Stott Pilates
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| Founded | Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1988) |
| Founder | Moira and Lindsay G. Merrithew |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Key people
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Lindsay G. Merrithew, Co-Founder, President, and CEO, Moira Merrithew, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Education |
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| Owner | Moira and Lindsay G. Merrithew |
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Number of employees
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~100 |
| Parent | Merrithew |
| Website | merrithew |
Lindsay G. Merrithew, Co-Founder, President, and CEO,
Stott Pilates is a version of the Pilates method of physical exercise. It was developed by Lindsay and Moira Merrithew, with the collaboration of physical therapists, and sports medicine and fitness professionals. The most significant difference between Stott Pilates and Joseph Pilates's original method of the early 1900s is that, where the original method uses a straight spine during exercise, Stott Pilates focuses on maintaining the natural curvature of the spine.
Following her career as a dancer with the Bermuda Ballet, and principal dancer with the City Ballet of Toronto and the Atlantic Ballet Company, Moira Merrithew learned, with the help of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, of the Pilates method of exercise. Moira received her Pilates training in New York City from Romana Kryzanowska, a protégé of Joseph Pilates. After her training was complete and her return to Toronto, Moira and Lindsay Merrithew developed the Stott Pilates method in the 1980s. Lindsay has been instrumental in designing, producing and marketing the company's extensive equipment and video lines and is a past member of Ontario's prestigious Innovators Alliance for elite entrepreneurs. Lindsay was nominated twice for Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award and is a five-time recipient of PROFIT Magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies award.
Prior to the conclusion, in 2000, of a trademark case about who was entitled to use the word 'Pilates,' The Stott Pilates Method was known as "Stott Conditioning a contemporary approach to the teaching of Joseph H Pilates." In 2010, the company name was changed to Merrithew Health & Fitness, but the name of the method remained Stott Pilates.
The Stott Pilates method has exercises designed to restore the natural curves of the spine and rebalance the muscles around the joints. The Stott Pilates method places more emphasis on scapular stabilization than other methods. The method focuses on the following five basic principles of breathing, pelvic placement, rib case placement, scapular movement, and head and cervical spine placement.
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