HAVING A BALL GETTING INTO SHAPE

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 9, 1996| Author: Hartford Courant | Copyright information

The ball has always been associated with exercise.

You can throw the ball, kick the ball, hit the ball, shoot the ball, run with the ball, pass the ball, juggle the ball, keep the ball rolling, even have a ball ballroom dancing.

So maybe an increasingly popular exercise regimen aimed at stretching, strengthening, relaxing and rehabilitating the human body while sitting or lying on an inflated, heavy-duty, beach-ball-size orb isn't as far out as it might seem. Many physic...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

So this is why English batsmen are on a roll It is no more than rubber and air, yet it is hailed as the perfect exercise tool. The amazing 'Swiss ball' even put some bounce back in our cricket team. Melanie Harpham reports
The Sunday Telegraph London ; Until relatively recently, there weren't many causes more hopeless than the England cricket team. Suffice it to say that the last time they won the Ashes, Rick Astley was at Number One in the UK charts and the Berlin Wall hadn't yet fallen. But then something changed. Earlier this month, England's
Getting on the (fitness) ball right.
Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) ; Byline: Richard Seven Jun. 3--The Swiss ball (aka fitness ball, aka stability ball) has been around since the mid-1960s and roosts in nearly every physical-therapy clinic and gym, as well as in many homes. It is as simple as a device can be. Hey, it's just a ball. So why don't most people seem to
Thanks to exercise ball, I'm no slouch.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) ; Byline: Julie Deardorff Fed up with sitting at a desk all day, I began swapping my office chair for a large, vinyl Swiss ball last year, the kind found in health clubs across America. Socially, it was a difficult adjustment. My editor decided I resembled a giant bird hatching an egg. Colleagues
Ball gets a big kick out of playing the game.
Record (Stockton, CA) ; ... 546-8292 or jdhillon@recordnet.com Copyright (c) 2006, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing this content, contact us at (800) 661-2511 (U.S.), (213) 237-4914 (worldwide), fax (213) 237-65 ...
Swiss ball exercises benefit physical therapy patients and others who want to intensify workouts
St. Joseph News-Press ; It may be just as easy to fall off a Swiss ball as it is to fall off track in fulfilling New Year's resolutions, but all it takes is balance. "Once you get used to the balance, it's easy," says Rita Potratz, who started physical therapy with the Swiss ball a couple of months ago after pulling a