A SIGNATURE METHOD
The Oakes
Method ™
Developed over 20 years of clinical practice across 3 countries,
the Oakes Method™ is a four-principle framework for women's recovery and movement. It is not a program. It is a methodology that adapts to your body, your history, and your goals.
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You are NOT broken!
Most women are told "just do your Kegels" or "come back after six weeks." Others spend years with specialists while a diastasis goes undiagnosed and a persistent feeling that something is wrong gets dismissed.
Your body deserves better than that.
The Oakes Method™ was built in response to this gap: clinical principles derived from what actually works, what creates lasting change, and what respects the complexity of the female body. If the feeling is that something is no longer in balance, the invitation is always the same: to reconnect with the wisdom already present in your body.
Months of treatment.
Not right diagnosis.
NO Results.
Your Body deserves better!
Daï Oakes
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THE FOUR PRINCIPLES
Assess
First things first - Understanding the whole scenario
Most clinicians treat what they can measure quickly. Here the start is differently. Every Oakes Method™ journey begins with a genuine clinical evaluation: your movement patterns, your breath mechanics, your pelvic floor, your history. Your pregnancies. Your pain. What you have been told. What you have never been believed about.
Only when we understand the full picture do we begin.
Restore
Rebuilding: Coordination before Strength
Pregnancy, birth, surgery, diseases, traumas, stress, domestic violence... The body carries all of it. Restoration is not a generic exercise sheet. It is the careful, progressive process of re-establishing the neuromuscular connections that were disrupted, at the pace your body actually needs. Not the pace an insurance code allows.
Without this foundation, all other work is built on sand!
Strengthen
Load with purpose. Progress with precision
True strength for the female body is functional, progressive and specific. Not punishment. Not arbitrary timelines. Not a return-to-gym clearance signed without a single assessment. Every exercise is selected for a reason. Every progression is earned through clinical observation, not a calendar.
We train the body you have, toward the body you want.
Integrate
From the Studio into the world
The body is NEVER TREATED separately from the woman who lives in it. Carrying children, returning to sport, going back to work, feeling safe in your body again after everything it has been through. Integration means we do not discharge you with a printout. We ensure you have the knowledge, the body awareness and the movement strategies to carry this forward independently.
Because the goal was never just less pain. It was trust. In your body. In yourself.
WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Postural and structural analysis
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Breath and intra-abdominal pressure assessment
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Pelvic floor functional evaluation
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Movement pattern screening
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Goals, history and life mapping
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Diaphragmatic breathing re-education
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Deep CORE activation
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Pelvic floor coordination training
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Neutral spine and alignment work
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Scar tissue mobilisation where indicated
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CLINICAL PILATES as therapeutic tool
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Functional movement integration
- Reformer-based progressive loading
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Sport and activity-specific preparation
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Strength Challenges and progression tracking
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Activity and sport return protocols
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Home programme design
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Body awareness education
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Long-term maintenance planning
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Ongoing support access
Built for complexity. Not for convenience.
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IS THIS FOR ME
"The body should never be treated separately from the woman who lives in it."
Whether you are 6 weeks or 27 years postpartum, whether you have a diagnosis or just a feeling that something is not right - this method was built for you.