Karena Thek's newest book, "The Pilates Golf Athlete," takes golfers through the five principles of Pilates and how each one can help improve their game and eliminate pain. Thek hosts "Alive and Well" on KHTS AM-1220.
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Stay Fit And Stay Flush By Karena Thek Lineback
By: Karena Thek Lineback When the bad economy hit the fitness industry I had one really great thing going for me: I love what I do. So when clients had to drop off because finances became difficult, I invited a few of them back at no charge because, quite frankly, I missed them. I missed the people and I missed ...
Read More »Are Sports Hurting Your Child, By Karena Thek Lineback
By: Karena Thek Lineback Injuries are rampant in children’s sports. Competition is fierce. Practice times are increased. Expectations are high. The coaches, having more children to work with than ever before, don’t have the time to correct form and without it, injury is inevitable. When parents jump in to fill the coaching need, child physical development may not be an ...
Read More »When Core Strength Is A Medical Necessity, By Karena Thek Lineback
by Karena Thek Lineback Core strength has been a buzzword in fitness for quite a while now but now we are hearing that same buzz from the medical field. Clients are being referred to a Pilates program by their medical doctors who know that increased core strength can only mean decreased physical pain. So how do you know if core ...
Read More »Does Scoliosis Really Matter? By Karena Thek Lineback
By: Karena Thek Lineback The answer: Maybe; Maybe not. Depends on a couple of things: #1: How exaggerated is your curve? and #2: Are you in pain? Most everyone has a cute little curve happening in the spine but it’s to such a slight degree that doing nothing about it is usually the ...
Read More »Managing Scoliosis With Exercise, By Karena Thek
By: Karena Thek Lineback Traditionally, scoliosis is managed through observation, bracing and surgery. Scolio-Pilates, Exercise for Scoliosis, A Proactive Guide (Pilates Teck Publications, 2011), aims to add exercise to that list. Research, published as early as 1924, shows tremendous promise for employing exercise as an option in scoliosis treatment. In 1924, Katharina Schroth, a German physical therapist who dedicated her ...
Read More »Chronic Back Pain: It’s All In Your Head, By Karena Thek Lineback
By: Karena Thek Lineback | Pilates Teck Your pain is all in your head…so to speak. Chronic, or ongoing, pain is the result of the neurological system ‘protecting’ you from further injury. Pain becomes a safety mechanism to control your actions from creating further damage. In other words, your brain doesn’t trust you to do the right thing. Your brain ...
Read More »Scoliosis: It’s Not Just For Children Anymore
Adults are the forgotten step-child of scoliosis. Adults can develop a scoliosis as a result of an injury, an accident or chronic pain.
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