The APPI has enjoyed immense success with training Physiotherapists and equivalent degree therapists in the Modified Pilates technique. Our success relies on our research based approach to pilates training. As physiotherapists, we recognise the demand for more specific pilates training which targets the higher theoretical and practical experience of higher degree therapists, presents the most current research relevant to pilates and teaches a realistic framework of exercises to apply in the clinical setting.

Pilates is experiencing a boom in the health and fitness worlds. There has also been a recent proliferation of traditional pilates training courses offered for the general public, fitness instructors and professional health care workers, such as physiotherapists. However, through years of studying and practicing pilates as physiotherapists, it was evident that traditional pilates courses lacked the specificity and research base for use as a clinical tool in the professional health care setting. Therefore, the APPI has modified the original 34 pilates matwork exercises to incorporate the recent research on lumbar instability, muscle imbalance and adverse neural tension. To ensure the continual development of our health care professions, it is vital that our techniques are based on scientific evidence.

'Modified Pilates' is the culmination of years of both physiotherapy and pilates training. The first compulsory module in this program is 'Modified Pilates matwork - level one'. This course is composed of the beginner level traditional 34 pilates matwork exercises that have been modified to compliment current research on lumbo-pelvic instability. We enforce a minimum time of six months in between completing this course and commencing the matwork two course in order to consolidate your new pilates skills in the clinical setting. The matwork instructor course completes your training requirements in order to receive full certification as a matwork instructor. Hence, your pilates training is logically spaced over a period of 12 - 16 months to allow for practice. The reformer course is only offered to those who have completed the full matwork certification program as a strong theory and practical base is required for this intensive course.