Get a Pilates body on the Go

"In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 sessions you'll see the difference, and in 30 sessions you'll have a different body." - Joseph H. Pilates

A miracle? Not really. What is it about this movement method that dancers, athletes and celebrities are raving about? And most importantly, how can it help you get in shape?

Pilates was developed from the rehabilitation techniques of Joseph Pilates, a safe, sensible exercise system through the use of a floor mat or equipment that will help you look and feel your very best. No matter what your age or condition, it will work for you. Pilates improves core strength, flexibility, agility and economy of motion. It can even help alleviate back pain and other chronic ailments. What’s more the emphasis on proper breathing technique can also help to reduce stress.

Pilates works as a system of exercises that works to stretch and strengthen your muscles at the same time. This means that one can build strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a flat abdomen. What’s more, conventional workouts tend to build short, bulky muscles - the type most prone to injury. Pilates elongates and strengthens, improving muscle elasticity and joint mobility. Pilates conditions the whole body, even the ankles and feet. No muscle group is over trained or under trained. Your entire musculature is evenly balanced and conditioned, helping you enjoy daily activities and sports with greater ease and less chance of injury.

Over at The Moving Body, we provide group and private Pilates classes for individuals who are looking for personalised training or just enjoy the fun of working in a group.We’ve  taken it up a notch by designing a portable workout that clients can take with them on their travels. Here is a peek at Pilates Stretch on the Fitbar, a work out designed specially to free the body for better movement. It marries the benefits of using a portable foam roller (The Fitbar) to release tight muscles in the body whilst challenging the body when used as a prop for Pilates Exercises. Try out these exercises today or better still try out a class at The Moving Body, call 62351051 for bookings. You can try out more Portable Pilates routines at The Moving Body every Mon 630pm, Thur 9am and sat 12pm. Classes are $30 for a walk-in session and $250 for 10 sessions.

The Moving Body

Since 2009, The Moving Body has been providing Pilates, GYROTONIC® exercise and Physiotherapy in Singapore. In late 2010, The Moving Body moved to its current premises at the street level of Robertson Walk, Singapore where it is now much bigger and more convenient for clients. The Moving Body also provides Deep Tissue Massage or Sports Massage Therapy to complement its exercise offerings.

The Moving Body remains to focus on providing fitness, sports conditioning and rehabilitation to a wide group of people. Our clients range from teenagers to seniors and everything in between. We have people who come in to improve their posture, muscle tone, and joint mobility. We have trained and are currently helping athletes train for their sports. We have had runners, cyclists, swimmers, golfers and dancers as well.

Our Physiotherapy department helps people in their rehabilitation programs, from people who suffer from chronic pain, injuries and accidents. Our therapists are able to combine physiotherapy with Pilates or GYROTONIC®  as part of the treatment programs to help in the rehabilitation. We call this Movement Therapy. Our instructors and therapists are certified to work with expecting and new mothers. And we have people who come in simply because they want to make a change to their life.

The Team at The Moving Body consists of more than 10 certified instructors, physiotherapists and massage therapists.

The Moving Body has a complete range of equipment. The Pilates Private (1-on-1) area has a full set of Pilates apparatus and reformers. Our group class room has 6 Pilates reformers  to provide a personalised session in a class. In addition to these, The Moving Body has the most GYROTONIC® exercise towers in Singapore. The studio has 6 towers plus 3 apparatuses.

For our client’s comfort and convenience, the studio has its own shower facility, change rooms and restrooms. So if you plan to squeeze your exercise routine or massage in between your busy day, you can simply come as you are and leave refreshed and energized.

The studio has an in-house café, Sprout, which serves sandwiches and light snacks. Sprout also offers fresh fruit and vegetable juices and smoothies.

Healthway Medical Group, Island Orthopaedic Group

Healthway Medical Corporation Limited is Singapore’s largest network of private medical centres and clinics offering quality healthcare services across the medical value chain in primary healthcare, dental and specialist services. Operating from a centralized platform, the Group is able to leverage on shared patients and resources among each of our medical specialty groups. This enables us to serve an increasing number of patients and develop more specialist services and facilities to meet the rising healthcare needs of our patients.

Our mission is to provide high quality medical services and facilities that are both accessible and affordable to patients in the markets that we serve.

The healthcare sector of many countries in this region, from Singapore to China has similar characteristics: ageing populations, increasing disposable incomes and positive governments’ policies towards private healthcare. Underpinned by increasing demand, Healthway Medical’s network of clinics and specialist centres in Singapore and China will continue to grow, and strengthen our leadership position in the region’s healthcare industry.

Island Orthopaedic Group comprised of Island Orthopaedic Consultants and SportsMed Central was established in 1995. It is a large team of senior orthopaedic and sports surgeons/physicians practicing at all the major private hospitals¹ and medical centres in Singapore. As a team, the Specialists specialize in general and reconstructive orthopaedics and trauma, reconstructive spine surgeries (including minimally invasive approaches) and sports medicine and surgery.

Their combined expertise ensures patients receive holistic care for a wide spectrum of musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions. Their advanced surgical techniques enable patients to have smaller scars, less blood loss and post operative pain, shortening their hospital stay, which in turn lowers their hospital bill sizes. Patients are also able to return more quickly to their work and resume their normal activities.

Healthway Medical Specialists and their nursing team are dedicated and committed to local and overseas patients and their families during their recovery period.

For appointments and enquiries, please call 6356 0588 (during office hours) and 6631 9268 (after office hours).

Visit us at http://www.healthwayspecialists.com

1. Mount Alvernia Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Novena Medical Centre.

Healthway Medical Corporation Limited, Healthway Medical Group

Healthway Medical Corporation Limited is Singapore’s largest network of private medical centres and clinics offering quality healthcare services across the medical value chain in primary healthcare, dental and specialist services. Operating from a centralized platform, the Group is able to leverage on shared patients and resources among each of our medical specialty groups. This enables us to serve an increasing number of patients and develop more specialist services and facilities to meet the rising healthcare needs of our patients.

Our mission is to provide high quality medical services and facilities that are both accessible and affordable to patients in the markets that we serve.

The healthcare sector of many countries in this region, from Singapore to China has similar characteristics: ageing populations, increasing disposable incomes and positive governments’ policies towards private healthcare. Underpinned by increasing demand, Healthway Medical’s network of clinics and specialist centres in Singapore and China will continue to grow, and strengthen our leadership position in the region’s healthcare industry.

Nobel Specialist Practice is a leading and established specialist group practice with a large team of senior consultants from surgical and non-surgical disciplines. Located at major private hospitals and medical centres in Singapore¹, Nobel Specialists Practice offers a wide array of specialties in the area of psychiatry, colorectal surgery, otolaryngology, cardiology, ophthalmology and respiratory.

As a specialist practice of Healthway Medical Group, Nobel was formed in 2009. It has since expanded into 13 clinics located in the central to heartland districts like Ang Mo Kio.

In 2011, an Endoscopy Centre with an outpatient, endoscopic facility, specializing in performing endoscopy procedures was set up in the heart of Orchard Road. Its endoscopy suite is fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment supported by a full team of nursing staff. Together with our Healthway Medical Specialists who are accredited with the Specialist Accreditation Board, they are  dedicated to providing superior medical care.

The Centre adopts best practices and provides efficient, private and cost-effective treatment at competitive rates, ensuring endoscopy services is made accessible to all. It is approved by Ministry of Health (MOH) to be a colonoscopy screening centre. As an approved facility, it enables persons to use their own or their immediate family member’s Medisave² for Screening Colonoscopies.

The combined expertise of our Specialists at Nobel Specialist Practice ensures our patients receive better care for a wide spectrum of medical conditions that requires invasive and non-invasive treatments and procedures.

Our team is dedicated to bring quality and integrated specialist care to both local and overseas patients

Our uncompromising medical service standards helmed by these medical and healthcare professionals ensures patients from all walks of life receive care and attention at all times.

Visit us at http://www.healthwayspecialists.com

1.     Mount Alvernia Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, Novena Medical Centre and TripleOne Somerset.
2.     For Singapore citizens and Permanent residents.

Choosing the right SEO Company in Singapore

Looking for the right SEO company to work with in Singapore? Then here are some tips to get you started with!

It has always been a great effort to find the right company to optimize your website for you and sometimes getting the right company is not just about saving a few dollars but the frustration that they do not achieve the targets they promise to achieve. As we are based in Singapore, I will share about the various SEO companies in Singapore.

SEO is the acronym for Search Engine Optimization. This means improving your website prominence so that it can be found organically in the search engines i.e. Google, Yahoo or Bing. Another meaning of SEO is to bring increased web traffic to your website where you can leverage on and get conversions.

When we find a SEO company, we are concerned with 2 main things namely:

• How can the SEO company deliver to my expectations
• Its value for services

As in SEO there will always be recurring costs, and these recurring costs are the maintenance fees which are going to be charged monthly. The purpose of having this maintenance is so that the SEO company will continue to optimize your choice of keywords to higher ranking and maintain the positions and bring up the traffic of the website.

The price factor of SEO that many companies charges comprised of the period of implementation which can range from $200,000 to as low as $8500 for a 20 page website and the maintenance fee. The maintenance fee is varies between a 10-15% of the total budget and is paid monthly. Payment of the maintenance fee normally comes in only after 4 to 6 months after SEO has been implemented and after Key Performance Indices (KPI) has been reached.

SEO professionals in general will tell you a common thing which is websites based on flash cannot be optimized, pages too little cannot optimize, website too new cannot optimize and a lot more. They will expect your domain to be a few years of age and already indexed by the search engines. But this is the lazy way of how a SEO company will perform.

Real Life Case-Study

Our website was built in August 2011 and in a span of 4 weeks, we have been indexed by Google and Yahoo and we have achieved 1^st page ranking for “SEO PROMOTIONS SINGAPORE” on Google! We have received good backlinks from many reputable websites as our website is well optimized.