Clinical Pilates that rebuilds strength.
Personalized private and semi-private Pilates sessions to correct imbalances, improve mobility, deepen mind-body connection and find your powerhouse.
The reformer studio · Fairfax District
Movement taught by a clinician.
Pilates focuses on how your core is the foundation of how you move. Connecting the front and back of your core teaches stability at the joints and mobility through the spine. Your core is your powerhouse, and learning to use it can decrease pain, improve movement patterns and build strength.
What makes this clinical is who is teaching it. Sessions are led by Dr. Laura Schaffer, a chiropractor with nearly a decade of Pilates instruction and 25 years of dance experience, so programming is built around your injuries, restrictions and goals rather than a generic class plan.
Because chiropractic and Pilates run together here, the two reinforce each other. Chiropractic work restores alignment and joint motion. Clinical Pilates rebuilds the strength to hold it in place.
Personalized sessions to correct imbalances, improve mobility, deepen mind-body connection and find your powerhouse.
How care works, step by step.
Every plan is individual, but the path through care follows the same principles: understand first, treat precisely, then build strength that lasts.
Assessment first
Sessions begin from an understanding of your body, including previous injuries, restrictions and the movement patterns you default to under load.
Programming for you
Work is programmed on reformer, tower and chair to target what your body actually needs, then progressed as you get stronger.
Learning the why
You are taught what each exercise is doing and what to feel, so the connection carries beyond the studio.
Progression over time
As stability and mobility improve, sessions advance toward the strength and activity you want to return to.
Who clinical Pilates is for
New to Pilates
Learn foundations properly, with individual attention rather than trying to keep up in a large class.
Experienced movers
Deepen an established practice with precise feedback and progressions matched to your ability.
Rehab and recovery
Rebuild strength after injury with a clinician who understands the tissue and the timeline.
Chronic tension
Address the imbalances and compensations behind recurring stiffness and pain.
Athletes
Build the deep core stability, control and mobility that support performance and reduce reinjury.
Training with a partner
Semi-private duet sessions offer the same individualized attention, shared with someone you choose.
What every session includes.
No upsells and no surprise add-ons. This is what you get each time you come in.
- Programming built from your injury history
- Reformer, tower and chair work
- One-on-one or duet with the instructor
- Cueing so you feel the right thing working
- Progressions as you get stronger
- Props provided, grip socks required
A boutique practice, on purpose.
Small by design, so care is precise, personal and consistent from your first visit onward.
One practitioner, start to finish
You are seen by Dr. Schaffer at every visit. Nothing is handed to an assistant and nothing gets lost between providers.
Evaluation before treatment
Every course of care opens with a full body evaluation, so nothing is missed and nothing is assumed.
Two disciplines under one roof
Chiropractic and clinical Pilates run together here, which means treatment and retraining reinforce each other instead of competing.
You leave knowing why
Understanding the what and the why behind an injury is what lets you care for your own body long after a session ends.
Sessions & rates.
Hover a session to see pricing. Booking opens the live schedule on Jane, where current availability and rates are always confirmed at checkout.
Pilates Packages
New Client Special · Privates3 private sessions, use within 12 weeks, plus 15% off your next package↗ New Client Special · Semi-Private
4 duet sessions per person, use within 12 weeks, plus 15% off your next package↗ 5-Pack · Pilates Privates
5 private sessions, use within 24 weeks↗ 10-Pack · Pilates Privates
10 private sessions, use within 24 weeks↗ 4-Pack · Semi-Private
4 duet sessions per person, use within 12 weeks↗ 8-Pack · Semi-Private
8 duet sessions per person, use within 24 weeks↗
Frequently asked.
What is the difference between clinical Pilates and a regular Pilates class?
Clinical Pilates is taught by a healthcare provider and programmed around your body. Sessions here are led by a chiropractor, so exercise selection accounts for your injury history, joint restrictions and rehabilitation goals rather than following a set class sequence.
Do I need Pilates experience to start?
No. The New Client Special exists for exactly this reason, and private sessions are the best possible place to learn foundations properly. Experienced movers use the same format to deepen an established practice.
What is a semi-private session?
A duet reformer session for you and one partner with the instructor. Pricing is per person and you provide your own partner. Packages can be shared between partners or purchased separately.
What should I bring or wear?
Grip socks are required for Pilates. Wear clothing you can move freely in and that lets the instructor see how you are moving.
What is the cancellation policy?
All sessions have a 24 hour cancellation policy. Cancelling inside that window or not showing forfeits the session. Packages are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Let's find your starting point.
Ready to book? Reserve directly on Jane. Not sure where to begin? Send a note and Dr. Laura will help you find the right first visit.