Junya Takeda

Junya Takeda, MD, NCPT(Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher) is board certified in orthopaedic surgery with a sub-specialty in sports medicine and locomotive anti-aging medicine. He is CEO & president of Medical Corporation Meiwakai “Clinic for Orthopedic, Sports Medicine & Nutrition®︎” in Fukuoka & in Tokyo and owner & director of “Pilates Lab®︎” Fukuoka, Daikanyama, and Aoyama Reserve. He also serves as president of the “Motor Control®︎: Beyond Pilates®”(MCBP) which is educational course of medical-based Pilates method, and was currently one of the first 19 comprehensive programs in the world to be approved as International Teacher Training Accreditation for Pilates(ITTAP) in 2022 by the Pilates Method Alliance(PMA), an international non-profit organization for Pilates teachers (headquartered in Miami). “Motor Control®︎: Beyond Pilates®”(MCBP) program helps them learn Pilates as an exercise therapy that can be readily applied in their practice. For our students who are fitness trainers and instructors, this program is ideal to help better understand what they have to bear in mind when addressing clients with medical history and build effective communication with medical professionals. He is teaching Pilates-evolved techniques for rehabilitation in the course as senior educator and founder with two physiotherapists. He is recognized as the first person to incorporate Pilates into the medicine in Japan. He has also been invited as a presenter to many national and sometimes international workshops and medical conferences, as he is a rare example of a Pilates Master Teacher/Physician who embodies both in clinical practice. He is also the author of many books on medical and general exercise practices. His mission in life is to spread the importance of motor control®︎ exercises(MCE) as "moto-con" to the people of the world as a matter of course, on a par with muscle training, stretching, and aerobic exercise.

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