Four and a half months ago I started Pilates. Besides the advanc­ing aging one gets in their mid to late fifties, I have had arthri­tis in both knees since I was a child and can include two knee surg­eries and one foot surgery to my med­ical resume. My body was freez­ing up and even walk­ing, minor gar­den­ing and house­keep­ing tasks were begin­ning to be a struggle.

I saw an ad for Pilates and thought maybe it would work because it appeared to not be depen­dent on jump­ing, jog­ging or putting stress on my knees.

I can with no qualms say that Pilates has res­cued me from early old age. I have been able to strengthen my whole body, relieve the knee stress and gain endurance. I am a long way from a “per­fect” body, but after only four months, I can do things today that I didn’t think I could ever do again. I just fin­ished remod­el­ing my house, climb­ing lad­ders, mov­ing fur­ni­ture, etc. and it was truly amaz­ing how my body responded.

The Red­mond Pilates Cen­ter is a cer­ti­fied Pilates location. The train­ers have been thor­ough, car­ing and dili­gent in help­ing me to progress. They have kept me cen­tered and taught me an immense amount about body move­ment and training. I am very, very grate­ful to them all and I highly rec­om­mend the Cen­ter to any­one who wants bet­ter phys­i­cal health!

Can­dace Donovan

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