A Pilates Teacher’s Perspective on Lower Extremity Pathologies and Joint Replacements
With Beth A Kaplanek, RN, BSN, NCPT, Practitioner of Pilates for Rehabilitation
Overview / Course Description
This 16-hour course is designed for comprehensively trained Pilates instructors and licensed health care professionals with Pilates training. The course teaches Pilates-based interventions that improve stability, alignment, and strength in the lower extremities — aiming to restore function from impairment to performance. Course includes online video movement demonstrations and online lectures. Use of Pilates equipment is recommended.
Conditions/ Pathologies Addressed
- Trochanteric Bursitis,
- Iliopsoas Disorders,
- SI Joint Dysfunction
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Patellofemoral Syndrome,
- Chrondromalacia of the Patella,
- Pes Anserinus Bursitis,
- IT Band Syndrome
- Osteoarthritis of the Hip & Knee
- Knee replacements (TKA)
- Hip Replacements (THA)
This Course Includes:
- 16 hours of online, self-paced instruction
- 16 NPCP Credit
- 200-page Course manual
- PDF of the Book “Pilates for Hip and Knee Syndromes and Arthroplasties
- Video Lectures and Video exercise demonstrations
- Filmed mat class
- 90 days unlimited access to course
Price: US $575.00 (discounted from $600)
Instructor Bio
Beth A. Kaplanek, RN, BSN, NCPT, Practitioner of Pilates for Rehabilitation. She is a Polestar Educator teaching the Pilates curriculum to up and coming Pilates practitioners and Physical Therapist. She is currently serving as a volunteer on the education committee for Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation.
After undergoing her first hip replacement in 2001, Kaplanek began using Pilates as a form of low impact exercise for strength and flexibility training. Encouraged by the positive prognosis from her physician, she began researching how the Pilates Method® could be modified and successfully utilized by individuals with hip or knee conditions and replacements. She has been teaching Pilates for 24 years and has had the opportunity to see and demonstrate the positive impact that the Method can have on individuals in both the pre-habilitation and post-operative rehabilitation stages. Beth specializes in working with individuals with a history chronic pathologies, fusions and total joint replacements that want to return to full function and sporting activities.
Along with Dr Brett Levine and Dr William Jaffe the research and discussions regarding Pilates as form of Post-operative rehabilitation for Knee and Hip Arthroplasties was published within the Bulletin of the NYU for Joint Diseases and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
In addition, she authored a book showcasing Pilates’s adaptability in a book entitled “Pilates for Hip and Knee Syndromes and Arthroplasties”.
Beth teaches, shares, and showcases her techniques and work in various courses and workshops nationwide.