A leading provider of physiotherapist-led Pilates in Stockport.
Expert physiotherapy treatment frequently incorporates the key principles of Pilates as a means to improving patients’ posture and core stability, which can be effective in resolving and preventing recurrence of neck and back pain.
Our modified Pilates tuition combines specialist clinical physiotherapy expertise with the core principles of Pilates exercise to safely equip our clients with a range of long lasting benefits – including those clients who have existing conditions or injury.
We offer private physio-led Pilates consultations as well as four levels of physio-led Pilates classes, from beginner to advanced.
Our new Marple Physio Pilates studio
We’re now offering more Pilates classes from our very own Marple Physio Pilates studio in Marple House (above Peacocks). Find us at Suite 1, Marple House, Stockport Rd, Marple, Stockport SK6 6BD.
Learn more about our new classes below, or contact us to enrol now.
Physio-led Pilates classes & prices
At Marple Physio, we offer in-person and live streamed, online physio-led Pilates classes.
Please visit Why choose physio-led Pilates? for more on how our classes may be beneficial for you and how our live online classes work.
Class levels:
| Level 1: Core Control | This 30 minute class is for those new to movement or managing painful injuries. Build confidence, stability, and posture through fundamental movement skills. You'll learn how to apply the 5 Key Elements across different positions, helping you move with ease and purpose in everyday life. |
| Level 2: Align & Activate | Ideal for managing chronic conditions or ongoing aches that are well-controlled. This 1 hour class builds strength and stability gently and comfortably, with minimal post-class soreness. |
| Level 3: Power & Precision | These 1 hour classes are tailored for experienced Pilates participants who move with precision and intent. These higher-energy sessions focus on deep core activation and strength progression. This level is not recommended for acute (new) injuries but is ideal once conditions are settled. Expect a challenge and being aware of the muscles you have worked in the following few days. |
| Level 4: Pilates Pro | This 30 minute class is for seasoned movers who embody the Pilates principles instinctively. Breathing is effortless, alignment is second nature, and past injuries are firmly in the rear-view. You’re ready for intensity, precision, and a powerful push. |
Prices:
- 1 x weekly 1 hour in-person class – £46 per month1, or £15 PAYG.
- 1 x weekly 30 minute in-person class – £30 per month1, or £8 PAYG.
- Weekly lived streamed online class and recording – £20 per month1.
PAYG classes are booked via Gymcatch.
If you’d like to attend more than one class each week, please contact us for our multi-class discounted prices.
Participants are asked to attend a personal induction session before commencing any of our classes. Please read our Pilates Information and Terms for further information.
Class timetable:
| Mon | 10:00am - Level 3: Power & Precision with Liz (1 hour) 11:15am - Level 3: Power & Precision with Liz (1 hour) 1:30pm - Level 2: Align & Activate* with Liz (1 hour) |
| Tues | 9:15am - All Levels: Online via Zoom with Nicky (90 min) 12:30pm - Level 4: Pilates Pro with Nicky (30 min) |
| Wed | 9:15am - Level 2: Align & Activate with Nicky (1 hour) 10:30am - Level 3: Power & Precision with Nicky (1 hour) 12:00pm - Level 3: Power & Precision with Liz (1 hour) 1:15pm - Level 2: Align & Activate* with Liz (1 hour) 5:00pm - Level 3: Power & Precision with Liz (1 hour) 6:15pm - Level 2: Align & Activate with Liz (1 hour) 7:30pm - Level 3: Power & Precision with Nicky (1 hour) |
| Thur | 11:30am - Level 1: Core Control with Nicky (30 min) 12:15pm - Level 4: Pilates Pro with Nicky (30 min) 6:00pm - Level 2: Align & Activate with Holli (1 hour) 7:15pm - Level 3: Power & Precision with Holli (1 hour) |
| Fri | 9:15am - Level 2: Align & Activate with Nicky (1 hour) 10:30am - Level 3: Power & Precision with Nicky (1 hour) 11:45am - Level 2: Align & Activate with Holli (1 hour) 1:00pm - Level 3: Power & Precision with Holli (1 hour) |
| Sat | 9:00am - Level 3: Power & Precision with Holli (1 hour) 10:15am - Level 2: Align & Activate with Holli (1 hour) 11:30am - Level 1: Core Control with Nicky, Liz, or Holli (30 min) |
1. Payable by standing order on the 20th of each month.
* Starting w/c 15/09/2025.
Why choose physiotherapist-led Pilates classes?
All of our Pilates classes are taught by a chartered physiotherapist, so they are like a physiotherapy treatment for you each time. What’s more, with a maximum of 12 attendees, you will always receive lots of individual attention and monitoring.
Pilates is appropriate for people of all ages and you can often start physio-led Pilates whilst you are continuing with your treatment or post-operative rehab.
Induction sessions
Participants are asked to attend a personal induction session before commencing any of our classes. This is to allow the physiotherapist to better understand any problems you may have with your movement or your health, and to identify any unique areas of need, which can be addressed during the classes.
You will also receive a detailed instruction on the core muscles, what they feel like when they are recruited, and the founding principles of Pilates (known as the 5 Key Elements), to ensure the correct technique.
Following your induction session, you will also be provided with a video demonstration for you to practise at home, prior to attending your first class. Personal induction sessions are 30 minutes and priced at £36.
Please note that, in order to ensure that there’s a suitable space available in a regular class that works for you before you attend your induction, we don’t allow bookings just for an induction session.
This helps us manage class numbers effectively and maintain our strict limit of no more than 12 people per class, ensuring high-quality, personalised instruction for every participant.
Once you’re inducted, you’ll be assigned a ‘home class’ where your space is reserved for you each week. This avoids classes becoming overloaded and helps us to maintain consistency.
For added flexibility, you can cancel your home class session in advance on Gymcatch and re-book into another available class on our timetable using our catch-up system.
This approach keeps our classes structured, safe, and focused, while giving you the flexibility you need.
After your first month of attending regularly, you’re welcome to move onto a PAYG option. Just bear in mind, the more often you attend, the quicker you’ll feel the benefits.
Modified Pilates
Modified or clinical Pilates consists of strength, mobilising and stabilising exercises, which can be beneficial for those experiencing pain or weakness, or to anyone who wants to start exercising again, but may be concerned about aggravating an existing injury or condition.
Benefits range from improved posture, flexibility, strength and co-ordination, to relief from lower back and neck pain as well as improving muscle tone, especially in the abdominal, buttock and hip region.
We offer private Pilates consultations as well as beginner and intermediate Pilates classes.
Private Pilates consultations
Our APPI Health Group trained Pilates physiotherapist offers the long-term benefits of individual specialist Pilates consultations and personalised exercise programmes.
This expertise allows our specialist to make small adjustments to your body ensuring that the correct body part “drives” the particular exercise. Each exercise is then modified specifically for you, enabling you to get so much more out of your Pilates practice.
Individual specialist scoliosis Pilates sessions are also available and include an assessment and personalised programme designed to correct and maintain spine curve and rotation, and keep in control of any related pain.
Your private modified Pilates consultation
During your consultation, you will be able to discuss any condition, pain or discomfort you are experiencing, and/or any improved sports performance you would like to achieve.
Our highly experienced Pilates physiotherapy practitioner will then complete a lifestyle review and ‘head-to-toe’ biomechanical posture assessment before discussing achievable short and long-term goals with you.
In order to ascertain which particular exercises will be most beneficial for you, posture observations are made throughout the consultation; this includes sitting, standing, walking, and other day to day actions such as squatting and standing on one leg. These observations also allow baseline measurement of balance, initial core strength, or any muscle imbalances that may be present.
Our Pilates physiotherapist will then fully explain their findings before devising your unique Pilates home exercise programme, tailored to your individual requirements and taking into account your occupation, sports, and hobbies.
Your consultation provides an opportunity to practise exercises under the guidance of our expert modified Pilates physiotherapy practitioner. Video demonstrations of your prescribed exercises are then emailed to you, ensuring that you are fully confident in completing exercises independently at home.
Private physiotherapy-led Pilates consultations are £65 and last 45 minutes. You will be asked to wear comfortable, stretchy clothing, such as jogging bottoms or leggings. Modified Pilates exercises are typically practised in socks. All equipment is provided.
Please note that prices are effective as of 1st April 2023.
Remote individual Pilates consultations
These begin with an interview (known as a subjective assessment), just as our physiotherapy assessments do. We take a history of your health, any conditions, pain, or injury you would like addressing, and any overall targets you would like to achieve.
We will then do an observational physical assessment looking at your natural posture and how you move. You will then be taught what your ‘core’ muscles are and how to feel them working (this is much easier than it sounds!).
A personal Pilates programme will be formulated to address your individual goals. You will be taught each exercise within the session, and then be sent an email of the exercise program to work on in between sessions. Each exercise is accompanied by written instructions and a video to remind you of the technique.
Pilates gift vouchers
Marple Physio Pilates gift vouchers are now available to buy online.
Choose a private Pilates session, which can be shared (and socially distanced) for up to 3 people, or a private Pilates induction session plus a month of Pilates group classes.
Your personalised pdf gift voucher is valid for 6 months and will be emailed directly to you for you to print or forward onto the recipient.
Physiotherapy and sports massage gift vouchers are also available.
Please visit our Gift Vouchers page for terms and conditions.
Please visit Why choose physio-led Pilates? for more on how our classes may be beneficial for you and how our live online classes work.
Nicola Jackson
Chartered Physiotherapist & Joint Clinical Director
BSc (Hons), HCPC, MCSP, ACPOHE, AACP
Nicky graduated with First Class Honours from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2007. After starting her career in a hospital setting, she moved into private practice in 2010 and became a partner at Marple Physiotherapy in 2019.
Nicky offers a holistic, patient-centred approach to physiotherapy, with specialist expertise in occupational health, ergonomics, manual therapy, acupuncture, and physiotherapy-led Pilates. A member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics, and a Devotee member of the Australian Pilates and Physiotherapy Institute, Nicky integrates physiotherapy-led Pilates into treatment for conditions including pregnancy-related or postpartum pain, hypermobility, scoliosis, and osteoporosis. She is also undertaking specialist training in dizziness and vestibular rehabilitation, including the treatment of BPPV, PPPD, cervical dizziness, and vertigo.
As a long-time running enthusiast, Nicky understands the frustrations of injury and has completed specialist training in running rehab and gait analysis, allowing her to support runners in returning to the sport safely and sustainably. Her goal is always to help clients continue doing what they love, pain-free and with confidence.
Nicola Jackson
Chartered Physiotherapist & Joint Clinical Director
BSc (Hons), HCPC, MCSP, ACPOHE, AACP
Nicky graduated with First Class Honours from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2007. After starting her career in a hospital setting, she moved into private practice in 2010 and became a partner at Marple Physiotherapy in 2019.
Nicky offers a holistic, patient-centred approach to physiotherapy, with specialist expertise in occupational health, ergonomics, manual therapy, acupuncture, and physiotherapy-led Pilates. A member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics, and a Devotee member of the Australian Pilates and Physiotherapy Institute, Nicky integrates physiotherapy-led Pilates into treatment for conditions including pregnancy-related or postpartum pain, hypermobility, scoliosis, and osteoporosis. She is also undertaking specialist training in dizziness and vestibular rehabilitation, including the treatment of BPPV, PPPD, cervical dizziness, and vertigo.
As a long-time running enthusiast, Nicky understands the frustrations of injury and has completed specialist training in running rehab and gait analysis, allowing her to support runners in returning to the sport safely and sustainably. Her goal is always to help clients continue doing what they love, pain-free and with confidence.
If you are unsure whether our physiotherapy-led modified Pilates could help you, please call us on 0161 426 0100 or email enquiries@marplephysio.com and Nicola will be happy to discuss your needs and offer her advice, without obligation.
We do not recommend that you attend modified Pilates if you are experiencing severe pain or swelling, have severely restricted mobility, or have just had surgery. If you are currently medically unwell, you should check with a doctor before participating.
If you develop an exacerbation of your existing pain or develop a new pain during a course of classes, always let the physiotherapist know as soon as possible – it may be possible to modify the exercises further to help keep you active.
It is advised that you do not attend if you are newly pregnant (less than 8 weeks if you regularly attend) or if you have just given birth (less than 6 weeks post delivery, less than 8 weeks post caesarean). If you become pregnant, please let us know and we can discuss your suitability for our antenatal and pregnancy Pilates classes.
