Reformer Pilates with an Integrated Whole-Body Approach
Reformer Pilates at SF Studios is a personalised, strength-led approach that helps you understand how your body moves, where it compensates, and what it needs to improve.
Sitting within our wider ecosystem of physiotherapy, strength training, and movement education, our sessions go beyond simply doing the exercises. The focus is on understanding why you are doing them and how they support your long-term movement health.
At SF Studios, it is not about reshaping how you look, but improving how your body moves and how it feels to live in it.
Modern lifestyles place constant demand on the body. Reformer Pilates provides a precise, low-impact way to build strength, improve mobility, and restore balance without unnecessary strain.
What is Reformer Pilates?
Reformer Pilates is a full-body, low-impact form of strength training using a specialised piece of equipment called a reformer.
Originally created to help people re-form their bodies after injury, it uses adjustable springs, straps, and a moving carriage to create resistance that can be finely tuned to your needs and goals.
Because the resistance is adjustable, Reformer Pilates can both support and challenge the body. It allows you to build strength, control, and mobility through precise, controlled movements without the heavy joint loading of traditional gym-based training.
Benefits of Reformer Pilates
Reformer Pilates is designed to improve how your body functions as a whole, not just how it performs in isolated movements.
Consistent, structured sessions help to:
- Build deep core strength and stability
- Improve posture and alignment
- Increase mobility and range of motion
- Develop control, coordination, and body awareness
- Support injury recovery and long-term resilience
It is particularly effective alongside physiotherapy and rehabilitation, including recovery from injury and programmes such as ACL rehab, where controlled strengthening is essential without overloading the body.
Reformer Pilates at SF Studios
At SF Studios, all reformer Pilates sessions are delivered as one-to-one sessions. This allows us to work with a level of precision and specificity that is not possible in a group setting.
Each session is:
- Individually programmed
- Progressively structured
- Continuously adapted to your body on the day
Whether you are rebuilding strength, managing pain, improving performance, or simply wanting to move with more ease and confidence, we meet you where you are and guide you forward.
Our approach is defined by:
- Experienced movement specialists
- Programmes built around your goals, history, and biomechanics
- A whole-body, integrated approach
- A strong focus on education, awareness, and progression
If you are working alongside a physiotherapist or strength coach at SF Studios, your reformer sessions are designed to complement and reinforce that work seamlessly.
How We Work With You
We offer reformer Pilates exclusively as one-to-one sessions, allowing us to fully tailor each session to your body, your movement, and your goals.
Attention is placed on technique, alignment, and control throughout. You are guided to understand each movement, why you are doing it, and how it applies to your body, ensuring you are working effectively and safely.
This is not just about completing exercises, but building strength in a way that is precise, controlled, and sustainable.
Our aim is for you to truly feel the difference and experience results.
Getting Started
We recommend starting with our introductory package.
This allows us to carry out a detailed assessment of your posture and movement patterns, providing the foundation for a programme specific to your body. It also gives us the time to understand your goals and ensure your sessions are working purposefully towards them.
Book Your Appointment
Experience a more precise, effective approach to movement and recovery. Book your 1:1 reformer Pilates session today and start a programme designed around your body, your movement, and your goals.
Book Your SessionPrivate Medical Insurance
Our physiotherapists are registered with Aviva and WPA.
We operate on a self-pay basis and provide a detailed invoice for reimbursement. Clients have also claimed with providers including Vitality, Healix, and others, depending on their coverage.
If you are planning to use private medical insurance, we recommend checking with your provider in advance to confirm your level of cover and reimbursement eligibility.
OUR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
Associated practitioner
Suzanne Ferreira
Founder of SF Studios | Physiotherapist & Coach
Suzanne Ferreira has been a physiotherapist, movement specialist, and coach for more than 25 years. Her holistic approach includes hands-on treatment, embodied movement, and coaching to give care that is accurate, individualised, and life-changing. She restored her strength after a devastating snowboarding accident that left her with only a 10% chance of saving her arm. She learnt that the body can heal when the mind, body, and soul work together. She works with people who have had surgery, athletes, and business leaders today. She collaborates with surgeons and consultants to achieve the best results for her clients, and she is highly respected in London’s medical community.
Qualifications:
- Physiotherapist (BPhysT, Cum Laude)
- Pilates Instructor (APPI)
- Certified Co-Active Coach ( ACC)
- Certified Coach with The International Coaching Federation ( ICF)
- TIR Facilitator (TIRA)
- Somatic Embodiment Training – Strozzi Institute (Embodied Foundation Training)
- Gestalt Foundation Training – Gestalt Institute
- Symphony of Self – Coaches Rising (currently in training)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Coaches Rising (currently in training)
Tamas Kariko-Toth
Physiotherapist & Rehabilitation Specialist
Tamas Kariko-Toth is a skilled physiotherapist and rehabilitation trainer who combines evidence-based physiotherapy, current mobilisation techniques, and functional movement retraining in his work. He went to Semmelweis University in Budapest and has worked with a lot of people who have had surgery, athletes, and people with chronic pain. He taught and developed specialised courses at the Feovenyessy Medical Fitness Academy in subjects such as ACL repair, sports taping, and myofascial mobilisation. Tamas is recognised for his expertise in treating knee and lower back problems, recovering from sports injuries, and caring for seniors. He helps clients restore strength, confidence, and long-term resilience.
Qualifications:
- BSc Physiotherapy – Semmelweis University, Budapest
- Member of HCPC (UK) & CSP (UK)
- Lecturer, Feovenyessy Medical Fitness Academy
- Sport Rehabilitation Trainer | Functional Trainer | Sensomotoric Spine Trainer
- Specialist training in IAMMT, cupping, sport taping, flossing therapy, lymphatic drainage massage, ACL rehabilitation