About Core Connect Pilates Studio & Classes
The Studio has been running for over 15 years! We offer the best Pilates Reformer classes to all levels of ability, helping achieve results that make you feel and look good. We love the Reformer and we want you to love the Reformer too. Never will you find an exercise program that increases strength, stamina, core stability, flexibility and balance in your body. This program will deliver all the elements of fitness you need in one class.
As Joseph Pilates said:
“Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking or outright purchase”
It does take commitment and dedication to achieve this and we hope by you choosing us we can help you achieve your goals and help you feel spritely again! We recommend a minimum of two classes a week to achieve this.
At our Surbiton Pilates studio, we believe in offering quality instruction with a maximum of 7 people per class. Giving you the best attention so you can understand the Pilates technique, gaining the most from your workout.
Our expert instructors are qualified, friendly and approachable providing you with a more personable experience. Our premium Pilates equipment is from Balanced body. Using the equipment through the assistant and resistant of the springs allows for modifications of the exercises for a range of abilities from beginners to advanced. You can learn how to re-train your body to move safer, more efficient patterns of motion – invaluable for injury recovery, sports performance, good posture and optimal health.
Pilates For Back Care
“Back pain creates more debility than any other condition”! This information was taken from the NHS website in March 2014.
Lower back pain causes more debility than any other condition, affecting nearly 1 in 10 people and becoming more common with increasing age.
We specialize in back care, helping you become pain free and start enjoying life again. Our classes are designed to help improve core stability and to help stabilize your spine. Tight muscles can also put tension on the spine like the hip flexor and hamstrings, the Reformer is great to help lengthen these muscles with the springs giving support.
Rehabilitation & Pilates
Working with clients with hip and knee replacements is becoming more popular within our studio. For some clients it’s more about prolonging the inevitable and helping them with pain relief, strengthen weaken muscles around the hip and knee before surgery.
Our expert instructors are qualified, friendly and approachable providing you with a personal experience. Our premium Pilate’s equipment is from balanced body. Using the equipment through the assisting and resisting springs allows for modifications of the exercises for a range of abilities from beginners to advanced.
You can learn how to re-train your body to move safer and create efficient patterns of motion which are valuable for injury prevention/recovery, sports performance, good posture and optimal health.
From Hugh Jervis, 10th March 2013
I am writing to compliment you on your efforts to deal with the arthritis issue with my right knee over the last 15 months since Dec 2011 . During this period I have attended most of your weekly rehabilitation classes together with a course of 15 individual sessions in Autumn 2012 in addition to some initial individual consultations in early 2012.
When I first came to your classes I had extreme difficulty in walking and subsequently I have been diagnosed as requiring a knee replacement when I am 65 .( now aged 60)
During these sessions you have been diligent in addressing some of the root causes of my difficulties in walking from spine positioning through to gait patterning and your observations and exercises have been helpful in reducing pain without the use of drugs . Additionally the general Pilates rehabilitation classes have contributed to personal fitness and core strength to the extent that my dinghy sailing has improved somewhat as a result .
I would like to take this last opportunity to wish you every success with your venture at the Nuffield Surbiton as I am now moving out of the area.
Very best wishes for the future
Hugh
The Benefits of Polestar Pilates
Pilates is a body conditioning method that works in a different way to other fitness techniques. Targeting the deep postural muscles, Pilates works by building strength from the inside out, rebalancing the body and bringing it into correct alignment. It helps to reshape your body, which will become longer, leaner and more toned. It will also improve your posture, achieving the perfect balance between strength and flexibility, and it is a great way to relive unwanted stress and tension. It’s slow, controlled approach means that it gives much longer-term results – and it is especially recommended by medical specialists for those with back problems.
In a nutshell Pilates Changes the way in which we use our bodies. It changes muscle recruitment patterns, correcting common muscle imbalances, restoring good alignment and natural normal movement.
These are some of the benefits of Pilates
Improve strength, flexibility and balance
- Challenge deep abdominal muscles to support the core.
- Engage the mind and enhance body awareness.
- Condition efficient patterns of movement making the body less prone to injury.
- Reduce stress, relieve tension, boost energy through deep stretching.
- Restore postural alignment.
- Create a stronger, more flexible spine.
- Promote recovery from strain or injury.
- Increase joint range of motion.
- Improve circulation.
- Heighten neuromuscular coordination.
- Offer relief from back pain and joint stress.
- Correct over-training of muscle groups which can lead to stress and injury.
- Enhance mobility, agility and stamina.
- Compliment sports training and develop functional fitness for daily life activity.
- Improve the way your body looks and feels.
Beware of Pilates programs that promise dramatic weight loss or overnight transformations. That’s not what pure Pilates is about. However, with time and dedication, Pilates practice can:
Why Polestar Pilates
Polestar is an international authority in Pilates education, focused on whole body wellness, healing through movement modalities and mind-body-
Founded in 1992, Polestar today is comprised of an international community of highly-trained Pilates professionals who seek to impact world health. Polestar has Pilates instructor representation in over 50 countries, and education centers located in nearly 40 countries. As Pilates grows as a method, we provide excellent and thorough education of all Polestar Pilates instructors, producing the finest Pilates professionals in the world.
In the U.S. Polestar supports the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) and partners with reputable Pilates schools assuring the quality and integrity of the Pilates instructor certification (PMA®-CPT). Polestar has been an active supporter of the PMA since its inception in 2001. Not only does the PMA certification provide peace of mind to clients and studio owners about the level of an instructor’s experience and understanding, but it provides the instructor with a supportive community to continue to grow and excel in their practice.
The Polestar curriculum provides instructors with science-based techniques to thoughtfully assess the whole person and assist them in accomplishing their goals.
Polestar also offers continuing education programs to help instructors successfully have long and fulfilling careers as Polestar Pilates practitioners.
Polestar invites everyone to enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle; addressing health and fitness issues associated with sedentary habits, and enhancing elite athlete performance.
Car Parking & Entrance
Nuffield Health has is own car park available to use free whilst you are attending your Pilates session.
There are two entrances to the studio through the Golf Studio or main Nuffield Health reception, walk down the long corridor, turn left at the end, through the door, up the stairs and we are the first door on the left. We have a waiting area outside, please enter the studio at the start time of your class, thank you.
