Pilates and wellness center to open in QC

NEXT+ WELLNESS CENTER is set to open this weekend in Tomas Morato, Quezon City (QC), offering solutions to manage body pain, encourage movement, and deal with stress.

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Founded by Angela Solquillo, founder of creative advertising agency Zigzag Creatives, the center offers reformer Pilates classes and recovery treatments. Blending the two of these into one is Photobiomodulation (PBM) reformer Pilates, which is basically doing Pilates on the bed-like frame reformer machine under a red light, which stimulates the cells to help them heal.

The center will be the first in the Philippines to offer PBM reformer Pilates, which will have “medical-grade red light that heals not only the skin, but also muscles and tissues,” Ms. Solquillo told BusinessWorld in an exclusive interview in Makati.

“The goal of Pilates is to bring the body back to its center. It’s good for those with injuries, for scoliosis. Joseph Pilates invented it for soldiers, to help rehab their bodies,” she explained. “I really question why it hasn’t been done yet. Red light plus rehab or clinical Pilates is a no-brainer. You get a good workout for your body and heal on a cellular level.”

She clarified that NEXT+ Wellness Center is not a fitness studio.

“We have Pilates, we have physiotherapy treatments, and we have regenerative treatments. I don’t think I’ve seen a center here that has all three. We’re more of a health innovation hub, with programs that treat chronic illnesses and injuries,” she said.

Because they are a wellness center, NEXT+ has medical specialists on their staff, like a regenerative doctor and an orthopedic doctor.