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Personal Best: Pilates, improving core strength and if exercise can help with arthritis symptoms

Personal Best - Pilates

02/05/2016

Pilates, improving core strength and if exercise can help with arthritis symptoms

BBC Radio Scotland - Personal Best, Pilates, improving core strength and if exercise can help with arthritis symptoms

A look at the benefits of pilates, plus find out if exercise can help with arthritis.

Gillian Russell discovers the benefits of pilates and hears why improving core strength is important, plus she finds out if exercise can help with symptoms of arthritis.

Gillian Russell meets Pilates instructor Sarah Hunt to find out who it's for, how it works and what it can do for us. If you're more used to the faster-pace of cycling, running, skiing or football, could you be won over? First-timer Gillian tries it out...

Can exercise help with the symptoms of arthritis? According to recent research, millions of people in Britain who have arthritis and joint pain are not in control of their pain ... and as a result many are topping up their prescriptions with over-the-counter pills. Professor Tonia Vincent from Arthritis Research UK talks about how much exercise can help with the symptoms and advises on the most suitable forms of fitness to try.

What is core strength, how can you work your core ... and what even IS your core?! Personal Trainer Ross Stewart explains why we all need to pay attention to our core.

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