Studio KDRx Pilates

Studio KDRx Pilates Studio KDRx Pilates is a one-on-one training studio in a beautiful Houston Heights home. Individual sessions are designed to meet your needs and goals.

You don't need January 1st to begin again.You might think a fresh start requires perfect timing. A Monday. A new month. ...
12/04/2025

You don't need January 1st to begin again.

You might think a fresh start requires perfect timing. A Monday. A new month. The turn of a new year. But the truth is your body doesn't know what day it is.

Your breath doesn't wait for permission from a calendar. And the version of yourself that deserves care, movement, and kindness? They're here right now.

Give yourself the gift of fitness this season. Book one last Pilates session before the year ends and feel what it's like to close out this chapter feeling strong, centered, and alive in your own skin.

Because that feeling you're searching for? It's not waiting for January. It's waiting for you.

Book now at at kdrxpilates.com or call 832-472-2818.

📍 1437 Oxford Street Houston, TX 77008

12/03/2025

First visit to Studio KDRx Pilates? Here's what to expect.

📍 1437 Oxford Street Houston, TX 77008
🧘‍♀️ Book your first session at kdrxpilates.com or call 832-472-2818.

Meet the crew whose got your back (and core).We’re a small-but-mighty team in Houston Heights. We bring diverse expertis...
11/24/2025

Meet the crew whose got your back (and core).

We’re a small-but-mighty team in Houston Heights. We bring diverse expertise in Pilates, nursing, neurokinetic therapy, reflexology, and bodywork. Together, we see what others might miss, helping you move safely and confidently.

💚 Kristen Dockter (left) further advanced her expertise by graduating from Kathryn Ross-Nash’s advanced teacher training and is also a Level 3 Neurokinetic Therapy specialist.
🩷 Hannah Dargahi (middle) specializes in posture and breathwork to support performance arts.
🩵 Gimell Ruiz (right) focuses on breathing and alignment to support women through their pre-natal and post-natal journey. She is also the best reflexologist anyone has ever met.

All our instructors have completed 650 hours of comprehensive training, learning the Pilates system directly from second-generation teachers.

At Studio KDRx Pilates, “small” is a strength. Our intimate space means your session is never rushed, never crowded, and always shaped around what your body needs that day.

1437 Oxford Street Houston, TX 77008

Book your first session at kdrxpilates.com or call 832-472-2818.

Your shoulder has 17 major muscles. And every single one of them has a specific job to do. Some stabilize. Some move. So...
11/19/2025

Your shoulder has 17 major muscles. And every single one of them has a specific job to do. Some stabilize. Some move. Some do a little of both.

That mobility comes at a cost.

Your shoulder has almost no bony stability. Unlike your hip, which is a nice deep socket that holds everything in place, your shoulder is basically a golf ball sitting on a tee. It relies entirely on muscles, tendons, and ligaments to keep it centered and stable.

Which means when even one muscle stops doing its job, the whole system gets thrown off.

For example, your rotator cuff (four small muscles that wrap around your shoulder joint) is supposed to keep your arm bone centered in the socket while bigger muscles like your deltoid do the moving.

When it's working, you can reach overhead without a second thought.

When it's not? Your deltoid tries to do everything on its own. But it's not designed to stabilize, only to move. So your arm bone shifts out of position, things start pinching and rubbing, and suddenly reaching for something on a high shelf hurts.

This is called compensation.

Your body is brilliant at finding workarounds when something isn't working properly. But those workarounds create their own problems over time. The key is figuring out which muscle stopped doing its job in the first place — because that's what needs to be addressed, not just the symptom.

This is why we incorporate Neurokinetic Therapy into our Pilates sessions. We test to figure out which muscles aren't firing when they should. Then we wake them back up and retrain the pattern so your body remembers how to move properly without you having to force it.

"Sit up straight."You've heard it your whole life. From your mom, your teacher, that voice in your head every time you c...
11/12/2025

"Sit up straight."

You've heard it your whole life. From your mom, your teacher, that voice in your head every time you catch your reflection hunched over your computer.

So you pull your shoulders back then lift your chest. But you’re actually compensating for tight muscles by overextending your upper back and pushing your pelvis forward.

And five minutes later? You're right back where you started.

Here's the thing about posture: you can't force it. You can't think your way into better posture. You have to retrain the muscles that forgot how to work.

Pilates is unique because it’s the only mode of exercise that teaches the body to find lift and length in the spine. Every exercise in the studio helps you discover freedom in your spine. And the more freedom you have, the younger you feel!

Your posture isn't bad because you're lazy or undisciplined. It's off because the right muscles aren't doing their job. And once we get them working again? Your body naturally finds better alignment.

If you’d like to start retraining your muscles, book a Pilates session at kdrxpilates.com or call 832-472-2818. We're located at 1437 Oxford Street, Houston, TX 77008.

How many hours do you sit in a day?If you're like most people, the answer is somewhere between 9 and 15 hours.That's mor...
11/07/2025

How many hours do you sit in a day?

If you're like most people, the answer is somewhere between 9 and 15 hours.

That's more time than you spend sleeping. More time than you spend doing literally anything else.

And your body is keeping score.

Every hour you spend in a chair, your hip flexors are contracting, shortening, learning that this is their natural length now. By the time you stand up, they don't want to let go, which is why you feel that weird pull when you try to straighten up fully.

Your body starts to think that this is normal.

The tightness isn't weakness. The pain isn't aging. It's adaptation. It just means your body has gotten really, really good at sitting. And like anything else, what you practice most is what you get best at.

So what can you actually do about it?

Move every 30-60 minutes.

Just interrupt the pattern. Stand up. Walk to get water. Do a few hip circles. Reach your arms overhead. Roll your shoulders back. Take five deep breaths standing up. Park farther away. Take the stairs. And if you can, take phone calls standing or walking. Your body needs variety.

And when you really want to undo what sitting does? Pilates.

It's designed to lengthen what sitting shortens, strengthen what sitting weakens, and retrain movement patterns your body has forgotten. Not as punishment for sitting too much, but as a reset for everything your body goes through during the day.

At the end of the day, your body isn't the problem. It's just doing exactly what you've trained it to do.

I love teaching Pilates but I also love rebalancing dysfunctional movement patterns. I often combine both.It’s fantasti...
07/28/2025

I love teaching Pilates but I also love rebalancing dysfunctional movement patterns. I often combine both.

It’s fantastic that this national level Olympic lifter is stronger than ever and lifting his heaviest EVER! I’m ecstatic that I helped him to that.
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