Who is the APMA
Vision
The Level 1 Pilates Course curriculum has been reviewed by the Australian Pilates Method Association (APMA) since 1996 and delivered in private studios since that time. It was also the model used to develop the Pilates Instructor course offered as a Graduate Certificate at UTS in Sydney NSW.
What do we offer?
- education
- insurance access
- occupational health and safety
- professional identity
- marketing
Education
Continuing professional and public education is the conduit through which Pilates will be fully recognized as a mainstream health discipline. APMA is the acknowledged founder and guardian of these initiatives, including:
- World's first university-based course in Pilates
- Access to regular, structured training workshops
- Evaluation and certification of private provider courses
- Subscription to the quarterly Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
- Regular newsletter offering a vehicle for professional articles and assessment of recent publications
- Forums for industry development and debate.
Health and Safety
APMA marshalls advocacy and representation at public health, government and institutional levels. It has earned the right to introduce OH&S issues to the profession as a minimum standard for serious practitioners. Our OH&S standards include:
- Individual and client assessment and training programs
- Ongoing safety workshops
- Documented equipment safety standard
Insurance Access
Allied health professionals know their survival and prosperity depend upon a complex web of public and private recognition, peer support and industry acknowledgement. A crucial indicator of acceptance into mainstream health services is backing from the insurance sector. APMA has succeeded in:
- Negotiations with insurance companies to gain our members credible and affordable personal indemnity insurance
- Lobbying with health insurance companies for inclusion in their rebateable listing of allied health professionals and preventative health practices
Professional Identity
Presenting a united and sophisticated public identity is more than half the battle to gaining the recognition which is critical to the success of the profession. APMA has embarked on a process to expand its organisational image to better represent the interests of its members.
- Implementation and evaluation of education and safety standards
- Promotion of our industry standards to other health and fitness professionals through involvement in discussion, events, conferences and forums.
Marketing and Advertising
In the most competitive of worlds, the quality of marketing is the final decider. Your association promotes the profession and its members through:
- Yellow Pages index of membership
- Resource listing - all studios listed with APMA membership
- Networking with other members
- Public education at sports and health events
- Marketing to other health professionals through brochures, posters, and ongoing discussion and interaction with GPs, physiotherapists, health and fitness agencies
- Protection by the "association watchdog" of the Pilates name and other industry-related names from individuals who may try to personalise trademarking
- Use of the APMA logo giving a studio professional credibility and identity
Find Out More
For further information on activities and educational programs from APMA, please contact:
APMA Administrator
Joanne Worsfield
PO Box 135
Hurstbridge Vic 3099
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Meet Your Council
President - Peter Faux
Peter joined the APMA Council as Vice President in September 2007 and in October 2010 assumed the role of President.
Peter has a professional dance background, performing with Ballet Victoria, Australian Ballet, Jan Rebel Dance Co, Arts Council of Australia, Michael Edgeley Productions, JC Williamsons Theatres, as well as appearing on all major TV networks and in films. Productions have included 'Funny Girl', 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Promises, Promises', 'No, No Nanette', 'George M', 'Oliver', 'Pinnocchio' and numerous pantomimes and shopping centre promotions.
Peter has an extensive list of choreographic successes including 'Guys & Dolls', 'Oklahoma', 'Oliver' to name a few. He has organised the Peter Faux Dance Ensemble in Melton for the past 25 years.
Peter's qualifications include:
Level 3 Pilates Certification and Member of the APMA
Fellow of the CICB (Cecchetti International Classical Ballet)
Holder of the Cecchetti Diploma
Qualified Member of IADMS (International Assoc. for Dance Medicine & Sport)
Certificate in Character Dance, Australian Ballet School
Certificate in Psychology in Dance Training for Children
FIST CSB Cert 4 Workplace Training & Assessment
Certificate in First Aid Level 2
ATBA 10-pin bowling coach
Treasurer - Anita Delbridge-Goswell
Anita is a Level 4 APMA instructor and has worked as a Pilates instructor and owned my studio in Newcastle since 2002. Anita completed her Bachelor of Education (PDHPE) in 1995. She also lecture at the NSW TAFE in the Health and Recreation Department from 1996 to 2005 and has been in the fitness industry since 1990 in various roles including management, group fitness and exercise prescription. She is currently completing her Masters in Exercise Science (Rehabilitation) at Charles Sturt Uni (via distance education) and is an ESSA Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Along with her husband, who is an exercise phys. and pilates instructor, they specialise in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Anita's personal area of interest with pilates is pre & post natal pilates. Anita has two gorgeous boys aged 10 & 3 and a husband (who is also gorgeous!).
Secretary - Donna Oliver
Donna trained in classical ballet from childhood and completed her dance education at the Australian Ballet School. During the eighties she was introduced to Pilates Method and utilised its principles as adjunctive training whilst teaching dance. She completed the Graduate Certification in Pilates Method at the University of Technology, Sydney and is a presently a faculty member of the university lecturing to future graduates. In addition to her role as co- director of the Wollongong Pilates Studio, Donna is a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science and a registered teacher of The Royal Academy of Dance, London. She passionately continues to extend her knowledge base of exercise science & injury rehabilitation and is currently completing a Bachelor Degree in Exercise Science and Rehabilitation at the University of Wollongong.
Likes: travel, people with a sense of humour, good red wine and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Councillor - Melissa Turnock
Passionate about communication and education issues, Melissa's first career was as a specialist in rehabilitation speech pathology with brain injury and stroke patients, later advising insurer MBF on allied health certification. She is a past President of Speech Pathology Australia. Searching for a way to manage her own damn painful scoliosis, she found Pilates in 1998 and, "it was love at first experience!".
She trained as a studio intern at Spring Pilates beginning in 2003, graduation with a Graduate Certificate from UTS 2003 and a Certificate IV Pilates Method from PITC 2006. She is currently completing a Certificate IV in Massage Therapy. She co-opened North Sydney based Spring Pilates in 2003 and continues to teach at the studio as well as participating on the teaching staff in the studios APMA Level Two training program, and conducting new instructor mentoring and professional development activities.
Melissa Turnock is the founder of the industry blog, Pilates Scene (www.pilatesscene.com) and the upcoming Pilates industry directory Pilates source (www.pilatessource.com.au). As a practitioner, her areas of interest include developing client-specific functional repertoire, application of the Franklin Method, pelvic floor rehabilitation and shoulder girdle alignment and functional control.
Melissa's favourite travel destination is the Indian Himalayas, her favourite wine is a good Tasmanian Pinot Noir and her favourite food is anything spicy with chickpeas.
Paul Cini - Vice President
Paul has been the longest serving member of council for the Australian Pilates Method Association. Paul set up the Pilates Method Level Two Course Manual that is used today by all A.P.M.A. accredited teachers across Australia. Paul’s career started with the Australian Ballet School, before he joined the Australian Ballet Company in 1976. In the early ‘80s Paul based himself in Munich, Germany. He had the pleasure of sharing the Stage with many greats such as Natasha Markarova, Michkail Barishnikov and Dame Margot Fonteyn. In 1981, in the German Critics Year Book of Dance, he was voted ‘Beste Leistung eines Nachwuchstanzers’ (Best Up and Coming Dancer of the Year) by Jens Wendland.
Later he utilised his stage experiences to become a Stage and Production Manager with organisations such as The Victorian Arts Centre, the Melbourne Symphony and the Melbourne International Festival. When Paul returned to the Australian Ballet School as Special Projects Manager he was introduced to the Pilates Method. He also studied to attain a Graduate Certificate in visual and performing arts. Paul has been an A.P.M.A. accredited level Two course provider for eleven years. In that time over one-hundred and forty students have been fully trained through the school and are now successfully working in the industry.
