December 15, 2020
Yoga ball is an emerging and interesting fitness exercise. Yoga ball has many advantages and can be applied in many ways. It is suitable for all yoga enthusiasts to work on including those who are in need of rehabilitation treatment, and greatly improves workout results especially for the spine and pelvis exercise. It is great for injury recovery and rehabilitation. Generally, Yoga ball is relatively a safe exercise, and not likely to cause injury. it helps to improve people's flexibility, strength, balance, posture, cardiopulmonary function.
Yoga ball movements primarily target the muscle in the abdomen, back, waist, etc. Making a stretch or squeeze with a pace a breath not only relax the muscle and burn calories but also improve limb strength and weight capacity of spine, release mental stresses and enhance mental concentration. The following are the four benefits we can get from yoga ball exercise.
1. Alleviate Back & Waist Pain
Yoga ball is basically made of soft and comfortable TPE or safe PVC material, which makes it not only excellent fitness equipment but also a great tool for physical and even mental therapy to relieve people from muscle tension, soreness, tightness, strain or even injury. You can still work out with a PVC yoga ball even with a back injury because the counter-force from the ball is soft without too much impact on the joints and it is great for releasing back pain.
2. Improve Balance Control
The yoga ball is an "unstable" exercise equipment. When you get off the ground with the help of the ball, you have to try your best to keep balance, prevent the ball from rolling and avoid falling off from it. This requires a combination of strength control of your legs, waist and abdomen, which is a good way to maintain your physical coordination and muscle strength.
3. Massage Therapy
The working principle of Yoga ball movements is to make the body fully pressed up against the sphere. The yoga ball is made of soft PVC material. When the human body comes into touch with the ball, it will evenly and gently massage the body, which is great for blood circulation.
4. Posture Correction
When you sit on a yoga ball, every part of your body is constantly making subtle adjustments to keep your body stable. These little movements boost blood circulation, strengthen your lower back and abdomen, and make you sit up with a straight back, open your shoulders, and correct the false posture.
Nowadays, there is a great deal of people who practice yoga now. The exercise and intensity vary based on one’s age and physical condition. It is easy to cause damage to the soft tissue and bone joints when it is not stretched enough or overstretched in traditional yoga. Yoga auxiliary equipment, such as yoga towel, yoga block, yoga mat, yoga belt, yoga ball, etc, help us perform better during hot workouts. Among them, the yoga ball is a special tool: it works on the whole body by incorporating elasticity and rolling so that some of the force has been t rebounded without injury. It is suitable for all age groups and all levels of people.