Fletcher Towelwork®

Fletcher Towelwork® is a signature feature of the Fletcher Work®. Ron developed the full syllabus of towel exercises over several decades of working with his students and teachers. Others have borrowed the Fletcher Towelwork™ and call it Pilates Towelwork, not giving credit to Ron. Fletcher Towelwork® was a direct response to the need for understanding of shoulder girdle stabilization and arm movement. Basic Towelwork can be taught to beginners as an easy and effective home exercise program. Towelwork is versatile and can be adapted from classical standing Towelwork into seated and supine positions. Towelwork is also integrated into the Fletcher Work® on the Spine Corrector. The Fletcher Work® has developed and incorporated a wide spectrum of Towelwork extending from simple range of motion exercises into beautiful complex movement patterns that challenge the advanced student of movement. 

Towelwork benefits the student in these ways:

• Enhances depression and retraction of the shoulder girdle;
• Opens and expands the anterior chest and shoulder muscles;
• Corrects forward head posture;
• Increases range of motion in the cervical spine;
• Prepares the shoulder girdle for weight bearing work on equipment.

Professionals regard the Fletcher Towelwork® as highly effective, safe, and easily accessible to patients and students.

Attendees participate in a Towel Class Demonstration at the 2000 Convocation for The American Academy of Osteopathy.