Pilates is a system of physical exercises developed by Joseph Pilates. Pilates helps in strengthening the muscles of the body, increases flexibility and makes the overall physical condition of the body better. And callanetics, in turn, is a complex of gymnastic exercises that are aimed at reducing and also stretching the muscles, correcting the figure, and also having a health-enhancing effect on the body. But, unfortunately, there are contraindications to the studies of pilates and callanetics.
Contraindications to Pilates
Contraindications to the employment of pilates in surgery, traumatology and dentistry are the following:
- the general grave condition of a person
- increase in temperature (above 37.5 °), clinical manifestations of the disease are taken into account
- the infection at the injury site or the presence of a pronounced reaction to it
- the risk of bleeding due to hematomas, a foreign body near the vessels, nerves, vital organs
- and also with an incomprehensible arrangement of foreign bodies
- the presence of strong independent and appearing during the movement of pain
- presence of purulent processes, for example, abscess, phlegmon, sequestration.
The above contraindications to pilates, most often of a temporary nature. In general, the exercise of such physical exercises through the neurohumoral mechanism has an active influence on the processes of all major systems, improve their functioning.
Pilates are used as restorative procedures for the body.
- At the same time, it should be taken into account that pilates is inexpedient to use in the acute period of the disease, in the phase of increasing painful manifestations, in the phase of high energy itself, some illness, when the functional capacity of a person is limited, and the reactivity is changed due to a disorder in the coordination of functions.
- To achieve the best therapeutic success, pilates is recommended to use in the initial stages of the development of the disease process, if it is not in the acute phase of growth.
- But the presence of pronounced changes in the organs - the heart, pleural fusion, deforming arthritis and other, does not limit the indications for pilates.
- Also, training is not shown right after eating, drinking alcoholic drinks, if a person overtrains the day before, because muscles also need rest.
- But with various injuries or problems with the spine and during pregnancy, it is best to consult a doctor beforehand.
Contraindications to studies of callanetics
Care should also be taken with callanetics. Unfortunately, there are many restrictions that prescribe an easy pace, and even completely prohibit the performance of certain complex movements.
- After any kind of surgeon intervention, it is necessary that at least a year before the restart of the callanetics sessions.
- Women who have had a cesarean section need to slightly increase this time to 1.5 years, in order to prevent the rupture of sutures.
- People with very poor eyesight should first consult a doctor, since the callanetics complex may be contraindicated to them.
- These activities are prohibited for those suffering from asthmatic diseases.
- With any diseases of the spine, you must first consult a doctor, and if you can not do it immediately, you should avoid sharp turns in different directions. And in general, in this case, the number of movements must be minimized and carried out as smoothly as possible.
- With varicose veins, exercises to strengthen the legs are prohibited, including squats and half-squats. It is worth choosing only the exercises on the part of the legs, from the legs to the thighs.
- If there are hemorrhoids, squats in these cases are strictly prohibited!
- After a relatively recent any infectious disease, you do not need to rush to accept callanetics.
- Also, you need to wait for the recovery period, during which, in any case, it is worthwhile to take a course of using multivitamins. And only after a medical consultation you can start to study again.