Amy is an Athlete-Mom who came to us with extreme low back pain from two pregnancies that occurred more than 10 years ago, and until recently, the pain would keep her awake nightly. We followed the ELEMENTAL method and took a comprehensive and collaborative approach to her healing. The ingredients to her recipe included core strength testing to determine our baseline, a collaborative effort with Restore your Core in Carmel, and strong instruction using the Classical Pilates Method and the GYROTONIC method to develop the strength and awareness she needed. The key is getting really strong at the fundamentals.
Amy needed to develop core strength as part of her overall path to eliminate her low back pain and to excel in her very active lifestyle.
We performed a core strength test for Amy in January, and again in April and her results are outstanding.
In January, you’ll notice the shape of her graph resembles the shape of a mountain. This means she is strongest in the middle of her reps, and weaker at the beginning and end of her reps.
In April, you can see how her graph becomes more of a straight line. This is the goal! Amy is strong throughout the entire range of motion. This makes her more resilient to injury, and even more exciting, the ability to really be a strong and powerful athlete !!
Overall, her strength increases 38% using the Classical Pilates method and undergoing targeting physical therapy that opened up neural pathways for us to even be able to strengthen her.
She’s also become more balanced in her overall core strength over the course of these three months and has gained better rotational mobility!
WAY TO GO Amy!
We cannot wait to see how much stronger you get in the next three months !
Why was Amy so successful ?
Amy was committed to the process.
She trusted our abilities.
And she was willing to work with us as a team.
This is one bad-ass Athlete-Mom!!
Interested in a core strength test for yourself?
