"Stand up straight." It's advice most of us have heard since we were children. Better posture isn't about forcing yourself to sit up straight, it's about building the strength and mobility to move well every day. Whether it came from parents, teachers or grandparents, the message was usually the same: good posture meant sitting tall, pulling your shoulders back and trying not to slouch. While posture certainly changes as we age, modern physiotherapy tells us that it's far mor

Of all the regions of the body that Pilates instructors encounter in a studio setting, the shoulder generates some of the most complex client presentations. Clients arrive with complaints ranging from a vague clicking on overhead movements to a frozen shoulder diagnosis, a history of labral surgery, or a persistent ache that surfaces only during weight-bearing on the upper limb. A working understanding of the shoulder complex including scapulohumeral rhythm and rotator cuff f