How to Avoid the ‘Plateau’ and Stay Motivated to Move Your Body

How to Avoid the 'Plateau' and Stay Motivated to Move Your Body | ProActive Pilates

Whether regular exercise is your long-term goal for 2025 or an engrained part of your lifestyle, you’re probably familiar with the dreaded ‘plateau’: a period when you stop seeing results from your hard work despite not changing your routine.  This roadblock can be extremely challenging—after all, it’s the gains and positive changes that motivate us […]

All About ‘Tech Neck’ Syndrome (Yes, It’s Really a Thing)

All About ‘Tech Neck’ Syndrome (Yes, It’s Really a Thing) | ProActive Pilates

If you’re on the lookout for a new career, I can’t recommend physiotherapy enough. When you look around at all the people whose posture is being affected by phones, computers, and video games, it’s clear that we won’t be running out of new patients anytime soon! Whether it’s for work, school, or simply recreation, most […]

How to Safely Resume Physical Activity Post-Injury

How to Safely Resume Physical Activity Post-Injury | ProActive Pilates

Whether it’s an acute injury, such as a sprain that happens during casual sports, or something built up over years of repetitive motion such as at work, injuries can become a serious obstacle to living your life at its fullest and hold you back from doing the things you love to do. Returning to a […]

4 Hidden Causes of Leg Pain Worth Knowing About

4 Hidden Causes of Leg Pain Worth Knowing About | ProActive Pilates

Have you ever woken up or gone about your day, and then felt an unusual pain in your legs? It can be a frustrating problem to deal with, particularly if you’re not sure what the cause is. Leg pain can range from a mild (but annoying) stiffness, all the way to near-debilitating pain that makes […]

Strengthening for Sports: Best Exercises to Prevent Injury

Strengthening for Sports: Best Exercises to Prevent Injury | ProActive Pilates

For many of us, sports are a key part of everyday life. Whether you regularly practice with a team, enjoy the weekend by mountain biking on the trails, or simply like to get active by playing with friends, the physical, mental, and social benefits of sports are well-known.  Of course, playing sports demands strength, flexibility, […]

Relieve Back Pain: How Core Exercises (Including Multifidus Activation) Can Help!

Relieve Back Pain: How Core Exercises (Including Multifidus Activation) Can Help! | ProActive Pilates

If you, like so many, experience regular or constant back pain, you’re no doubt looking for a solution. There’s no shortage of services, products, routines, and formulas targeting back pain. However, in many cases, the solution to relieve back pain is easier and more accessible than it may seem. With so many years of experience […]

5 Key Medical Signs to Book an Assessment with a Physiotherapist

5 Key Medical Signs to Book an Assessment with a Physiotherapist | ProActive Pilates

You’ve probably heard lots about physiotherapy over the years. Maybe you’ve even tried it for yourself, possibly for an acute injury or to address something more long-term. In any case, physiotherapy is known to have many benefits for our flexibility, pain levels, strength, and general well-being. But how do you know when you’d benefit the […]

‘Be Injury Resilient’: 4 Reasons Physiotherapy is so Good for You

‘Be Injury Resilient’: 4 Reasons Physiotherapy is so Good for You | ProActive Pilates

When it comes to the science of physiotherapy, you may be wondering, how does it actually work? How do the stretches, exercises, and other movements in physiotherapy help to reduce recovery time, soothe pain, and improve range of motion? And how do they help to protect your body for the future, making you resilient to […]