Tiaki Pilates Yoga And Physio Mount

Welcome Rehabilitate – Prevent – Perform

At Tiaki we believe that people suffer from pain and dysfunction because they’ve forgotten how to use their bodies. We’ve lost the awareness of how to move. It’s not the act of what we do – it’s how we’re doing it! We believe in order for people to recover completely from injury, prevent injuries in the future and perform at their best they need to addresses all aspects of the rehabilitation spectrum.

This is where our philosophy Rehabilitate – Prevent – Perform is unique. Our focus is to ensure people receive the ultimate in terms of injury prevention and rehabilitation as well as improved performance.

Rachael Burke

Rachael Burke’s career started in 1994, when she graduated from AUT with a degree in physiotherapy. She worked in private practises while gaining a postgraduate qualification in manipulative therapy. Rachael always had a keen interest in Sports Medicine and has completed many sports medicine papers through Otago University Her passion is injury prevention and rehabilitation. Incorporating Yoga and Pilates in to her career as a Physiotherapist is something Rachael has been working towards for years as she believes the combination of the two serves to rehabilitate from injury, prevent further injury and help increase performance in the sporting arena and in everyday life.

Opening the Tiaki studio in April 2012 she is now able to combine her passion for rehabilitation as well as injury prevention under one roof, and extend her knowledge to the general public. Rachael actively trains the teachers at Tiaki to provide quality classes especially designed to improve and strengthen healthy and able bodies.With her physiotherapy room attached to the studio Rachael is able to keep a close eye on client’s rehabilitation and progress.

Pilates Classes

Tiaki Pilates is a low-impact but effective form of weight bearing exercise that involves strengthening and lengthening muscles.

Rehabilitate – Prevent – Perform pilates

Pilates is more than just an exercise system. It is a physical discipline that involves a variety of principles that were devised by instructors using Joseph Pilates’ original concepts, which he called “Contrology.” Tiaki Pilates is a low-impact but effective form of weight bearing exercise that involves strengthening and lengthening muscles. Done in the manner taught by our instructors Tiaki Pilates will allow you achieve remarkable results without risking injury. At Tiaki all our Pilates classes are done on the Pilates Reformer Machine shown to the left.

Rehabilitate – Prevent – Perform yoga

The benefits of a yoga practice consisting of asana (postures), meditation and pranayama (breathing) are extraordinary. There is a growing body of evidence to support the fact that regular yoga practice can have a positive effect on blood pressure, inflammation, chronic pain, depression, diabetes, anxiety, asthma, heart disease, memory, irritable bowel syndrome, and ADD, among others. At Tiaki, yoga classes are offered daily.