Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the vertebral spaces the nerves travel through. Stenosis is a common concern for older adults and one that can be quite debilitating, leading to pain and weakness with walking, standing or sitting. Specific exercises from an experienced personal trainer or Pilates teacher can help clients to manage it to minimize pain and maximize functional movement. Join Brian and Nora for case studies and strategies for your clients or yourself.

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Following up on our conversation with Matt McCulloch about kids and sports, we wanted to talk about strategies and training approaches to help kids become more comfortable and confident in their bodies, to learn that movement is fun and to set them up for a lifetime of physical enjoyment. Kids come into Pilates and personal training for many different reasons. If you work with kids training to improve their performance, their posture, to recover from an injury or just to work out this conversation has a lot of tips and pointers for creating success.

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Matt McCulloch, the owner of Kinected Studio in New York joins us today to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of youth sports and how we can use our training as movement professionals to support our kids. Matt is a coach with two of his own boys in baseball and other sports and his experience and insights are invaluable for movement professionals and parents alike.

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Continuing with our January theme of creating your vision for health and vitality, the focus of today’s episode is strategies for creating a strong fitness foundation. Creating a plan, following through, adapting the program and creating success all start with a solid understanding of where you are, where you want to go and how to get there. Whether you  or your clients are brand new to fitness or restarting their journey (again!) this episode is full of tips and tricks for getting back on track.

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Lindy Royer, PT, Pilates instructor, educator and coach extraordinaire joins us today to drill down on how and why to create inspiring goals for the coming year. Lindy makes a strong case for building your vision of vitality and using it to inform your personal practice. Filled with practical exercises, this episode may change your life!

For our listeners, Lindy would like to offer a 20-30 minute Vision Call where you can elaborate and get some support around discovering what's in the way of your vision for the body, and what you can do to shift it. Email Lindy directly at this email address: [email protected]

As the first episode of the New Year, Brian and Nora discuss strategies for creating change. Whether you’ve identified imbalances to work on, discomfort to manage or skills to develop, the new year is a good time to assess where you are, where you want to be and what you need to do to get there. Take this time for you!

Tom McCook joins us once again for an in depth discussion on how to improve movement patterns through education, connection and awareness. Tom’s wide ranging experience in Pilates, yoga, athletics, coaching and meditation makes him a powerful agent of change for his clients and students. Understanding what is important to a client, educating them about how their body works and connecting the purpose of the exercise to the clients goals create the best outcome. Join us for a conversation to inspire your teaching.

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Back Exercise; Stabilize, Mobilize and Reduce Pain  
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In this episode we revisit our first interview with Tom McCook from Center of Balance for an inspiring discussion on creating change through engaging clients in the process, focusing on functional movement and paying attention.  Using functional anatomy as a foundation, we discuss how client education, instructor curiosity and creativity help clients take charge and create lasting change from the inside out. 
 
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Tom McCook/Mentorship Program 2025-dates/TBD (More info coming soon!) If interested, please email:[email protected] 


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Working with a client with osteoporosis and managing their expectations can be challenging as a Pilates instructor or personal trainer. Client’s are often not given much guidance by their medical professional and are left on their own to figure out if their current workout routine is helpful or potentially dangerous. Our job is to keep them safe while doing our best to slow, halt or reverse their condition. In this episode we discuss strategies for minimizing risky moves like loaded flexion while working to improve posture, strength and bone density. We hope this conversation provides a starting point for better program design for your clients with osteoporosis.

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Brian’s Book on Low Back Pain and Conditions: 
Back Exercise; Stabilize, Mobilize and Reduce Pain 
https://a.co/d/8IUb7L6 
 
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Brian 
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Nora 
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Today we are lookinga back and repeating a hot topic we discussed back in May. We are wading into a very controversial topic, osteoporosis, where guidelines for exercise tend to be vague at best. Today we touch on what it is, some general guidelines and ways to keep clients active when flexion and rotation are contraindicated. Join the conversation to see if we can make progress at developing a better answer for clients who are recently diagnosed and trying to figure out how to stay active. This is part 1, in next week’s session, we discuss programming and client management strategies.

Moving Conversation Socials 
 
Brian’s Book on Low Back Pain and Conditions: 
Back Exercise; Stabilize, Mobilize and Reduce Pain 
https://a.co/d/8IUb7L6 
 
Email: [email protected] 
IG: @movingconvos 
FB: Moving Conversations 
 
Brian 
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Nora 
IG: nora.s.john.7 
FB: https://www.facebook.com/nora.s.john.7