Welcome to Derbyshire Pilates Personal Rehabilitation Courses

Derbyshire Pilates was established more than ten years ago by Bridgette Bradley. Over the years, Bridgette has developed an holistic approach to her work, which encourages an understanding of the fundamental principles of the Pilates method to balance both mind and body. The main focus of her work is clinical Pilates movement therapy, dedicated to postural and injury rehabilitation. The aim is to encourage correct functional movement thereby relieving pain, stiffness, soreness and restricted range of movement. This helps the body avoid injury and move more freely, enhancing sports performance and the quality of everyday life.

After a serious horse riding accident some years ago, Bridgette found Pilates an ideal and effective method to rehabilitate and manage her own spinal discomfort. She combines her own experiences, with a sound theoretical and practical understanding of the physical and psychological difficulties associated with recovery from injury and postural problems. Bridgette recognises the hectic and often stressful demands of every day life, and how these manifest themselves physically in the body as pain, tightness, fatigue and emotional vulnerability.

Bridgette offers specialist postural rehabilitation exercises on a one-to-one basis, looking at the whole person, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach. As a personal trainer she uses functional integrated exercise to promote postural control. Her expertise in Physiological psychology and ergonomics, along with her in-depth knowledge of the Pilates method promotes a focussed and progressive approach.

She deals with issues such as:

• Ÿ        Sacroiliac joint problems, including pelvic girdle pain and pubic symphasis dysfunction (PGP & PSD)
• Ÿ        Degenerative disc disease / Post operative exercise guidance and rehabilitation exercises
• Ÿ        Non-specific lower back pain and strategies for chronic pain management
• Ÿ        Women’s and men's health issues such as pelvic floor weakeness and exercising for the Menopause
• Ÿ        Knee injury and post operative rehabilitation
• Ÿ        Therapeautic exercises for neck and shoulder pain, including whiplash
• Ÿ        Poor sports performance, including hamstring injuries
• Ÿ        Hip replacement rehabilitation and recovery
• Ÿ        Arthritis care
• Ÿ        Maintaing physical health and wellbeing during cancer treatment and recovery
• Ÿ    Poor breathing patterns associated with asthma, stress and anxiety

Bridgette is a Master in Corrective Exercise, specialising in sports injury prevention and rehabilitation. She has national accreditation at level 4 in providing progressive exercise programming for clients with Low Back Pain. She is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society achieving 2:1 with honours, and has a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology. She is an advanced Modern Pilates Instructor and her qualifications are nationally recognised. She is a qualified Comprehensive Pilates Foundation Apparatus teacher, and has a Post Graduate Certificate in pre and post-natal pregnancy training. Bridgette is also Certified as an Emergency First Aid Responder.

Bridgette also works alongside Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Sports Massage therapists and other health professionals, providing on-going rehabilitation for their clients, through her unique referral system.

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Bridgette provides clients with a personal comprehensive assessment strategy, via an initial postural analysis and health screening process. This information directs a specific programme of progressive stabalisation to improve postural control.

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