Pilates in Mill Valley

“YES! This is my new favorite workout. Sharon truly excels in her field. Her innovative approach inspires her students to continuously progress. Moreover, her distinctive teaching style and techniques fulfill her promises of healing and integrating Pilates into our daily lives. As a result, everything feels lighter and more effortless.“

“If you are looking for one on one pilates instruction I highly recommend Carmen Zeni. And if you haven't considered it I would encourage trying it. I am starting my third year of pilates with Carmen. I am an athlete; played college tennis and still do. Pilates - is critical to my ability, at 74, to play singles 2,3 times a week. And to work on my overall strength and flexibility and posture. Carmen has a rare combination deep pilates knowledge, knowledge of the human body and people skills. My flexibility and body strength has increased since I started and Carmen has been great helping me rehab from various injuries when needed. Her studio has great gear including a reformer, trapeze table and core align. If you want to learn pilates or expand your work Carmen's studio wonderful.“

“After Cheryl showed me some specific exercises to do on the Cadillac machine, my sacrum/SI joints have never felt better. I feel like I had a successful surgery that made the problem go away for longer than it has in the past. Even after chiropractic adjustments, the joints go in and out of place with a sneeze or rolling over during sleep, or driving. It's been 2 days since I saw you and it's still going! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I could cry just knowing that there could be a solution to the daily discomfort and pain I have with sitting and most activities due to those joints (and others) constantly subluxating. I have a lot of mobility issues, injuries and pain due to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Pilates is the one form of exercise I can do that helps instead of hurts me. I highly recommend classes or private lessons with Cheryl to help you get your strength and life back!“

“I've had long-term shoulder problems for which my orthopedist prescribed physical therapy, in lieu of surgery. I have not gotten physical therapy until now due to piss-poor PT practitioners I have encountered in the past. One ortho surgeon insisted surgery was my only option and a far more credible ortho surgeon kept steering me to physical therapy since recovery from shoulder surgery is nearly a year long and very painful. I brought my daughter to Mill Valley Physical Therapy for knee rehab after her meniscus surgery. The PT pro was doing excellent work for my daughter so I thought, 'I'm already here; maybe I can try PT again while my daughter is working on her recovery.' I made an appointment to coincide with my daughter's next appointment. Fingers crossed! At my first appointment, my assigned PT Pro began by going over the MRI report, which she'd already read, and explained it to me so this non-medical professional (me) could understand which muscles are torn, which are in distress, where bone spurs are rubbing and degrading ligaments in my shoulder and, then!, explained all the secondary effects my body was likely feeling as a consequence of the main problems evident on the MRI. In short, she put in the effort before my appointment to be thoroughly prepared to begin fully informed treatment of my shoulders as soon as we met. My PT pro proceeded to work on my shoulders to ease the years-long pain I've endured. By my second appointment, I was already feeling relief in my shoulders and she began treatment to the secondary pain spots. Suddenly, I was feeling better, I was taking fewer muscle relaxers to sleep, and I was sleeping through the night without pain. I had not slept through the night without pain in years! I still have work to do to achieve my goals for my shoulders but I am highly confident, nay, extremely confident, my PT Pro will steadily guide me to heal and strengthen my body to the best of my capabilities. Also, the front office staff are super friendly and accommodating to get my appointments and my daughter's appointments to happen concurrently. They also regularly update my orthopedist on my progress. The other PT Pros not treating me or my daughter all know both my daughter and me by name and greet us enthusiastically and actively check in to see if we feel we are improving and asking if we need anything else for our comfort and rehabilitation. Sorry, this is a super long review but there are so many inadequate PT practitioners out there, I felt duty-bound to share with my Yelp Comminity the rare, professional, and highly competent group of professionals at Mill Valley Physical Therapy who are worthy of your trust.“