Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I:
Chapter 1. The Pilates Method (pp. 3-6)
Chapter 2. Who Was Joseph Pilates? (pp. 7-14)
Chapter 3. Pilates – The Balance between Body and Mind (pp. 15-18)
Chapter 4. Contrology (pp. 19-20)
Chapter 5. Key Principles of the Pilates Method (pp. 21-22)
Chapter 6. Indications of the Method (pp. 23-26)
Chapter 7. Equipment-Based Pilates (pp. 27-28)
Chapter 8. Types of Kinetic Chains on Equipment (pp. 29-30)
Chapter 9. Matwork (pp. 31-32)
Chapter 10. Posture (pp. 33-34)
Chapter 11. System of Muscle Chains (pp. 35-36)
Chapter 12. Causes of Postural Deviations (pp. 37-38)
Chapter 13. Types of Posture (pp. 39-42)
Chapter 14. Posture and Pain (pp. 43-44)
Chapter 15. What is Pain? (pp. 45-48)
Chapter 16. Benefits for Physiological Systems (pp. 49-50)
Chapter 17. Cardiovascular System (pp. 51-54)
Chapter 18. Respiratory System – Breathing Principle Applied to the Pilates Method (pp. 55-58)
Chapter 19. Neuromuscular System (pp. 59-62)
Chapter 20. Control of Movement by the Muscles (pp. 63-64)
Chapter 21. Neuroplasticity and Pilates Exercises (pp. 65-66)
Chapter 22. Metabolic System: Body Composition (pp. 67-68)
Chapter 23. What is Metabolic Syndrome? (pp. 69-70)
Chapter 24. The Origin of Metabolic Syndrome (pp. 71-74)
Chapter 25. Body Composition and Pilates Exercises (pp. 75-78)
Chapter 26. Pilates Method: Flexibility and Stretching (pp. 79-82)
Part II:
Chapter 27. Aging (pp. 85-86)
Chapter 28. Biological Aging (pp. 87-94)
Chapter 29. Usual Aging (pp. 95-96)
Chapter 30. Chronic Diseases x Oxidative Stress (pp. 97-100)
Chapter 31. Dietary (Non-Enzymatic) Antioxidant Defense System (pp. 101-104)
Chapter 32. Sarcopenia (pp. 105-108)
Chapter 33. Low Bone Mass and Osteoporosis (pp. 109-112)
Chapter 34. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (pp. 113-116)
Chapter 35. Anxiety Disorder (pp. 117-118)
Chapter 36. Types of Anxiety Disorders (pp. 119-122)
Chapter 37. Depressive Disorder (pp. 123-124)
Chapter 38. Dementia (pp. 125-126)
Chapter 39. Pilates Method and Aging (pp. 127-128)
Chapter 40. Balance and Pilates Method (pp. 129-132)
Chapter 41. Cancer and Pilates Method (pp. 133-136)
Chapter 42. Eve Gentry’s Story (pp. 137-138)
Chapter 43. Chronic Pain and Pilates Method (pp. 139-140)
Chapter 44. Degenerative Diseases x Pilates Method (pp. 141-142)
Chapter 45. Parkinson’s Disease (pp. 143-146)
Chapter 46. Multiple Sclerosis (pp. 147-148)
Chapter 47. Quality of Life (pp. 149-152)
Final Remarks (pp. 153-154)
References (pp. 155-166)
About the Author (pp. 167-168)
Index (pp. 169)