Eluned that's great that its helped your lower back issues. We have so much success in our studio with people who are in a lot of pain or have recurring injuries that won't resolve. It's great to see people make progress.

Im constantly amazed at how much people put up with though. We had a woman come through this week for an assessment who has been in constant pain for years, hardly sleeping and majorly stressed out, all stemming from a back injury that she's had no luck rehabilitating. Poor thing. I guess I hope to help a lot of these people when I start teaching next year.

Good old pelvic floor - its so important. And yep, the foam rollers, I hear ya. They are killer!

I'm hyper-mobile through a lot of my joints and very flexible naturally so I have to be careful not to overdo it. But the strengthening I get helps me keep things in check. During pregnancy with all those extra hormones, some days I felt like my hips and shoulders were all falling out of place LOL!

After I had my emerg c-section in June, I was devastated and thought it would take me ages to re-connect all the muscles and nerves that were cut through. I started back at pilates when DS was 8 weeks old and I was amazed at how much core strength I'd managed to retain. I'm getting even stronger now and it's given me a real boost in self-confidence.