I am about to move to Zurich and I am looking for some Pilates Classes in English. Ideally friendly enough for people with chronic back pain.

Any recommendations?

I recommend http://bodylovefitness.ch/class-descriptions/

Its based on pilates

If you prefer much cheaper classes (the one from alohahw certainly fits your description perfectly, but is probably a little bit on the pricy site ) I can highly recommend the one's from Active Fitness.

http://www.activfitness.ch/Kursart_Pilates.page

As you can see, there are several daily courses of Pilatus in their various studies all across Zürich (the one in Oerlikon is best at 13th floor) - and I've met quite a few people there who only started to learn German to not have trouble following the courses.

Hey, I came across this post last year and as well as another one, and I wanted to share findings.

I was in a similar situation. Plus I am a man, and was not naturally drawn to the concept of pilates.

I was introduced to a modern version of pilates with machines that make the task actually much more focused and less of an ordeal. And enjoyable for that matter.

I went to LiveFit, near the Altstetten station. The space is really nice and classes are given in English (the ones I took at least).

https://livefitstudio.ch

Good luck if you still need to find a solution!