APPI 2nd Annual Pilates Conference 2010
2nd Annual APPI Pilates Conference 2010:
Saturday 20th & 21st November 2010 - Regents Park, London, U.K
Pre-Conference Arc Barrel Workshop - Friday 19th November 2010
Pre-Conference Arc Barrel Workshop-Friday 19th November, 9-5pm
Registration 8.30-9am
Presented by Elisa Withers- APPI Co-Founder
Early Bird: £120 (Available until 1/8/10)
Full Price: £140
Learn a select series of APPI modified Pilates movements incorporating the Arc Barrel. The Arc barrel is a highly versatile, space saving and cost effective piece of small Pilates equipment which compliments any matwork programme. These light weight and easily portable barrels can be used to increase or decrease the challenge to the body and are ideally used for rehab to assist matwork exercises. Learn how to use these gently curved arches in a variety of ways including how to help support the back, shoulders and neck, to elongate the spine and therefore prevent lumbar hyper extension in prone exercises, to open up the upper quadrant as well how to increase the range of movement of selective exercises. Discover how the arc barrel is a great rehabilitative tool for those recovering from stress, tension or injury and how they make a safe, supportive surface for deep muscle stretching the joint mobilising.
Elisa Withers
APPI Co-founder:
Co-founder of the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute© Elisa Withers graduated with honors from Latrobe University School of Physiotherapy in Australia with a strong belief in the benefits of the specific exercises for lumbo-pelvic stabilisation. Elisa first recognized the potential of Pilates through 18 years of classical ballet training. Since graduating, Elisa has been working towards developing Pilates within Physiotherapy. Firstly, Elisa was awarded the Felice Rosemary Lloyd trustfund scholarship for international study and training into traditional Pilates. She completed beginner to advanced mat, reformer, cadillac, chairs and barrels Pilates training with Stott Pilates. Alongside Pilates training, Elisa attended courses by renowned Physiotherapists including Julie Hides and Carolyn Richardson to develop a strong understanding on the research on segmental lumbar spine and pelvic stabilisation and its application in the clinical setting.Elisa modified traditional Pilates to use for specific training of the local muscles whose primary role is the provision of dynamic stability and segmental control. This lead into teaching Pilates through the eyes of Physiotherapy throughout Europe. Elisa co-founded the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute© to deliver Pilates to the Physiotherapy world.
Conference- Saturday 20th & 21st November 2010 - Regents Park, London, U.K
Early Bird: £240 (Available until 1.8.10)
Full Price: £280
Day 1:
7-9am Registration
7.30-8.30am Early Morning Mat Class (Places limited)
9- 10.30am Lecture- Mr Lester Wilson -Minimal Access Lumbar Spine Stabilisation – the advantages for patient rehabilitation
10.30-11am Break
11.30-12.30 Lecture- Glenn Withers- Pilates Application to Spinal Surgery
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3pm Practical Sessions (Please select 1 session)
Alan Herdman -Osteoporosis and Pilates
Emma Bello- Pilates for Skiers
Liz Bussey- Moving into integration with Polestar Pilates
3-3.30pm Break
3.30-5pm Practical Sessions continued
Day 2:
7.30-8.30am Early Morning Mat Class (Places limited)
9- 10.30am Lecture- Mr Ian McDermott - Anterior Knee Pain .... it's not a diagnosis!"
10.30-11am Break
11.30-12.30 Lecture- Glenn Withers- Pilates Application for Lower Limb Rehab
12.30-1.30pm Lunch
1.30-3pm Practical Sessions (Please select 1 session)
Michael King -Reformer Choreography
Gordon Thomson- Wobble Board Workout
Rachele Quested- Pilates for Dance Rehab
3-3.30pm Break
3.30-5pm Practical Sessions continued
5-5.15pm Closing speech
Session Descriptions:
Mr Lester Wilson- Minimal Access Lumbar Spine Stabilisation – the advantages for patient rehabilitation
This lecture will look at how the change to minimal access surgical stabilisation techniques have influenced patient recovery from structural surgery. It will evaluate the evidence for improved outcomes, and present the challenge of integrated rehabilitation strategies to the physiotherapy community.
Mr Lester Wilson FRCS
Consultant Spinal Surgeon:
My medical school was UCH in London, and my post-graduate training was in London at UCH, Queen's Square, RNOH Stanmore and Northwick Park, and in Nottingham where I was a Spinal Research Fellow and a Registrar in Orthopaedics.
I was a Consultant in Orthopaedics with an interest in Spinal Surgery at the Whittington Hospital in London for 7 years before moving to the RNOH Stanmore as a Spinal Surgeon with an interest in degenerative conditions of the Lumbar Spine. I was a founder member of the Combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spinal Unit at the Wellington Hospital in 1994 [www.thewellingtonspinalunit.com/the-unit.asp].
I have a research interest in Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Surgery, Bone Graft Substitutes and Motion Preserving Techniques including Spondylolysis repair. I am a Board member and the UK representative of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery [ISMISS] which is now 21 years old [www.ismiss.com]. My NHS practice is predominatly for tertiary referrals, and 40+% of the cases are revisions [some of them my own]. Over 90% of the Posterior Lumbar Spine operations that I perform are minimal access, either endoscopic [for lumbar disc protrusions] or using minimal access tubes to fuse the spine. I am involved in the development of the next generation of spinal implants and biologics and I am an adviser to Medtronic, Depuy, K2M and Apatech.
I passionately believe that the trauma of the surgical approach adversely affects our ability to achieve consistently good outcomes in lumbar spine surgery, and increases the difficulties of patient rehabilitation. Until we overcome this, our ability as surgeons to evaluate the success or failure of the surgery itself will remain compromised. My Fellowship in 1990 was spent evaluating minimal access treatments for lumbar disc protrusions [chemonucleolysis and percutaneous discectomy], and this has been the most important thread in my career. Surgery is only the first step of the patient’s rehabilitation.
I work extensively with Elite athletes including Premiership Football, Rugby Union, Cricket, Swimmers and Athletics.
Outside of medicine I am the co-founder and co-owner of a multiple award winning Gastro Pub business in London [www.dukeorganic.co.uk/].
Mr Ian McDermott: Anterior Knee Pain .... it's not a diagnosis!
This lecture will explore several of the main causes of anterior knee pain symptoms. It will focus on the anatomy and potential pathologies of the front of the knee, in particular highlighting the limitations of clinical examination and some of the benefits of detailed radiological imaging. It will demonstrate how large an array there is of different pathologies, emphasizing just how non-specific the term 'anterior knee pain' truly is.
Mr Ian McDermott:
Mr Ian McDermott is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising in knee and hip surgery. Ian left the NHS in 2007 and now works fully privately in the Sports Orthopaedics UK Group, based in London Sports Orthopaedics and also in Northwood Sports Orthopaedics.
Ian is heavily involved in academia and medical education. In 2004 he was the youngest ever surgeon to be elected as a Council Member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (for a 6 to 10-year term of office). He is also a Fellow and Council Member of the Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine and a Board Member of FIPO – the Federation of Independent Practitioners Organisations.
In 2003 Ian was awarded the President’s Medal of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) for his research into meniscal repair. In 2004 Ian was awarded a Master of Surgery Higher Degree for research into Meniscal Transplantation. In 2005 Ian was appointed as an Honorary Professor Associate at Brunel University, in the School of Sport & Education. Ian is currently the Honorary Secretary of the UK Meniscal Study Group. He is on the Editorial Board or Reviewers Panel of 5 major journals, and has published over 30 papers and given more than 60 presentations at national or international scientific meetings, including many invited lectures.
Mr McDermott’s areas of specialist clinical interest include:-
• Knee arthroscopy
• Hip arthroscopy
• Meniscal repair and meniscal transplantation
• ACL reconstruction
• Knee and Hip replacements and revisions
Alan Herdman- Osteoporosis and Pilates
Clients suffering from osteoporosis can take great benefit from correctly and carefully taught Pilates in strengthening and injury prevention. In this workshop participants will: • Learn how the eight Pilates principles must be an essential part of the Pilates programme • Explore contra-indicated exercises and whether to reject them or adjust them to suit the client • Learn how to build strength and muscle balance for the client with osteoporosis • Understand how to assist the client in avoiding falls (the most common cause of bone breakage), and if they fall, how to reduce the chance of breaking a bone
• Although flexion exercises are contraindicated for clients with osteoprorosis, flexion is a normal part of human movement and must be performed to some degree in daily life. Learn how to build an exercise programme to help osteoporotic clients flex safely
Alan Herdman,
Founder of Pilates in the UK:
Alan Herdman is the man who brought the Pilates Method from the US to the UK, setting up the first ever UK Pilates studio in 1970. He's well known around the world as a master teacher, and has had a thriving clientele at his London studio for nearly 40 years. In addition to running his own teacher training programme, Alan is a sought after presenter and author, and we are privileged to have access to his teachings in his home city
Emma Bellow- Pilates for Skiers:
This workshop will provide you with a functional problem solving approach and ski specific Pilates exercises to address your clients needs.
Content: Review classic Skiing Posture, Consider skiing demands, Identify common postural & movement imbalances that may contribute to poor ski technique & risk of injury, Learn a series of Ski Specific Pilates exercises, Practical use of exercises using a problem solving approach to address common skiing problems & injuries
Emma Bellow
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, BSc (Hons) Sport Science, APPI Certified Pilates Instructor :
Emma graduated from Manchester School of Physiotherapy in 2003 and was awarded student of the year in her final year. After qualifying Emma worked in the NHS developing her Musculoskeletal skills within the Orthopaedic, Specialist Lower Limb & Spinal teams.
Emma worked in Val d’Isere for a ski season assessing & treating numerous skiiers and working with International Ski instructors & identified a strong link between skiing problems, injuries & physiological blocks.
Emma has experience working with many sports including National Basketball, County Swimming & Hockey, & Rugby. She has worked in established Private Sports Injury Clinics, treating a variety of acute and chronic injuries.
Most recently Emma has been working at the English National Ballet & with the British Disabled Ski Team.
Michael King-Reformer Choreography
Michael takes you on a tour of movement using traditional repertoire on the reformer. He will show you how to build and develop sequences over time and adapting it for special needs. This will take your students either in a one to one environment or small group to a new level of challenge
Michael King:
Michael has been working with the Pilates technique for over 30 years. He originally worked with the technique as a dancer at the London School of Contemporary Dance. In 1982 he opened his own studio, Body Control, in connection with the newly formed Pineapple Dance Studios in Convent Garden London. Two years later he was offered a position in Texas managing the Pilates studio at the Houston Ballet Company where he stayed until 1990. During this time sponsored by the Houston Ballet Michael travelled across the USA visiting and training at studios. In New York with Carla Trier and with Romana at the original Pilates Studio.
Michael also worked in the Voight Centre in LA for five years teaching fitness programs as as well as at many other Pilates Studios including Winsor Pilates in Los Angeles.
He moved back to Europe in 1995 where following a two year contract in Switzerland he returned to London. He was the founder and director of the Pilates Institute until 2008, Michael ‘s reputation as a renowned presenter both in Fitness and Pilates has been established since 1980. His training programs are now taught in over 30 countries worldwide and has been instrumental in the development of national and international standards in recent years.
Gordon Thomson- Wobble Board Workout
This is one of the most important pieces of small equipment in any Pilates or exercise studio. Rebalancing and realigning a client for postural weaknesses throughout the body. A set of general and challenging exercises for everybody, with a fun time section at the end.
Gordon Thomson
Co-founder of Body Control Pilates:
Gordon trained as a dancer actor in the 1970's at Ballet Rambert and London's Contemporary Dance Theatre. He subsequently trained as a master and purist Pilates teacher.
Gordon opened his first studio in Covent Garden in 1981 at the Urdang Academy. Gordon then moved to the Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden in 1982 before moving to his studio in South Kensington in 1984, where he has been established for over 30 years. Gordon co-founded Body Control Pilates in 1986, playing a crucial role in the development of the method as well as the teacher
training courses. He has co-authored numerous best selling Pilates books including Body Control: The Pilates Way and the Official Body Control Pilates Manual.
Liz Bussey- Moving into integration with Polestar Pilates:
Using the Polestar Pilates repertoire on the reformer, you will learn how to experience the true meaning of bodymind integration. This workshop will allow you to recognise the power of your intention and how to cue your body back into its congruent container of continuous connections and dimensions. You will learn the importance of body set up, movement initiation and your relationship with the environment of the reformer. A session experience which can be immediately integrated into everyday life.
Liz Bussey:
Liz is an internationally known Pilates teacher and presenter. She has trained extensively with Polestar and other leading Pilates training schools, has a BA (Hons) in Education, a Personal Trainer diploma, is an NLP and Reiki practitioner and has experience with the Trager technique and the KMI Structural Integration technique.
She recently opened her own Pilates studio in Lewes, East Sussex, where she works closely with remedial therapists and lifestyle coaches. Currently a Principal Educator for Polestar Pilates UK, she's renowned for her innovative facilitation techniques and her expertise as a trainer and communicator.
Rachele Quested- Rehabilitation of the Dancer workshop:
This workshop will be based on the typical injuries seen in dance, as highlighted by an injury surveillance study conducted at the three major elite preprofessional dance schools in London.
The workshop rehabilitation and assessment programs will be regionally based; foot and ankle; hip; shin and spine. Typical injuries will be explained, along with pertinent anatomy, and examples of progressive exercise programs presented.
Equipment utilised will include foam roller, theraband, exercise ball, reformer and a minitrampoline.
Rachele Quested
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, APPI Certified Pilates Intructor:
Rachele Quested is a physiotherapist with a Masters in Sports Physiotherapy. She is also a certified Pilates teacher, having trained with Body Control Pilates and the APPI. She currently teaches for the APPI and has also presented at Body Control Pilates conferences. Rachele has worked with numerous sports at the elite level (triathlon, swimming, netball, rugby and ballet) and has always used Pilates as part of her rehabilitation approach. Her interest in Ante and Post natal Pilates grew from having her own two children and finding how much Pilates helped her as well as the clients she has subsequently worked with.
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