About Exercise Balls
Learn about the different kinds of exercise balls that can be used during exercise or physical therapy.
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Learn about the different kinds of exercise balls that can be used during exercise or physical therapy.
Learn the different techniques for exercises involving swiss balls. These exercises help with pelvic isolation, spine alignment, and mobility.
Exercising core muscles helps build strength, which in turn helps build support for the spine.
As with many types of back exercises, there are some people who are not good candidates for working with an exercise ball.
Exercise programs using exercise balls are designed to help prevent further episodes of low back pain as part of a patient's low back rehabilitation program. This article provides in-depth information on uses, exercises, benefits and drawbacks of therapy with an exercise ball.
An exercise ball can be used in a number of applications with a range of difficulty levels, and the benefits for back pain patients can be felt at each level.
While a postoperative guide to rehabilitation after a spine fusion will be different for each patient, there are some general guidelines that apply to all patients.
Commitment to a physical therapy program and practicing the exercises as instructed can help build strength in the spine and reduce back pain.
Sometimes called hands-on physical therapy, manual physical therapy uses no devices or machines. With this technique, therapists use only their hands to reduce back muscle tension and restore mobility to stiff joints.