What we offer

For over 25 years, Ross Pilates & Conditioning has been helping people throughout Thunder Bay move better through Pilates and specialized movement education. While Pilates remains the foundation of what we do, we've expanded our expertise to include specialized methods such as ELDOA®, CoreAlign®, the MELT Method®, and the Franklin Method®. This allows us to offer personalized instruction tailored to your unique needs and goals, helping you reduce pain, improve posture, build strength, and move with greater confidence and ease.

Wherever you're starting from, we'll meet you there. We know taking the first step can feel overwhelming—especially if you've been living with pain, recovering from an injury, or simply haven't exercised in a while. Our goal is to make the process comfortable, welcoming, and easy to understand. We'll help you determine the best place to begin and support you every step of the way.

Below are some of the services and programs we offer to help you move and feel your best.

Private Pilates & Personal Training

Individual attention changes everything.

Private training gives you the opportunity to work one-to-one with an experienced instructor, with every session designed around your goals, abilities and progress. Whether you want to become stronger, improve your Pilates practice, enhance athletic performance, or simply prefer the focus and efficiency of individualized training, your session is entirely your own.

This isn't a one-size-fits-all workout.

With access to our fully equipped Pilates studio and an extensive range of specialized equipment and movement methods, we can continually adapt and progress your program. Some clients come to us because they're working around an injury or limitation. Others simply want an exceptional workout, expert guidance and the accountability of working one-to-one.

You don't need an injury to benefit from Private Pilates.

Private training can be challenging, athletic and progressive — and because your instructor is focused entirely on you, the challenge is appropriate to your body and your goals.

Therapeutic Pilates & Corrective Exercise

When pain or injury changes the way you move, getting back to exercise isn’t always as simple as picking up where you left off.

Our Therapeutic Pilates and Corrective Exercise sessions take a more individualized approach. We look at how you move, where you may be compensating, and what you need to rebuild strength, mobility and confidence.

Our approach is informed by over 40 years of movement education and ongoing specialized training, allowing us to create individualized programs that help you move with greater comfort, confidence and efficiency. Whether you’re recovering from an injury or surgery, managing a chronic condition, or simply finding that something doesn’t feel quite right, we’ll meet you where you are and help you move forward.

Our depth of training gives us a broad range of tools to draw from. Studio owner Deborah Ross Bisignano is a Certified Medical Exercise Specialist, with extensive training in Therapeutic Pilates and movement-based approaches including the Franklin Method, MELT Method, and ELDOA Method. This depth of knowledge allows us to look beyond a standard exercise program and adapt what we do based on your body, your goals and how you respond.

Over the years, we’ve helped hundreds of clients with back, neck, shoulder, hip and knee concerns, arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, joint replacements and many other movement-related challenges.

The goal isn’t simply to work around a problem. It’s to help you keep moving, getting stronger and doing more of what you enjoy.

Small Group Classes

Experience the motivation and camaraderie of exercising with others while still enjoying the personalized attention Ross Pilates & Conditioning is known for. Our classes are intentionally kept small, allowing our instructors to provide individualized coaching, exercise modifications, and ongoing guidance throughout each session.

Whether you're training on the Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair, CoreAlign®, or participating in classes featuring the MELT Method®, ELDOA®, Smart Spine®, TRX, Oov, and more, every class is thoughtfully designed to help you build strength, improve mobility, enhance balance, and move with greater confidence.

Unlike larger fitness classes, our instructors take the time to get to know you and how your body moves. That means you can feel confident knowing your exercises can be adapted to meet your individual needs while you continue to progress safely and effectively.

You'll benefit from the encouragement of a group while still receiving the individualized attention your body deserves.

CoreAlign®

Developed by Physical Therapist Jonathan Hoffman, the CoreAlign® bridges the gap between rehabilitation and fitness by improving posture, balance, core stability, strength, and mobility through functional, upright movement.

Unlike traditional exercise equipment, the CoreAlign challenges your body to move more efficiently while integrating strength, stability, and coordination into everyday movement patterns. Because the exercises are performed in standing and weight-bearing positions, they naturally translate to the activities you do every day.

Whether you're recovering from an injury, looking to improve athletic performance, or simply wanting to move with greater ease and confidence, the CoreAlign can help reduce pain, improve movement efficiency, and build a stronger, more resilient body.

Experience the difference functional movement training can make—both in the studio and in everyday life.

ELDOA®

Developed by French Osteopath Dr. Guy Voyer, ELDOA® is a unique method of precise postural exercises designed to create space within the joints and spine. By improving alignment and reducing compression, ELDOA® can help relieve pain, improve posture, enhance mobility, and optimize overall movement.

Each ELDOA program is individualized to address your body’s specific needs and goals. Whether you're experiencing back, neck, or joint discomfort, recovering from an injury, or simply looking to move more freely, ELDOA® can be a powerful addition to your movement program.

More than just stretching, ELDOA® encourages your body to move with greater efficiency and awareness. Many clients notice improvements not only in how they feel, but also in how they stand, walk, and perform everyday activities.

Experience how creating space in your body can help you move with greater comfort, confidence, and ease.

MELT Method®

The MELT Method® is a gentle self-care technique designed to reduce chronic pain, improve mobility, and slow the negative effects of aging by supporting the health of your connective tissue and nervous system.

Using specialized techniques with a soft body roller and small therapy balls, MELT helps rehydrate connective tissue, rebalance the nervous system, restore space to compressed joints, and improve overall movement efficiency. The result is a body that feels more comfortable, balanced, and resilient.

Whether you're looking to reduce everyday aches and pains, recover more effectively from exercise, or simply move and feel better, MELT offers simple techniques you can continue at home to support your long-term health and well-being.

Experience how just a few minutes of MELT can help your body feel more relaxed, balanced, and free to move with ease.

Franklin Method®

The Franklin Method® is a highly effective, evidence-based approach to movement education that combines Dynamic Neuro-Cognitive Imagery™, anatomical embodiment, and practical movement experiences to improve the way your body moves and functions.

At the forefront of practical neuroplasticity, the Franklin Method® teaches you how to use your brain to improve your body's function. Rather than simply teaching exercises, it helps you develop a deeper understanding of your anatomy and how your body is designed to move. As your understanding grows, movement becomes more efficient, coordinated, and effortless.

Whether you're looking to improve posture, balance, flexibility, strength, athletic performance, or simply move with greater confidence and ease, the Franklin Method® helps you develop the roadmap your brain needs to move your body with greater ease and efficiency.

Discover how understanding your body can transform the way you move.

Smart Spine™ Wellness

Developed by Master Pilates teacher Marie-José Blom, the Smart Spine™ Wellness System is an innovative movement tool designed to enhance posture, breathing, core function, flexibility, and spinal mobility. By combining gentle warmth with targeted movement, it helps your body release unnecessary tension while improving deep core activation and overall movement efficiency.

Whether your goal is to improve posture, increase flexibility, reduce tension, or move more comfortably, the Smart Spine™ can be a valuable addition to your movement journey.

Experience a deeper connection to your body through improved posture, breathing, and core support.