An introduction to how Pilates can help fencers with injury prevention and rehabilitation

Wednesday 7th June 18:30 – 19:30 (GMT+1)
60’ online zoom class – £22 (all other currencies can be processed with credit card)

JOIN LIVE and/or WATCH RECORDING

Recording of the class available two weeks after the class so as to allow late view

All payees must complete an enrolment form https://forms.office.com/r/TiMjebgR3C

About the class:
In this first online Pilates for Fencers class, Victoria will introduce how Pilates can help fencers with injury prevention and rehabilitation. The main focus of the class will be on developing participants’ neuromuscular fitness as a foundation to good physical fitness. Starting from the ankles and working all the way up to the shoulders, this hour-long class will work your whole body in a way that is most functional to the requirements of the sport. Victoria will talk about:
- Ankle and knee stability, incl. how to prevent and manage knee pain
- Hip mobility, incl. exercises to help you with your lunge
- Likely causes of back pain in fencers
- Shoulder mobility and what to do for elbow pain

Joining instructions and Zoom link will be sent 24 hrs before the session.

About the class:
In this first online Pilates for Fencers class, Victoria will introduce how Pilates can help fencers with injury prevention and rehabilitation. The main focus of the class will be on developing participants’ neuromuscular fitness as a foundation to good physical fitness. Starting from the ankles and working all the way up to the shoulders, this hour-long class will work your whole body in a way that is most functional to the requirements of the sport.

Here are links to a few fencing specific exercises which she developed:
Pilates for Fencers – https://bodyinmotionpilates.vhx.tv/videos/pilates-for-fencing-knee-rolls
Pilates for Fencers – https://bodyinmotionpilates.vhx.tv/videos/pilates-for-fencers-oysters
Pilates for Fencers – https://bodyinmotionpilates.vhx.tv/videos/pilates-for-fencing-deconstructing-the-lunge
Pilates for Fencers – https://bodyinmotionpilates.vhx.tv/videos/pilates-for-fencers-stretch-to-lunge

About Victoria:
Victoria is a Body Control Pilates teacher with over 9 years’ experience of teaching movement. She took up fencing as a hobby over a year ago and quickly became interested in applying her knowledge of movement to the requirements of the sport so as to help her fellow fencers with injury prevention and rehabilitation. As part of her Level 4 qualification she used fencing as her case study.
Her focus is on increasing fencers’ performance by reinforcing good movement habits and improving their technical and physical fitness in a way that is most effective and efficient. Her classes will help you increase the range of movement of your hips, shoulders and spine and increase the stability of your ankles and knees. This in turn will feed into your general agility, balance and endurance!
Victoria is also keen to help setting off the muscular imbalances caused by the asymmetrical nature of the sport so as to make sure you are able to go about your daily life and enjoy your other hobbies injury and pain free.
Find out more about her at https://www.bodyinmotionpilates.co.uk/

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