Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40505 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-04-23
• Format: NTSC

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Pilates Exercises for Osteoporosis DVD was designed by physical therapist, Sherri Betz to help you incorporate safe Pilates exercises into your bone building program. Many Pilates exercises can be contraindicated and unsafe for those with low bone density. By modifying Joseph Pilates' basic exercises and incorporating sound physical therapy principles, you will learn the best exercises to build the bones of the most vulnerable areas of the hip and spinal vertebrae.

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Customer Reviews

this has helped me so much
This is a very challenging and well-constructed routine. The woman who does the instruction is clear enough and encouraging. She says to do the routine at least 4 days a week, and she is right. I have osteoporosis in my spine and often get a back-ache at the end of the day after taking care of my two-year-old, heavy grandchild. Since doing this DVD faithfully, I have had fewer and fewer problems. I am much more comfortable and stronger; a lot of the aches and pains have disappeared!!

Excellent instruction and selection
I own this in VHS and am about to purchase it in DVD. It is an excellent program,especially for those with osteoporosis but also for those wanting an introduction to Pilates in a safe, effective regimen. The instruction is excellent - clear, well-paced with precise, easy to understand reminders. I recommend this very highly, both for its Pilates instruction but also for its specific osteoporosis benefit in stretching and strengthening. The instructor does the program and cues it; she is a physical therapist and obviously knows both Pilates and the specific condition of osteoporosis.

In response to the other poster identified as Rudy from Kansas: your comments were absolutely off the mark and inappropriate for this video. I know Pilates well and this program is excellent; I also know the kind of therapy that is appropriate for osteoporosis and again her instruction is excellent. As for your odd criticisms of her clothing in the video, they are very strange comments indeed. She is wearing a modest two-piece outfit of a black leotard or camisole with slim straps and she is wearing what are commonly called "yoga pants" with slightly flared lower legs but closely fitted otherwise, with elasticized waist; these are the same kinds of clothing usually seen in either yoga or Pilates classes or videos. Your strange comments about a diaper? Grandma? What in the world are YOU watching?? Not THIS video! I only hope that your ridiculous comments didn't put off anyone who might benefit from this video because it would be a very worthwhile purchase for anyone wanting this kind of regimen.

Boring!
This was the most boring!
exercise dvd I have ever
seen. I showed it to my
Pilates instructor and she
couldn't even make it through
the first five minutes. The
outfit was hideous, like
someone wearing a diaper, and
it was extremely slow paced.
Probably good for my great-
grandma!