Safety is always involved in every aspect of the Pilates workout; therefore there are precautions, modifications and protocols developed over decades within the knowledge of Pilates itself, which a fully qualified Pilates instructor should know and follow when working-out people with certain conditions, e.g., during pregnancy, after birth, or with specific issues with their body. Safe teaching involves additional comprehensive inspection of the Pilates apparatus regularly and the way it is set up prior to a lesson