Pilates With Rheumatoid Arthritis
成长，我我想成为最好的投手。一般的理解是，要成为一个好投手，你需要跑和举重，一直举起重量。所以我做了。
一世n my teens, I idolized Barry Zito — a left-handed pitcher just like me. He played for my favorite team, the Oakland A’s. He was cool because even though he was an elite pitcher, he was kind of goofy and unorthodox. He had long hair and played acoustic guitar in the clubhouse. He looked more like a pro skateboarder than baseball player. Something else about him that was unconventional was his workout regimen. He attributed much of his success to yoga, and Pilates. This was 2002. Back then, I thought these were leisure activities for housewives, before their 11 a.m. Bellini brunches.Mendid not do yoga and Pilates. I went through college baseball always wondering about these workouts, but never trying them. Since being被诊断为类风湿性关节炎（RA），我已经积极尝试了各种锻炼惯例，以找到那些与我的身体一致的人。我最近去了当地健身房的普拉提课程，以确定它与我的ra兼容性，这就是我发现的。
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Our instructor began the class with us standing.
“在做普拉提时有适当的姿势是很重要的。让我们先弯曲我们的腿，“她说。
我弯曲了我的腿。
“不是这样的。”
她在我身上归零 - 班上唯一的人。我最害怕的是真实的：各地的女人曾经盯着我盯着我。
“再次弯曲你的腿。”
我蹲了。
“不。这不是一个蹲。弯曲你的腿。“
一世was弯曲。对于记录，我教导了蹲是弯曲的唯一正确的方法。
“直接站起来，”她说。
我可以做到。掌握。
“想想这样的想法：你的头有太阳，有一束光线来自太阳，通过你的头。它驱动到你的骨盆。然后它驱动通过你的骨盆。然后，你的指尖是创造三角形的太阳光线。“
我开始看出口。试图想象一些似乎痛苦和不可能的东西是令人沮丧的。但我很高兴我坚持出来。
Balance
我们学到了其他普拉提原则包括平衡，精确，控制和集中度。当我们被任务抬起地面时，这些原则被称为行动，并伸出双腿，并在延长时期举行v-potion。在这个位置，我们向左转向右转，旋转双臂。这一切都挑战了我们的核心肌肉。弱核心立即暴露;我的肯定很颤抖。
身体旋转缓慢且令人难以忍受。我试图保持对我身体的姿势和控制。我认为这对ra的人来说非常有用，因为对身体的重要部分（其核心）有挑战，而不会对任何关节压力。
通过RA，强大的核心至关重要，因为它们可以帮助我们保持平衡和居中。拥有强烈的核心，我们能够控制自己的身体并取下一些压力我们的敏感性关节。
松弛
在长达一小时的课,我们花了信用卡诈骗罪rable amount of time lying on a mat. We reached out with our hands above our heads, we extended our toes, the aim being to elongate and stretch ourselves, while controlling our breathing, which, our instructor informed us, was one of the six principles of Pilates. The stretching and breathing were quite relaxing, and it helped that we were doing all this to Chopin “Nocturnes.” While these moments were not physically demanding, they helped me be aware of my body. They helped me listen to my body. They helped me give my body oxygen.
With RA, these are all important actions, and sometimes we have so much going on in our lives that we forget how important they are to our health. I appreciated Pilates for this.
最终，我发现我的普拉茨经历了值得的经历，但由于我最初预期的不同原因。我期待经验像瑜伽 - 突破平衡和体重的行为。余额涉及，但一切都很温柔。
很少有人置于必须在特定关节上放置体重，如我们的脚踝或膝盖，如瑜伽。
在我的课堂上，唯一从事任何重要方式的区域是核心（我完全承认这一课程可能是小学的，并且普拉提可以升级到更具挑战性的水平）。然而，由于这些原因，我觉得普拉提可能是那些与RA的可行的选择，谁肯定会为他们的身体提供太多的修改瑜伽或运动。
一世found the practice of being centered, and focused, and relaxed, with controlled breathing, very valuable to my RA. Of course, before trying anything new, talk to your rheumatologist to see if it might be something you can try.
