CLINICAL PILATES
Clinical Pilates that builds the deep strength you can carry into the day.
Clinical Pilates on the reformer — rehab-grade conditioning under the eye of a physiotherapist or kinesiologist.
OVERVIEW
What is Clinical Pilates?
Clinical Pilates is rehab and conditioning delivered on Pilates equipment — primarily the reformer — by a physiotherapist or kinesiologist. The variable spring resistance is forgiving for joints, demanding for control, and exceptional for rebuilding the deep stabilizing systems that get switched off after injury.
At Launch Rehab, Clinical Pilates is most often the active-rehab arm of a physiotherapy plan or a stand-alone conditioning option for clients who want a more controlled training environment than a busy gym.
Common reasons clients book Clinical Pilates: post-partum return to exercise, low-back recovery, post-surgical conditioning, runners building hip and trunk control, and anyone who wants to train precisely.
BENEFITS
What this work is for.
- Rebuild deep stability after injury or pregnancy
- Train strength without joint compression
- Improve movement control and body awareness
- Bridge from rehab into independent training
- Train safely with hypermobility or chronic pain
WHAT TO EXPECT
Your session, step by step.
Initial assessment
Movement screen, history, goal-setting. Your instructor sees what your body brings to the reformer before designing the program.
Tailored programming
Sessions are built around what you need — not a class plan you have to fit into.
Technique coaching
Hands-on cueing and adjustment. The point of clinical Pilates is precision; that requires real-time feedback.
Progression
Spring load, range and complexity stepped up over weeks. Documented, so progress is visible.
Initial assessment
Movement screen, history, goal-setting. Your instructor sees what your body brings to the reformer before designing the program.
Tailored programming
Sessions are built around what you need — not a class plan you have to fit into.
Technique coaching
Hands-on cueing and adjustment. The point of clinical Pilates is precision; that requires real-time feedback.
Progression
Spring load, range and complexity stepped up over weeks. Documented, so progress is visible.
WHY LAUNCH REHAB
What you get with us.
One-on-one, always
The clinician who assesses you is the clinician who treats you and progresses your plan. No assistant hand-off.
Five Metro Vancouver studios
Lougheed, Coquitlam, Richmond, New Westminster and North Burnaby. Book at the studio nearest you.
Evenings and weekends
Appointments outside business hours so treatment fits around work, not the other way around.
Direct billing
ICBC, MSP, WorkSafeBC and most extended health plans billed directly by our client care coordinators.
Convenient parking
Free parking at our Lougheed, North Burnaby and Richmond studios; paid street and transit-station parking at Coquitlam and New Westminster.
Regulated practitioners
Every clinician is licensed by their BC college and held to its scope-of-practice and ethics standards.
KIND WORDS
What our clients say.
"Love this clinic. The staff from the front receptionist to the physiotherapists, RMTs and active rehab specialists are amazing. Kind and supportive in helping me heal."
— PAREEN R
FIVE STUDIOS · METRO VANCOUVER
OUR LOCATIONS
EST. 2025
LAUNCH REHAB LOUGHEED
Located next to LifeLabs in the City of Lougheed.
EST. 2024
LAUNCH REHAB COQUITLAM
On the second floor of the Evergreen building at Pinetree Way and Glen Dr.
EST. 2023
LAUNCH REHAB RICHMOND
Northeast corner of Williams Rd and No. 3 Rd in Broadmoor.
EST. 2021
LAUNCH REHAB NEW WESTMINSTER
Second floor of the Shops at New West, inside the Skytrain Station.
EST. 2015
LAUNCH REHAB NORTH BURNABY
Kensington Square Shopping Centre at Kensington Ave and Hastings St.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
When delivered by a physiotherapist, sessions are billed as physiotherapy and covered the same way (MSP-limited, ICBC, WorkSafeBC, extended health). Sessions led by a non-physiotherapist instructor are paid privately.