IM=X (Integrated Movement eXercize) Pilates is for the chiropractor who wants to:
• improve treatment
• increase cash based services
• increase patient retention
• offer a comprehensive approach to spinal fitness and wellness
• expand market outreach

IM=X Pilates has been developed and proven over the past decade in private training facilities, chiropractic offices, hospitals, gyms, corporate fitness centers, and physical therapy businesses; AND is now offered as a franchise package. Our proprietary services integrate the principles of the Alexander Technique, J.H. Pilates, physical therapy protocols and stabilization. As healthcare shifts toward wellness and fitness, IM=X Pilates can help you stay ahead in today's competitive market by drawing in patients/customers that you may not be reaching (i.e. Baby Boomers).

THE PROGRAM
IM=X Pilates services provide a unique combination of exercise and education that facilitate pain free movement and spinal fitness. Whether your patient's back pain originates from muscle tension, inflexibility, instability, or weakness, IM=X Pilates along with chiropractic care will improve:
•  spinal alignment and mobility
•  flexibility and active range of motion
•  posture and anticipatory postural adjustments
•  trunk stabilization and trunk muscle hypertrophy
•  muscle tension patterns through inhibition training
•  motor planning through muscle recruitment training
•  neuromusculoskeletal health and fitness

IM=X Pilates training sessions combine traction, stabilization technique, active range of motion stretches, resistance exercise on our patented reformer (Xercizer), and posture re-education. The services can be customized for a wide range of ages and post-rehabilitation requirements so that your patients become long-term members of your IM=X Pilates Studio. Whether your patients are aging baby-boomers or women over 30 looking for the most effective workout experience; they will enjoy the results they receive at your IM=X Pilates Studio.

THE TARGET MARKETS
As a successful Doctor of Chiropractic, you can maintain a great advantage in your community. Since all of your patients need an effective stabilization exercise program AND many residents in your area are seeking improved fitness, with IM=X Pilates you will have both!

The IM=X Pilates franchise program for Chiropractors includes:
•  proprietary treatment strategies and patented pilates equipment
•  unlimited certification support for you to develop your fitness staff
•  full marketing program and ongoing support AND MORE

IM=X Pilates DCs receive support in identifying and training the appropriate fitness staff to operate their services. Once we help you determine the appropriate personal trainers/instructors in your area, then we will put them through an educational program that covers, among others, the following topics:
•  IM=X Pilates Spine Stabilization Techniques
•  IM=X Reformer (Xercizer) Strength and Flexibility Training
• IM=X Posture Training (note: based on the teachings of F.M. Alexander and refined through contemporary researchers)
•  Research Review

Billing Information: IM=X Pilates is typically paid out-of-pocket but can also can be billed as Therapeutic Exercise (TE) and Neuromuscular Re-Education (TEN). Most clients will pay out-of-pocket for the benefits of IM=X private or semi-private memberships; and remain committed to these services for many years.

"These moves are designed not only to tone and elongate your muscles, but also to improve your posture and help your back. So try them and start reaping the benefits"
--Fit Magazine

"IM=X is the perfect adjunct to chiropractic care...a comprehensive, safe and superior approach to back exercise rehabiltation."
--James Dillard, M.D., D.C., C.Ac.
Medical Dir, Alternative Health Oxford Health Plans, Inc.
Chairman, Oxford Chiropractic Advisory Board

"Practicing chiropractic for 10 year had exposed me to many techiques for restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. None has impressed me as much as IM=X."
--Daniel Claps, DC