Remedial Massage Therapist Tarragindi and Coorparoo Isabel Schonhofen.

Remedial massage therapist and senior Pilates teacher.

Isabel Schonhofen.

Bachelor of Physiotherapy Pontifical Catholic University Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

As well as being an internationally qualified physiotherapist (Australian registration pending) Isabel is Pilates instructor certified through the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) since 2014, as well as a certified Remedial Massage Therapist who has been a member of the Australian Natural Therapy Association (ANTA) since 2020. She has a Diploma and Cert IV of Contemporary Pilates Teaching Methodology by Tensegrity training.

Isabel specialises in customising Pilates programs for individuals with different clinical pathologies and physical conditions, including athletes, pregnant women, the young, seniors and the elderly.

She has a special interest muscle chain, postural disorders, movement and release of the myofascial system. In 2014 she opened her own Pilates studio and clinic of physiotherapy in Brazil which she ran until moving to Australia in 2018 where she lived in Sydney before relocating to Brisbane. She welcomed her first beautiful daughter in 2022 and lives with her husband and their dog. 

Training and Professional Development​
Remedial Massage 

• Myofascial and Traditional cupping therapy - Le SPA Massage Academy, 2021.

• Diploma of Remedial Massage (HLT52015), The Australian College of Eastern Medicine, 2020.

Physiotherapy

• Cupping Therapy (6 hrs), Golden Institute Brazil, 2017.
• Instrumental Myofascial Release (20 hrs), Golden Institute Brazil, 2017.
• Manual Myofascial Release (30 hrs), Golden Institute Brazil, 2017.
• Neural Mobilisation (20hrs), Valéria Figueiredo Courses of Physiotherapy in partnership with Manual Concepts Education for Health Professionals Australia, 2013.
• Post Graduate in Traumatic Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (420hrs), Brazilian College of Systemic Studies (CBES), 2011.
• Global Postural Re-education (110hrs), Brazilian College of Systemic Studies (CBES), 2010.

Pilates

• Diploma of Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology (10596NAT), Tensegrity Training, 2019.
• Certificate IV in Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology (52728WA), Tensegrity Training, 2019.
• Neopilates Method developed by Amanda Braz (40 hrs), Involve Pilates - Functional Training and Circus Exercises Brazil, 2014.
• Prime Pilates Advanced Training Program (470hrs) Prime Pilates Brazil, 2013.
• METACOUPUS Mat and Apparatuses Pilates Program (200hrs), Prime Pilates Brazil, 2009.
• Clinical Pilates (40 hrs), Valéria Figueiredo Courses of Physiotherapy in Partnership with the Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institute (APPI), 2008

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