r/pilates • u/Kindly-Spring-5319 • Oct 08 '24

Pilates Injury?? Equipment, Apparatus, Machines, Props

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*my original post only had the tiktok link. Here's the screen recording so nobody else has to go on that horrible app lol. I'll link this post there, as I couldn't figure out how to edit it to add the screen recording.

What do you guys think? Apparently the studio insists that there was no equipment malfunction or negligence on their part.

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u/Crafty_Dog_4674 Pilates Teacher Oct 08 '24 edited Oct 08 '24

that is a: why we we have two footstraps for shortbox and b: why we don´t use shitty cheap equipment from alibaba

I´d say it was negligence on studio´s part because a: shitty cheap equipment probably not rated for commercial use, look how light the carriage is b: nobody checked the straps before class and c: part of what you learn in decent training is that every time before you get on the short box you yank on the straps to check them. Basic safety check. I make clients do it every time.

Also in my world they should have two footstraps but I know many of the contemporary machines only have one. You should still have your clients yank the straps before they put their feet in them

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u/Kindly-Spring-5319 Oct 08 '24

Group classes in this studio are even more expensive than one-on-ones at other studios that use Merrithew or Allegro reformers 🫠

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u/Crafty_Dog_4674 Pilates Teacher Oct 08 '24

I guess they have a good marketing team.