Pilates For Back Pain
In Seattle

Struggling with back pain?
We’ve been there and can help you move past the frustration cycle of back pain.

We take a bespoke approach to back pain, carefully evaluating what movement is possible, offering clients safe exercises to help rebuild strength, address alignment, and build skills that can help build the foundation for long-term back health. Book your intro session today and let us show you how we can help.

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Improve Alignment & Balance

Build Core Strength

Relieve Pain

Improve Alignment & Balance Build Core Strength Relieve Pain

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Why Pilates Works For Back Pain

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek out Pilates. We find that working with a well-trained instructor the Pilates method can be tailored to help people move carefully around triggers of back pain, be used to identify areas of poor alignment or weakness, and build a practice that is safe and effective for short and long term back-health.

We strongly recommend consulting with your doctor and/or physical therapist before beginning any new movement practice especially if you have a diagnosed condition or are experiencing significant pain.  

The focus that classical Pilates brings to building deep core strength, improving body balance, alignment and awareness all can significantly help clients get out of pain from a  variety of back pain issues.

What a Session Looks Like (For Someone With Back Pain)

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    When you arrive at the studio you’ll share your health history and current body state with your instructor as well as current treatments, exercise practices and goals. We’ll find a gentle place to start your movement and proceed with caution around your body's current limitations. 

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    Expect to be introduced to foundational Pilates movement usually using 1-2 apparatus. Your instructor will evaluate your current needs, begin to sculpt your customized Pilates practice and leave you with information about the work we did and what to expect for the next session(s).

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    We are available to be in communication after your session for follow up if you have questions or concerns. Within your first few sessions you should feel the work in your body and start to understand the goals of your current practice and a possible trajectory for this work at Union and at home, often with homework guidelines. 

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Private Sessions Are the Right Starting Point

Back pain is never one-size-fits-all. The cause, the history, and what the body needs to recover is different for every person, which is exactly why dropping into a group class is not the best first step if back pain is what brought you here.

In a private pilates session in Seattle, your instructor takes the time to understand your specific situation before you do a single exercise. They assess how you move, where your body may be holding tension, and what your body needs to build strength safely. Every exercise in every session is chosen with your back in mind, and adjusted in real time based on how your body responds.

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Four private sessions with a classically trained instructor, designed to build your foundation and address what your body actually needs.

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Meet Your Instructors

At Union Pilates, our instructors have each completed a minimum of 700 apprenticeship hours and together bring more than 38 years of teaching experience. We welcome every body, background, and experience level.

What Our Private Pilates Clients
Have To Say

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    "I have been going to Union Pilates for over 12 years. They have done such a great job helping me keep my chronic back problems under control. I have encouraged friends and family to start doing Pilates, and those who have, absolutely love it. I do too and would highly recommend Union Pilates to you. They are amazing.” 

    – Dr. Peter Odland, Private Pilates Client Since 2013

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    “Union Pilates has truly transformed my body and the way I feel in it. Over the years, I’ve gone from struggling with lower back pain to feeling strong, aligned, and pain-free. My posture has improved significantly, and I carry myself with more ease and confidence now.” 

    – Amy May-Conlu, Tower Class Client Since 2016

    Founder of Artala Designs

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    "Union Pilates absolutely changed my life. It helped me heal from back trauma and pain, set me up well for pregnancy and postpartum, and has given me a much deeper understanding of my body. I also got my 83 year old mom to go and she LOVED It!"

    – Mollie Royer, Private Pilates & Tower Class Client Since 2019

  • Always get approval from your Doctor before starting a Pilates practice or any other exercise program, especially if you have back issues. Our instructors have training and experience working with back issues and pain. Pilates develops healthy movement patterns in precise alignment that can signicianly help clients with back pain. Clients with back issues or pain should start with one-on-one sessions .

  • Always get approval from your Doctor before starting a Pilates practice or any other exercise program. 

  • Pilates instructors are not medical professionals and do not diagnose or treat medical conditions. At Union, we evaluate the body and teach skills needed to practice the Pilates method- a full body system of exercise. We often work in communication with Physical Therapists as clients ‘graduate’ from PT supervision.  We utilize Pilates to continue to train the body in strength and alignment specific to its unique needs. 

  • At Union the result that matters most to us is how our clients feel. We find most clients feel the work of Pilates after just one session. That said, we advocate for as much consistency as works for your schedule. No matter the frequency, with consistent and focused practice clients will grown in their mastery and understand of the unique work their body needs utilizing the Pilates method. We believe this work is lifelong and that it builds upon itself over time offering increasing benefits of strength, alignment, flexibility, endurance and balance. 

  • Every body is unique and as such we believe in offering bespoke feedback, one-one-one, to clients as they learn the foundation of the Pilates method for their body.  We believe starting this way puts you at great advantage as you progress with your journey in Pilates. 

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