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Pilates Method Alliance™ Position Statement
Recommendations for Running a Studio
The PMA™ recommends to its members operating Pilates
exercise facilities/ studios and to all Health/Fitness Clubs,
Country Clubs, Recreational Facilities, Spas, Wellness Centers,
and Physical Therapy Studios operating Pilates exercise studios
on their premises to review the ACSM Health Fitness Facility
Standards and Guidelines. The following are their basic 6
recommendations:
1. A facility must be able to respond in a timely manner to
any reasonably foreseeable emergency event that threatens
the health and safety of facility users. Toward this end,
a facility must have an appropriate emergency plan that can
be executed by qualified personnel in a timely manner.
2. A facility must offer each adult member a pre-screening
that is appropriate to the physical activities to be performed
by the member.
3. Each person who has a supervisory responsibility for a
physical activity program or area at a facility must have
demonstrable professional competence in that physical activity
program or area.
4. A facility must post appropriate signage alerting users
to the risks involved in their use of those areas of a facility
that present potential increased risk(s). Especially re: the
unsupervised use of Pilates equipment in studio & gym
settings.
5. A facility that offers youth services or programs must
provide appropriate supervision.
6. A facility must conform to all relevant laws, regulations,
and published standards.
Please contact ACSM for more information at: www.acsm.org
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