' I have had treatment for my back due to muscle spasm, pelvic tilting and pain. It has taken 20 years to discover the simple fact that I have one leg shorter than the other. I have seen Neuro Surgeons and Osteopaths for years but since starting Pilates exercises two years ago with Ian Dilworth I have had no need to visit either. My back is so much stronger now and I hardly ever get back pain. I feel that I am in control and I can deal with my pain by simple exercise. Also I no longer have to take regular pain killers'.
Bridget Eardly
- Theatre sister
'Now I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth'.
Hugh Grant
- Actor and film star
'Pilates is the only exercise programme that has changed my body and made me feel great.'
Jamie Lee Curtis
- movie star
'I've been using Pilates for many years. It's the best system I've found for isolating and strengthening individual muscles without stress to the joints.'
Patrick Swayze
- movie star
'I am a Pilates person. It's great. I had a chronic back, a pinched nerve and a hip problem and it's completely solved all of it. I love it. It makes me feel like I'm taller'.
Jennifer Anniston
- TV and movie star
'You have turned me into a Ferrari; my husband thanks you.'
Ruby Wax
-actress, writer and TV personality
to her Pilates teacher
'Pilates exercises have given me better posture and an awareness of correct posture. I have greater flexibility in my hips, knees and spine which were becoming stiff with age. I am only sorry that I didn't discover Pilates thirty years ago'!
Sandra Ballingall
- Managing Director and business woman
'What do I like most about Pilates? 'The fact that I can really feel my body working. I might do 250 crunches but my body is so used to them that I don't really feel them. With Pilates, I can really feel [my abdominals] even if I only do six or 12 repetitions.'
Joan Collins -
actress and writer,
who first started doing Pilates over 20 years ago