Various Exercises
Place your balance cushion on your office chair and the cushion will force you to sit tall with good posture, eliminating any back and neck pains you may experience when slouching in a chair.
Used while standing or lying on the floor, the dome shape and unevenness of the cushion add an element of instability, maximising effort and enhancing results.
Or use multiple cushions when doing squats, lunges or push-ups for an even greater challenge.
Difficulty level can be increased by deflating the cushion.
- For a basic exercise start by standing on two cushions as you get acquainted with it try balancing with one cushion.
- As you get use to the balance cushion you can increase your exercises to include curls, squats lunges, push-ups etc.
- Increase difficulty can be done by using both feet on one cushion or performing exercises on one leg.
- Advanced exercises can be used by adding dumbbells, exercise cords and medicine balls into your workout.
Benefits of a Balance Cushion
Balance cushions are used to increase core strength and increase muscle tone. One or two cushions can be used to increase core stabilisation.
Excellent for rehabilitating feet, ankles, knees and hips injuries.
Active Sitting
- Sitting on the Wobble Cushion encourages “active sitting” which leads to you continually having to make small adjustments. This helps the circulation to the discs in the spine and can strengthen back muscles. It also can strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and improve core stability.
- By increasing the strength in the back, it can improve everything from your balance to posture. It is very similar to sitting on a Gym Ball, but has the added advantage of it being easily moved from chair to chair or use it when sitting on the floor.
- By gently bouncing on the Wobble Cushion will encourage you to sit with the correct posture and help strengthen your postural muscles.
Standing
- By standing on the cushion allows you to make adjustments to your balance. The use of the cushion is beneficial to anyone who requires increased strength and coordination to the feet, ankles, lower and upper leg, knees and hips.
- Anyone who has had ankle, knee or hip surgery would benefit from proprioceptive re-education, including cartilage and ligament operations as well as anybody with arthritic joints.
