Balance platform
Balance platforms are a simple, effective way to train dynamic stability. Using the balance platform, you can significantly improve coordination as well as effectively work out deep and hard-to-reach muscle groups. Balance training is aimed at improving postural stability, weight movement in space, proprioception and control of the center of gravity.
The balance exercise machine is used as a training tool to improve kinesthetic abilities as well as to restore damaged proprioceptive mechanisms after injuries and prevents the risk of falling, motor impairments and neurological pathologies. The stable surface made of eco-friendly material (wood) ensures reliability during workouts.
Effects:
• develops flexibility
• strengthens the pectoral girdle
• reduces the load on the spine
• restores motor activity
• in case of low mobility and excess weight
• develops coordination
Fields of application:
The balance platform is used for medical rehabilitation of patients. The exercise machine improves balance and motion coordination skills.
Workouts that reduce the risk of falls
Elderly people run risks of falls, and the risk of falls increases with age. Special trainings using the balance platform reduce the risk of falls in the elderly persons, since they improve the natural coordination and, moreover, patients feel more confident in problematic situations.
Neuralgia
Treatment of patients with Parkinson’s disease and disseminated sclerosis.
Orthopedics
The balance platform demonstrates excellent results in solving orthopedic challenges: the duration of postoperative and recovery periods is shortened, the load on the joints is reduced, flexibility and coordination are trained. It is successfully used in the postoperative period in treatment of the pathology of meniscus, anterior cruciate ligament, in rehabilitation after knee or hip joint replacement. Attention has been paid to the special efficiency of the platform after injuries and diseases of the spine, injuries of the knee and ankle joints, motor and neurological disorders.
Workout on the balance platform
The size of the balance platform makes it possible to perform many different movements using it. For example, you can train the abdominal muscles in a sitting position. Rotational movements of the balance platform are particularly well suited for training the body muscles, especially for the abdominal muscles, and at the same time this improves the innervation, i.e. the supply of organs and tissues with nerves, which ensures their connection with the central nervous system.
Exercises aimed at strengthening the back muscles, performed on the balance platform standing on all fours, contribute to a noticeable improvement in coordination, they are more effective than exercises on the gym mat. Rotating on the balance platform when performing such exercises has a deep effect on muscles such as the back muscles, abdominal muscles, rhomboid and paravertebral muscles.
Patients suffering from back pain as well as having diseases of the lower extremities can start working out sitting on a stool. If needed the doctor or nurse can stand behind the patient and help with the exercises. This is also practiced in introductory sessions with elderly patients where they should not have a fear of falling. Rotational movements improve coordination and generally strengthen the body muscles, which is a prerequisite for safety and confidence in daily activities. The patient can train in a standing position during further workouts but always with the assistance of a doctor. Children can work out under the supervision of a doctor or even on their own. From experience, children really like these exercises – especially with rotational movement. And this creates an additional incentive for training motor skills and attention concentration.
