Pilates is a workout program that is becoming a widespread phenomenon in the fitness world. Originally created in the early 1900’s by an athlete named Joseph Pilates, the program incorporated the use of proper breath control, fluid, graceful movement, and simple stretching exercises in order to gain a certain degree of fitness, flexibility, and balance in the body.

Pilates, once the exercise of choice for celebrities and professional athletes, has officially entered the mainstream, and it looks like this popular practice is here to stay. It used to be that in order to practice pilates you had to be a member of exclusive clubs or frequent high-end resorts.

Pilates was once only practice via big, heavy and complex-looking machines that were only available in elite health clubs. But now pilates is available to just about anyone.

When Joseph H. Pilates first developed his now-popular form of body conditioning exercise, he was at least partly thinking of his system as a means to rehabilitation.

While working as a nurse in Great Britain during the First World War, he witnessed first hand the suffering of wounded soldiers returning from war. He tinkered with the hospital beds to create a special resistance apparatus that he used with his clients to build muscle strength, flexibility, and to return his patients to mobility.

Back pain is one of the most complaints that doctors report hearing from their patients. It now appears that the popular fitness trend Pilates can help ease this common ailment. Recent research shows that the tension and soreness associated with back pain can be eased significantly through the practice of pilates.

Do you want to help people learn how to move their body in way that enhances health, wellness and happiness? Do you strive to help others achieve their fitness goals?

Or perhaps you want to help patients regain full health and mobility through the use of pilates rehabilitation therapy? Whatever your aim, becoming a professional pilates instructor can be a rewarding and life-changing achievement that can help you help others.