The balance board is a fitness piece of
equipment that offers a fun way to train your balance. It also improves your
motor coordination skills, and it strengthens your core. It also has shown to
calm and relax the person after a session.
It was originally created for skiers and then
surfers so they can practice their skills in the off-season. It is now used in
fitness training and in therapeutic setting (knee rehabilitation, children with
developmental disorders, proprioceptive training). Athletes continue to use it
to improve their performances.
You can easily acquire a balance board to exercise
at home. It offers a fun way to strengthen your balance and your core. The
difficulty depends on the type of board you are using. Some of them are very
easy to practice on. Little kids and elderly people can use them safely. While
other balance boards are much more challenging and require great skills.
There are 4 types of balance boards.
Rocker Boards
It improves static balance and is an easy way to start
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| Rocker-boar type balance board comes with a fixed fulcrum |
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| Underside of rocker-board |
Rocker-roller Boards
More challenging they improve dynamic balance.
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| Rocker-roller with a free moving roller under the borad |
Wobble BoardsThey offer a good comprise between the rocker boards (easy) and the other boards with un-attached fulcrums (the rocker-roller and the sphere-and-ring boards).
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| Wobble boards are the most common types of balance boards used due to their good mix of efficiency, fun and safety. |
Sphere-and-ring Boards
The base is un-attached and the board can move in all direction making these types of balance boards the most challenging ones.
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| Sphere-and-ring to use with caution |
