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An honest review of the scientific studies on Pilates: what the evidence actually supports, and what it still does not.
Pilates has spent years winning the marketing argument on chronic low back pain. Compared head-to-head with conventional strength training, the advantage it promises shrinks considerably — and in several direct trials, it disappears.
Pilates is prescribed today for almost everything. We go through the meta-analyses with an uncomfortable rule: separate what's proven from what sells, and say out loud where the evidence ends.