From Balance to Spinal Health: What the Pedi Pole Can Do for You
If you’ve never experienced the Pedi Pole, now is the perfect time to discover its magic. It’s an apparatus that looks deceptively simple: a tall pole with springs attached. But step up to pull on those springs and you’ll quickly realize exactly where your body is disconnected or out-of-balance. Spend 10 minutes with it and you’ll know why this unassuming apparatus is one of the most powerful tools for organizing your body, improving posture, and finding balance.
Joseph Pilates created the Ped-O-Pul (AKA the Pedi Pole) to help align the body against gravity, and its benefits are profound. Whether you’re a beginner who wants to stand taller or an advanced practitioner working on extreme balance challenges, this apparatus gently—but firmly—teaches your body how to find its center.
Key benefits of working with the Pedi Pole:
Posture Reset
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In just a few minutes, you’ll feel your head, shoulders, and spine lift effortlessly into alignment.
Balance Training
- Standing with spring resistance challenges your stability, waking up muscles from your feet to your core and surrounds your spine with support making you instantly more stable.
Body Organization
- The Pedi Pole draws out asymmetries, giving you feedback that helps you reconnect and realign
Spinal Decompression
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By encouraging lift, the Pedi Pole creates space between the vertebrae and relieves tension.
Mind-Body Connection
- Its simplicity requires deep concentration (without focus, you’ll literally fall over!), transforming subtle movements into powerful breakthroughs.
Learn to Use the Pedi Pole with Pilatesology
If you’re ready to experience the Pedi Pole we’ve gathered some of our favorite Pilatesology classes to get you started:
Improve your posture in just a few minutes with Ped-O-Pul Posture
- The perfect quick reset for your alignment.
Advance your practice and learn the tricks to balancing on one leg with Ped-O-Pul Refresh with Brett
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A fun and challenging way to take your skills further.
Want to shift your body into high gear? Check out The 30 Minute Body Lift
- A dynamic, whole-body workout that leaves you standing taller and stronger.
Like all Gratz equipment, the Pedi Pole is crafted with precision and authenticity to Joseph Pilates’ original specifications, ensuring you get the same results that his students experienced. Whether you’re new to Pilates or a lifelong devotee, adding the Pedi Pole to your practice is an investment in your posture, balance, and overall well-being.
Want to dive deeper? Pilatesology is offering Gratz fans an exclusive 30-day free trial. Use the code GRATZ30 when you sign up and explore hundreds of classes—including the Ped-O-Pul workouts shared above—taught by the world’s top instructors. It’s the perfect way to experience the full breadth of the Pilates Method right from home.
About Alisa Wyatt, Co-founder of Pilatesology
Alisa Wyatt is a lifelong Pilates teacher and movement enthusiast known for making the classical method accessible, joyful, and transformative. As co-founder of Pilatesology, she shares authentic Pilates with students worldwide and is passionate about preserving Joseph Pilates’ original work. Alisa has trained and taught extensively on Gratz apparatus, which she considers essential for experiencing the true depth and power of the method, and she loves helping practitioners discover how these classical tools can transform their bodies and lives.