Grow your Practice with STOTT PILATES® Rehab
Who we are Merrithew™ is the global leader in mind-body education and equipment, having trained more than 60,000 instructors and partners around the world over the last three decades. Merrithew’s mission is to motivate people to lead healthier lives through safe, responsible and results-oriented programming and equipment.
What we offer We provide and support our partners with in-depth training, high-quality equipment and business solutions to help them start a business or grow their careers. Our signature STOTT PILATES® and STOTT PILATES Rehab education is for health care professionals and fitness instructors.
Why Pilates and rehab? • Address all the phases of the rehab spectrum with a more holistic approach to your clients’ needs • Apply proven STOTT PILATES movements and methods to aid in treatment and recovery • Gain new knowledge and diversify your practice with practical applications for rehab and general health and wellness • Modify and adjust the programming to appeal to new and diverse clientele
I have used STOTT PILATES for therapeutic exercise and neuromuscular re-education interventions in my physical therapy practice since 2003. I can effectively and safely treat a 90-year-old with a spinal fusion or an athlete who wants to improve performance and prevent injury.”
Sara Baker PT, MS, OCS Founder, Inspire Health, Atlanta Merrithew Instructor Trainer, Rehab STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor
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Add STOTT PILATES® at every phase of your patient’s wellness journey Acute Rehab While working one-on-one with a patient, use Pilates to focus primarily on the injured area or to address post-surgery needs. How STOTT PILATES can help your patients • Use it as an assessment and treatment tool for addressing biomechanical compensatory patterns leading to dysfunction • Apply low-load, proprioceptive Pilates exercises in open, closed or modified kinetic chain positions • Use resistance equipment to support and facilitate rehabilitative exercises and movement modifications
Post-Acute/Post-Rehab After some improvement, use Pilates in one-on-one or small group sessions to integrate the injured area and affected joints with other movements within the body. How STOTT PILATES can help your patients • Progress programming to address eccentric control of the injured region • Integrate a multitude of full-body movements on the mat with light props or on specialized Pilates equipment to work on joint and neural mobilization • Improve segmental and multi-segmental stabilization • Strengthen musculoskeletal system
Ongoing health and wellness Use Pilates to help patients build strength, prevent injury reoccurrence and promote ongoing healthy exercise habits for lifelong mobility. How STOTT PILATES® can help your patients • Add a Pilates exercise program for your patients to ensure they continue to maintain and build on the strength and stability gained during rehab • Reinforce proper biomechanical and neuromuscular patterns • Help patients acquire greater body awareness, control and movement confidence • Provide ongoing conditioning training, postural re-education and progressive exercises with the help of a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor
Get STOTT PILATES® working for you 4 steps to expand your business and add an additional revenue stream. 1. STOTT PILATES Education for your business • Choose from one of our certification programs or continuing education courses for rehab, health care and fitness professionals • No time for training? Hire a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor to teach regular private or group classes at your clinic and share in the profits
2. Build your business plan • Receive strategic guidance on how to maximize your clinic space with a 3D layout plan • Measure and track your investment with the help of our ROI tools • Create a multipurpose facility that brings the benefits of Pilates to your patients
3. Equipment for your business needs • Bundle options to help you save • Leasing options available
4. Launch your Pilates business • Incorporate Pilates for rehab and wellness to diversify your service offering • Offer cash-pay private, semi-private or group Pilates sessions • Generate additional revenue for your practice
STOTT PILATESŽ Education for your business The STOTT PILATES method is a contemporary approach to the original Pilates method based on modern principles of exercise science and rehabilitation. Merrithew™ offers certification programs, continuing education workshops and specializations geared towards rehab, health care and fitness professionals.
STOTT PILATES® Rehab Program The STOTT PILATES Rehab Program was developed by and for licensed health care professionals— including physical therapists, physiotherapists, osteopaths, occupational therapists, chiropractors and medical and sports medicine doctors— to give you the knowledge, tools and skills to bring the benefits of therapeutic Pilates to your rehab practice.
What you can expect • Comprehensive curriculum and continuing education designations to support all phases of the rehab spectrum • Programming developed specifically for health care professionals with an emphasis on functional movement and scalable programs • A repertoire of exercises that can be regressed, progressed and modified • Specialized rehab workshops for specific populations to support those with osteoporosis, scoliosis, cancer and surgery recovery, injury and fall prevention
STOTT PILATES Rehab courses Level 1: Spinal, Pelvic & Scapular Stabilization Learn the biomechanical principles and therapeutic foundations of STOTT PILATES and how they integrate with current rehabilitation practices. Find out how to apply and integrate modified Level 1 Matwork, Reformer and Cadillac, Chair & Barrels exercises into your rehab practice. Course Duration Matwork
3 days
Reformer
3 days
Cadillac, Chair & Barrels
4 days
Level 2: Peripheral Joint Stabilization Building on the biomechanical and stabilization principles learned in Level 1, these modules will teach you exercises that are designed to prevent and rehabilitate common injuries by balancing and strengthening muscles around the joints. Emphasis is on core stability and peripheral joint mobility to restore and maintain healthy movement patterns. Course Duration Matwork
3 days
Reformer
3 days
Cadillac, Chair & Barrels
3 days
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STOTT PILATES® Intensive Program The STOTT PILATES Intensive Program was designed for those already working in the field of fitness. The focus is on expanding your current knowledge while delivering complete instruction in STOTT PILATES principles and repertoire in a fast-paced format. Upon completion of the program, you will be able to safely and effectively teach STOTT PILATES for wellness to post-rehab patients.
What you can expect • Learn to apply STOTT PILATES biomechanical principles of core stability, breathing and alignment to all exercises • Establish exercise goals, muscular initiation, movement sequencing and modifications • Learn to recognize optimal movement patterns and address problematic habits • Develop effective communication, verbal cues and imagery for performance enhancement and client motivation
STOTT PILATES Intensive courses Course
Duration
Intensive Mat-Plus™
8 days
Intensive Reformer
10 days
Intensive Cadillac, Chair & Barrels
10 days
All courses may be offered on weekdays or weekends
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Damian Wyard STOTT PILATES® Certified Instructor, MSc PT Founder, Pilates4Physio, Toronto
Why Damian Wyard chose STOTT PILATES for Rehab While working at a national physiotherapy chain, Damian saw patients repeatedly being given the same standard exercises on the same machines by support personnel with very limited knowledge of the exercise. He noticed that patients were struggling with basic home programs and were not getting better. Unhappy with the quality of rehab treatment being offered, Damian decided it was time to do something different. He became a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor, adding to his more than 20 years of experience as a physiotherapist, massage therapist and clinical director. In 2016, Damian opened Pilates4Physio in Toronto, where he provides customized one-on-one rehabilitation instruction using the science of physiotherapy with the gradual progression approach of Pilates. Adding Pilates to his practice has allowed him to become more creative with his patients, Damian
says, and he is less constrained in treatment options. “The integration of Pilates and rehab is really an art as much as a science,” he says. “You have to be able to adapt to what the patient needs that day, or during that period in time.”
Damian’s STOTT PILATES Rehab Education: • Spinal, Pelvic & Scapular Stabilization: Matwork (RM1) • Peripheral Joint Stabilization: Matwork (RM2) • Spinal, Pelvic & Scapular Stabilization: Reformer (RR1) • Peripheral Joint Stabilization: Reformer (RR2) • Spinal, Pelvic & Scapular Stabilization: Cadillac, Chair & Barrels (RCCB1) • Peripheral Joint Stabilization: Cadillac, Chair & Barrels (RCCB2)
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PiTZ – Pilates Training Zone How two physical therapists built a successful clinic for rehab and wellness Since 2011, Estela and Maria have provided clients with a differentiated service in the evaluation and treatment of movement disorders— one that combines physical therapy and Pilates. They cater to a wide range of clients, from those recovering from injuries and surgeries to elite athletes, and those looking to stay active and healthy. “Pilates has changed a great deal in the last five years and it’s becoming increasingly popular in Portugal,” Estela says, adding that clients have quickly come to embrace the idea that Pilates and physical therapy work well together. “All sorts of clients are now looking for more preventative exercises that correct their posture and support a healthy lifestyle as they age,” she says. The STOTT PILATES® method has helped them choose and modify exercises for clients based on
their medical conditions. “And it’s helped us explain it in a way that’s relatable to them,” she says. The studio has grown so much that in 2016 it had to relocate to a larger facility. It now offers more than 80 lessons a week in a range of programs, such as Pilates, Pilates for Kids, Total Barre®, Rehab and Pre- and Post-Natal. “One of the main reasons clients come to us and want to work with us is because of our health and medical backgrounds,” Estela says. “People are beginning to see physical therapy as being more than manual therapy— it’s rehabilitation through movement. Now, we have a number of doctors from various specialties who recommend their clients to us after a surgery for rehabilitation.”
Equipment for your business needs Damian’s top equipment picks: • V2 Max Plus™ Reformer • Split-Pedal Stability Chair™ • Mat Converter • Rotational Diskboard™ • Jumpboard™
Reformers One machine. Unlimited possibilities. Superior adaptability, versatility and craftsmanship. Merrithew’s Pilates equipment is easily customizable and adjustable so you can create exercise programming that suits your patients’ needs.
Rehab V2 Max™ Reformer Bundle With its higher carriage, the Rehab V2 Max Reformer Bundle is ideal for physical therapy clinics and facilities catering to a senior or mobility-challenged client-base. Bundle includes: High-Precision Spring Package, Reformer Box with footstrap, Padded Platform Extender and Maple Roll-Up Pole.
Add more exercise options to your program Vertical Frame
Mat Converter
Increase your programming options, add variety and target specific muscle groups with the Vertical Frame.
Convert your Reformer into an elevated, stable and cushioned Matwork area.
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Accessories Whether your clients are older adults, elite athletes or recovering from injury, our accessories will help you add diversity to your clients’ exercise routine.
Accessory Board Collection Rotational Diskboard™
Cardio-Tramp® Rebounder
Jumpboard™
ST02054
ST02067
ST01043
Individual mounting offers an asymmetrical stance targeting rotation in hip flexion and extension, adduction and abduction or multiple combinations.
This versatile tool provides a soft landing surface and allows for plyometric activity for extended periods of time, increasing workout potential for all exercisers.
The wide platform and firm, padded jumping surface allows for biomechanically sound foot placement for both plyometric and aerobic exercise.
Rehab Accessory Bundle ST06075
Includes all the rehab accessories your clinic needs. Add variety and challenge to Matwork, Reformer or equipment-based exercises with this bundle.
Sara Baker Merrithew™ Instructor Trainer, Rehab STOTT PILATES® Certified Instructor PT, MS, OCS Founder, Inspire Health, Atlanta Merrithew Licensed Training Center
Launch your Pilates business How Sara Baker grew her cash-based physical therapy practice Sara’s ultimate goal was to use Pilates along with traditional physical therapy to serve her clients across the full spectrum from rehab to wellness, fitness and prevention. In 2005, after becoming a STOTT PILATES Certified Instructor, she realized her goal and opened Inspire Health, a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment where health care professionals and fitness professionals work under one roof to serve their clients’ needs. She later became a STOTT PILATES Rehab Instructor Trainer and partnered with Merrithew to make Inspire Health a Licensed Training Center, allowing her to teach and host programming for health care professionals on integrating STOTT PILATES into their rehab practices.
Her clinic has since grown to a staff of 20, including four physical therapists and 11 Pilates professionals trained in the STOTT PILATES method. The clinic hosts between five and eight Pilates classes a day. The clinic’s medical staff are also encouraged to take STOTT PILATES training. Sara built up her brand through word-of-mouth referrals and by forming relationships in the medical community, approaching doctors to present her cash-based clinic as an option for patients. Inspire Health has more than 1,000 client visits a month. “Merrithew helped me further my goals and dreams,” she says. “It’s a one-stop shop for education and equipment.”
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Additional reading Rayes, A., de Lira, C., Viana, R. B., Benedito-Silva, A. A., Vancini, R. L., Mascarin, N., & Andrade, M. S. (2019). The effects of Pilates vs. aerobic training on cardiorespiratory fitness, isokinetic muscular strength, body composition, and functional tasks outcomes for individuals who are overweight/obese: a clinical trial. PeerJ, 7, e6022. doi:10.7717/peerj.6022 Wells, C., Kolt, G. S., Marshall, P., Hill, B., & Bialocerkowski, A. (2014). The effectiveness of Pilates exercise in people with chronic low back pain: a systematic review. PloS one, 9(7), e100402. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100402 Finatto, P., Silva, E., Okamura, A. B., Almada, B. P., Storniolo, J., Oliveira, H. B., & Peyré-Tartaruga, L. A. (2018). Pilates training improves 5-km run performance by changing metabolic cost and muscle activity in trained runners. PloS one, 13(3), e0194057. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0194057
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