ProBalance Board

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Health and fitness professionals seeking to help clients address issues of aging, rehabilitate from the impact of injuries or illness, improve their core stability (also known as torso strength) or simply improve their sense of balance or proprioception (often called the sixth sense) are turning to CoreWerks for solutions.

The ProBalance Board incorporates a unique adaptive joint to meet the needs of the fitness, rehabilitation and therapeutic health markets. It offers multi-directional, adjustable tilt that enables comfortable beginnings, progressive learning and faster improvement.

With two different standing surfaces, the board can be used either way up, depending on the type of surface desired or the requirements of the exercise. The adaptive joint is stable in the neutral or level position so it is easy to get on and start using.

The ProBalance Board also incorporates an inflatable cushion to provide ever-increasing resistance as the standing surface is tilted farther away from its level position. This resistance also provides feedback and can be adjusted by the user while the equipment is being used. The combination of feedback and resistance makes the ProBalance Board feel safe to use, especially important to people who are disabled, injured or aging.

The unique nature of the ProBalance Board means that the tilting of the board is induced by the user’s own movements so that the user is enticed, instead of forced to react, in a fluid fashion to the tilting movement. This means that the user never feels unsafe and therefore experiences a less stressful learning environment which is better for a successful fitness or rehabilitation experience. The user will be more willing to try the exercises and do them on a regular basis, thus increasing the likelihood of positive outcomes.

Summary of Features and Benefits of the
ProBalance Board:

• Beginners and seniors more willing to try due to greater feeling of safety.
• Users don’t have to stop and change set-up since tilt resistance can be adjusted while using.
• Board provides immediate feedback as resistance changes.
• Adaptable to more users and exercises because range of motion is easily adjustable.
• Facilitates workouts by all sizes of users and those with weights due to strength of joint.
• Leads to continuing and regular use since it is easy to start and adapts to the user’s capability as they improve.

Different Uses and Users of the ProBalance Board

Some users need rehabilitation or therapy for some injury or illness. The ProBalance Board is aimed at strengthening the deep and middle layer core muscles necessary for an individual’s sense of balance and overall physical well-being. To recuperate, it is necessary for the brain to build synapses and relearn neuromuscular patterns to stabilize the body in its intended way.

There are those who are healthy and simply seeking to improve their fitness or even enhance some sports related performance.  Training with the ProBalance Board provides an important component to a fitness program that may already include cardio workouts, strength training, and flexibility exercises.

As we get older, we find that our balance isn’t what it used to be. The consequences of losing our ability to balance are significant. Falls are the leading cause of injury for older adults. For seniors to maintain their ability to balance, they need to exercise their proprioceptive system regularly. If they have not stayed in good condition, they need to start slowly and build their capability and confidence. The ProBalance Board is the only one that works for older people because it allows the user’s skill level to increase at their own speed, thus increasing their confidence and decreasing their fear and apprehension.

Why use a ProBalance Board instead of some other balancing device?

CoreWerks’s ProBalance Board is the preferred alternative when compared to other balancing products in the fitness and rehabilitation equipment market.  The range of motion or amount of tilt angle of the other balance boards is fixed and only adjustable by changing the support mechanism while the user is off the board.  And typically they feel very unstable because of the way they balance and the fact that there is no variable resistance to the tilting.

The ProBalance Board is better suited to meeting the needs of the fitness, rehabilitation and therapy markets, because it’s unique adaptive joint provides a supportive and safe learning environment for users, especially as they are starting. And their progressive improvement in balancing capability can be accomplished with a single board instead of having to use multiple boards or repeatedly set-up one board.