About the Institute
The European Institute of Clinical Pilates is an educational institute dedicated to the physiotherapy-led use of exercise, grounded in clinical reasoning and contemporary evidence. Evolving from the Instituto Português de Pilates Clínico (IPPC), the Institute has delivered 229 postgraduate training programmes across Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. With a European base and an international outlook, the Institute promotes Clinical Pilates not as a method or standalone modality, but as a therapeutic application of exercise integrated within a multimodal physiotherapy framework.
An European Institute with an International Outlook
The European Institute of Clinical Pilates is an educational institute dedicated to the physiotherapy-led use of exercise, grounded in clinical reasoning and contemporary evidence. With a European base and an international outlook, the Institute develops postgraduate education and professional collaboration across different healthcare contexts.
Clinical Pilates is understood not as a method or standalone modality, but as a therapeutic application of exercise, integrated within a multimodal physiotherapy framework. The Institute promotes an approach centred on assessment, clinical reasoning and individualised decision-making, rather than fixed protocols or prescriptive systems.
Through its educational programmes, the Institute supports physiotherapists in developing the skills required to apply exercise safely, effectively and in context, across different stages of rehabilitation and functional recovery. Teaching is focused on reasoning, progression, load management and functional outcomes, ensuring that exercise is used as part of a broader, patient-centred plan of care.
The Institute is supported by a growing team of physiotherapists, with clinical, academic and educational experience across areas such as musculoskeletal rehabilitation, women’s health, pelvic health, manual therapy and therapeutic exercise, and continues to expand its activity across Europe and beyond.
The European Institute of Clinical Pilates rises as an educational institute dedicated to the clinical use of exercise, grounded in clinical reasoning and contemporary evidence. We approach Clinical Pilates not as a method, but as a therapeutic application of exercise within modern healthcare practice.
​Our mission is to support high-level clinical decision-making through the intelligent and responsible use of exercise in rehabilitation and health care. We promote a non-dogmatic, clinically driven approach, centred on reasoning, individualisation and adaptability
From National Roots to International Activity
The European Institute of Clinical Pilates evolved from the Instituto Português de Pilates Clínico (IPPC) - Portuguese Institute of Clinical Pilates.
The former IPPC reached a stage in its development where broadening horizons became both necessary and natural. What began as a national initiative evolved into an increasingly international platform for education, dialogue and knowledge exchange around the clinical use of Pilates within physiotherapy practice. The growing engagement of physiotherapists beyond national borders highlighted the need for a broader institutional identity, capable of reflecting this shared purpose. As educational activity expanded beyond national borders, the Institute developed programmes across Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, while establishing collaborations and projects in other regions. As of today, the former IPPC has delivered a total of 229 postgraduate training programmes,
In response to this evolution, the IPPC became the European Institute of Clinical Pilates (EICP).
This transition from IPPC to the European Institute of Clinical Pilates reflects not a change in principles, but an expansion of scope - supporting physiotherapists internationally through a clinically reasoned, physiotherapy-led and multimodal approach to Clinical Pilates.