Q&A with Courtney Miller!

Hello Courtney,
I hear a lot of wrist complaints when I make my clients do the knee stretch series or the plank or upstretch exercises even when they use the heels of their hands. Any advice on that?
I really enjoy watching your videos as I learn a lot to teach my classes. You are awesome! :)
Salpi

Courtney have you every come across clients who feel "sea sick" or some sort of "motion sickness" doing pilates on the reformer? if so how do you overcome this? Also I have a friend who does pilates matwork (beg level) and she felt sick and light headed when doing some work with the overball under her thoracic spine and circling arms - could this be some sort of motion sickness. She claims she had eaten and has no other medical issues to her knowledge. I would be interested to hear your views on this thank you.

You plan impeccable sessions. Planning is the key to good teaching. Do you have a "lesson plan" format you might be willing to share? A short list of goals for every workout? Thank you, Courtney!

I have a female super flexible client who just cannot maintain her balance with legs extended in Open Leg Rocker - she can perform it with tabletop legs - but the minute she tries to extend her legs long, she collapses. I would love some guidance on what is happening - I have tried getting her to "lengthen" through her legs from her hips, use her arms more strongly in hold, and so on - but she cannot "maintain the balance position" at all with extended legs. She has been doing Pilates for 7 years! Thanks so much!

Hi Courtney, you are my favorite! My most difficult privates to service are my rigid 5-8 mile a day runners. They are tight, rigid, "sagittal beasts", AND they want to "feel it" on each work out and have little interest in working small. Any programming advice for anti-Pilates movers who are loyal clients? ? behind ?, ideas on connecting to their athleticism with programming to help them from over doing it - and progress on their own pace.hope that makes sense. You are the best!

I LOVE the 2 Courtney Miller classes I have taken--LOVE them. :) Looking forward to taking the one with hand weights again this week. I Really felt that workout for 2 days after it. It felt GREAT to begin to get strong again!!! GREAT!!!! And I am grateful for how the moves weren't too hard but in totality, they were intense and very effective. :) She's AWESOME! SOOOO LOOKING FORWARD to more of her classes on here and hope there are some mat ones! :)

When will this Q&A become live?:) I am excited to hear the answers.
Do you have any program ideas for skaters and gymnasts?
Thanks

Jodie ~ You have great timing! We just finished everything for the Q&A and it will go live at the end of the week! I will also refer Courtney to this blog to make sure she can answer any questions in here that weren't addressed in the video. I hope you enjoy it!