice the number 3:
Falls, fractures, sarcopenia
Falls, bone, muscle

It’s never just one thing. We need a broad lens when it comes to our bodies, muscles, and bone!

Note: For those with hyperkyphosis (exaggerated forward rounding of the back) and spine fracture, the resistance exercise program ought to specifically target back extensor and abdominal muscles and shoulder stabilizers. (This helps combat the forward bend, supports the trunk, offers core and postural control.)

PMID: 36208722

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At 97 he is still doing exercises I taught him 10 years ago!!

Love my new studio at Encinitas Physical Therapy across from Scripps Hospital in Encinitas. I specialize in Post Physical Therapy Exercise. Using Pilates and Muscle Activation Techniques, and Nuero-muscular reeducation.
Staying busy, seeing great results for my clients and enjoying my work.