BY LARISA GRAHAM
Summit Daily News - Summit County, Colorado
May 11, 2008

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FRISCO - When Emily Smith was sidelined from ballet in 2000 with back and hip injuries, pilates was not only her physical therapy, but eventually became her new passion and career.

"My physical therapist said if you want to get over this back pain you need to stop dancing, and the studio that I was at offered pilates class, so I tried it out and just loved it," said Smith. Soon after Smith discovered pilates in her home town of Philadelphia, Penn., she moved to Hawaii where she got really serious about the activity and met an instructor.

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