Covid-19 Safety Plan

 

Knowing Your Risks / Regular Screening

Before attending your first session back at Strathcona Pilates & Wellness Collective, you will be required to complete a COVID-19 Risk Advisement Form. This is mandatory and must be completed before starting your first session with us. For subsequent classes/appointments, you will be sent a screening questionnaire embedded within your class reminder email for each class/appointment. Please make sure to complete the questionnaire and send it back to us prior to your class/appointment.

When we all work together to manage risks and take prudent steps to look after each other, we’re all healthier for it!

The Pilates Studio 

Our studio is set up in such a way that ensures physical distancing of a minimum of 2m (6ft).  Each reformer/tower is equipped with a personal accessories station, including everything each client will need for class.  All permeable accessories have been removed from use.

Please arrive promptly at your class time. No early entry permitted. If you arrive ahead of time, please wait in your car or outside the building until class time. Please come to the Wellness Centre on your own, leaving family and friends at home. 

Please come dressed and ready to go, and bring only essential items into the studio. Grip socks are mandatory at Strathcona Pilates.  You may purchase socks from us, or find them at places such as London Drugs.

Upon arrival, please place your personal belongings in the plastic baskets just inside the studio entrance, where they will remain until you are prepared to exit.  Use the studio bench, change into your grip socks, if you haven't worn them to the studio.

Proceed to either the hand sanitising station, or the bathroom at the back of the reception area and use disinfectant gel or warm soapy water to carefully wash and disinfect your hands.

After sanitizing/washing your hands carefully, you may choose to put on a pair of nitrile gloves (powder and latex free), supplied by Strathcona Pilates.  You may also choose to wear a mask, either your own, or a non-medical paper mask provided by the studio. 

Your instructor will direct you to your assigned reformer, tower, or chair.  Please remain at your assigned equipment for the duration of class, unless directed otherwise by your teacher.

After class, your teacher will direct each client to begin to exit, first properly removing and disposing of gloves and mask, if wearing one.  Please sanitize your hands again before gathering your belongings and exiting the space.  

All future classes should be booked online.  Please make sure we have your credit card on file for future payments.

We will happily respond to questions about your reservations and accounts by phone or email.  Please save those conversations for outside of class time.

Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

If You Are Sick, Stay Home!

If you have a fever, a new cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing or have been exposed to someone with the COVID-19 virus in the last 14 days, please contact us to cancel your class and contact your physician.  We will waive late cancellation fees in cases of illness.  In the event that staff comes down with symptoms that may put people at risk, we will substitute your teacher, cancel or reschedule sessions as required. 

Frequent Handwashing is Key!

All clients will be asked to wash your hands in the washroom upon entering the Wellness Centre/ Pilates studio, or to use the hand sanitizer provided just inside the studio front door.  Teachers will be sanitizing their hands every time they put on, or take off gloves.  In between classes, they will wash hands with soap and water, using proper hand washing protocols. (which are posted in the bathrooms)

Maintain Physical Distance!

We will maintain a physical distance of 2m (6ft) before, during and after classes.  Teachers will primarily rely on verbal cueing and imagery, rather than hands on techniques, to support your movement exploration.  If a client would prefer some hands on cueing, they will be required to wear a mask. Teachers will always be using a non-medical face mask while teaching. 

Initial opening phase will be private sessions only, followed in the coming months with duets and trios.  There will only ever be 3 students in the Strathcona Pilates studio.


Our Classes Are By Appointment Only

Massage Therapy & Practitioner Rooms

Please arrive promptly at your appointment time.  Please, no early arrivals.  If you are early, it would be greatly appreciated if you wait in your car or outside the building until class time.  Please come to the Wellness Centre on your own, leaving family and friends at home. 

Your therapist will greet you at the door and guide you to the hand sanitizing station or sink for careful hand washing  Your therapist will then guide you to the treatment room. *Please note, with Massage Therapy treatments, it is mandatory that both the therapist and patient wear masks at all times. If you do not have your own mask, Strathcona Pilates will be provide one for you.

Please bring as few personal items as possible into the Wellness Centre.  In the treatment room, a sanitized plastic basket will be provided for you to place your personal items in, including clothing when you prepare for your massage treatment. 

After your treatment, and after your therapist has come back into the treatment room, and homecare discussions are complete, you can gather your things, properly dispose of your mask, and re-sanitize your hands before your therapist escorts you to the exit. 

Our Pilates Studio Cleaning Protocols

The studio is cleaned comprehensively between classes.  We take the safety and cleanliness of our studio very seriously  As such, we use only Health Canada approved, Canadian-made Ecolab disinfectant solution and cleaner.  We have arranged our class schedule to allow 30 minutes to give the studio a comprehensive cleaning between each client/class. 

 Between each class/client: 

  • All Pilates apparatus, accessories and equipment will be wiped down with disinfectant solution.  

  • All Hard surfaces including baskets, benches, chairs, door handles, light switches, desks and countertops will be wiped down with disinfectant solution.  

  • All soft accessories have been removed from use.  

  • The computer, keyboard, phone, tablet and other electronic devices as well as any other items touched will be regularly wiped down with Lysol wipes. 

At the end of each day:

  • The studio will get a final clean, as above.

  • The floor will be swept and then washed with Ecolab disinfectant solution.

Our Massage/Practitioner Room Cleaning Protocols

  • The treatment rooms are cleaned comprehensively between appointments.  We take the safety and cleanliness of our Wellness Center very seriously.  As such, we use only Health Canada approved, Canadian-made Ecolab disinfectant solution and cleaner.  We have arranged our schedule to allow 30 minutes to give the treatment rooms a comprehensive cleaning between each appointment.

  • All linens will be completely replaced between each appointment, including blankets. 

  • All hard surfaces including baskets, benches, chairs, door handles, light switches, desks and countertops will be wiped down with disinfectant solution. 

  • Permeable items, apart from treatment table linens, have been removed from use for the time being. 

At the end of each day:

  • The treatment rooms will get a final clean, as above.

  • The floor will be swept and then washed with Ecolab disinfectant solution.

We hope that the measures we’re taking help you feel comfortable in including Strathcona Pilates as part of your expanding bubble. We’re happy to welcome you into the studio!