20 May 2023 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Exercise, Physiotherapy, Pilates, Pregnancy Tweet Pilates 101: Visualising the sacrum "Anchor through your tailbone when you are on the mat" This Pilates cue is a common one when it comes to ensuring your alignment and control of your 'pelvis and spinal neutral' postures in class. This is especially so when testing your deep abdominal strength in exercises such as table top. But what does this 'tailbone' actually look like? It is anatomically called the sacrum and may not look like what you imagine. I often get asked about the coccyx with reference to this Pilates cue. When you study this image, you can see that your coccyx is just the tiny bone on the end of the sacrum. it is not through this that you find or control your 'pelvis neutral' of 'heavy tailbone.' The sacrum articulates with the iliums of the pelvis on each side. These 2 joints are called the sacro-iliac joints ( you have a left one and a right one), and these are crucial role in providing stability, transmitting forces, and facilitating movement between the upper body and lower extremities. Tweet
"Anchor through your tailbone when you are on the mat" This Pilates cue is a common one when it comes to ensuring your alignment and control of your 'pelvis and spinal neutral' postures in class. This is especially so when testing your deep abdominal strength in exercises such as table top. But what does this 'tailbone' actually look like? It is anatomically called the sacrum and may not look like what you imagine. I often get asked about the coccyx with reference to this Pilates cue. When you study this image, you can see that your coccyx is just the tiny bone on the end of the sacrum. it is not through this that you find or control your 'pelvis neutral' of 'heavy tailbone.' The sacrum articulates with the iliums of the pelvis on each side. These 2 joints are called the sacro-iliac joints ( you have a left one and a right one), and these are crucial role in providing stability, transmitting forces, and facilitating movement between the upper body and lower extremities.
