Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates who was born in 1883 in Germany. He grew up as a sickly child. As he grew older he naturally became curious about various exercise systems to build his immune system and his body. He worked so hard at getting his mind and body fit that he became an avid diver, gymnast, and skier. In 1912, he moved to England to work with the detectives at Scotland Yard as a self-defense instructor. As World War I started to unfold, he was “an interned as enemy alien along with other German nationals.” During the long internment Joseph began to refine his teaching style and technique so much so that he started training the other internees on how to use his system of exercise. For injured bedbound patients he would incorporate his training system by rigging straps to springs enabling patients to get resistance training for rehabilitation. By doing this, patients were healing at faster rates and even thriving post injury or sickness.