Your Pilates Trainers
Carin Nutt BSc Hons DThD ITEC
Carin trained as a classical ballet dancer at Arts Educational
School, Tring and after training as a teacher through the Royal
Academy of Dance she taught dance abroad in her 20's. She later
trained and gained her RSA exercise to music and worked as a
fitness instructor in the 1980s working in the Pineapple Dance
Studio and Big Apple Centre during this time. She also trained and
gained a diploma in dietary therapy, qualified in ITEC massage and
worked as a personal trainer in London.
Later on in her 30's Carin went back to university and gained
her degree as an Occupational Therapist going on to work in the
National Health Service. During her 20+ years as an OT she worked
in areas of elderly medicine, back care, stroke, mental health and
community and became a Senior OT at the N&NUH in orthopaedics
and specialises in elective surgery. Carin has just retired from
the NHS but her knowledge of the working body has come from all her
fields of work giving her a full understanding of the mechanics of
the body, the anatomical basis of good posture and the importance
of exercise.
Carin discovered Pilates after having twins and thought she
would never see her toes again - let alone her stomach muscles! She
enrolled in a Pilates class, falling in love with her ballet on the
floor and has not looked back since.
After arriving in Norwich in 2005 Carin went to classes with
Shape Up Pilates where Kim Snelling encouraged her to train. Carin
underwent her Fitness Pilates training and worked with Kim during
the year. At this time Hempnall Hall were looking for a teacher and
Carin started her first class in 2006.
As classes started to grow she undertook her Matwork Course
Levels 1, 2 and 3 with the APPI (Australian Physiotherapy and
Pilates Institute). She passed her final Rehabilitation Exam in
2013 and is now a fully certified APPI instructor.
To keep her training up to date,
she undertakes annual CPD coursework with the
APPI including Small Equipment, Shoulder Rehabilitation and
Founders Workshops.
Her courses are now well established with a
large and loyal following of regular clients at Hempnall and
Cringleford as well as a handful of private clients. Carin keeps
very busy with several classes each week and working part-time as
an OT at the hospital. In any spare time left over she enjoys
cycling and ballroom dancing.
Carin is
CRB-checked and holds her St John's Ambulance First Aid
training.
Jo Douglas
Jo's background is as an occupational therapist, and has worked
in
orthopaedics, rheumatology and community mental health.
Her own 'back history' began following two pregnancies twenty
eight
years ago. Over the ensuing years there has been much
involvement with 'various therapies'. Finally, a chiropractor
told her (very nicely), that if she took more responsibility for
her own spinal health, there would be less dependency on other
interventions.
This prompted Jo to take up pilates, and the chiropractors point
was
proved to be true. Jo then trained in Pilates with Training
Solutions in Surrey. She strongly feels that if people
are able to understand the mechanics of their body, they too will
be able to begin to help themselves.
Jo's additional interests are in alternative therapies to which end
she
is also qualified in massage, aromatherapy and
reflexology.
Sue Palmer
The journey from ballet to Pilates was such a natural - and obvious
- one!
Trained by the Royal Ballet School from an early age through to
a professional dancer, and then later as a teacher, my knowledge
and experience of anatomy and injuries were always to the fore.
Throughout the years when I ran my Ballet School
(and, later, fitness classes too) this knowledge was essential.
I am greatly indebted to Carin, and to the APPI, for a thorough
training in Fitness Pilates - a fantastic system that works.
The benefits to mind and body are truly remarkable.
Charlotte Harrison Chartered Physiotherapist
MCSP, BSc Hons, MSc
Charlotte is a senior physiotherapist with a special interest in
back pain at the Norfolk and Norwich University hospital. She
completed her physiotherapy training at the University of East
Anglia qualifying in 2002. She has recently completed her Masters
in Advanced Physiotherapy Research and Practice reviewing the
effectiveness of physiotherapy techniques for low back pain in the
elderly population.
Charlotte has been running spinal education and rehabilitation
classes within the NHS for the last 8 years. Through these classes
she has discovered the impact of empowering people to take control
of their back pain through Pilates style self management exercises.
This prompted her to learn more about the Pilates method and begin
training with the APPI. She completed her first matwork course in
March 2014 before discovering Carin’s classes. Learning the art of
running a successful class through Carin’s experience and
enthusiasm Charlotte completed her APPI certification in February
2016.
Following the birth of her two children, now 8 years and 6 years
old, Charlotte initially regained her fitness by returning to
running and playing hockey. It is only now by complementing these
hobbies with regular Pilates that she feels the healthiest and
strongest she has ever been.
