Balance Board

Balance Board 

• Improves balance and coordination.
• Greater trunk and pelvic girdle stability.
• More core and upper body strength with sitting and pushing up exercise.
• Improves posture and a better overall relationship with gravity.

In physiotherapy a balance or wobble board is used for balance, athletic, postural, coordination and falls prevention training. It is a circular object with an uneven base, on which the user attempts to balances. It is used to prepare people to avoid injurious falls to prevent sports injuries especially to the ankle and knee and for rehabilitation. Over the years they have become very popular with many sports training people for eg snow boarders, hockey players, footballers, they are used in physiotherapy departments for various lower limb rehabilitation programs and for balance and fall prevention programs. They also are now being marketed for used at standing desks to keep workers more alert and improve fitness.