For those of us with desk jobs, physical movement during the day doesn't come easily. I often find myself zoned into a project for hours, forgetting to stand up and stretch. Long bouts of sitting have ...

Balance boards might sound like a children's toy, but these wobbly little pieces of fitness kit could in fact be the key to improving your core strength (by engaging your muscles as you try and stay ...

If you’re not as sure-footed as you’d like, balance training can help you feel a little more steady. A balance board makes training especially easy because you can work on your balance pretty much ...

If your workplace is like mine, employees are popping up like meerkats: As the evidence mounts that sitting for long periods is unhealthy, they're setting up standing desks for themselves, and ...

Stand on a wobble board with your knees slightly bent and try to balance for 5 seconds. Next, lower your hips, keeping your back straight. If you can, lower enough to perform an actual squat and hold ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The idea of stepping on an unstable board might be scary, but trust us, it actually has so many benefits.

Which balance boards are best? Improving your balance and coordination can improve your movements when handling various tasks. Balance boards are a great way to not only train your balance and ...

Background Balance training is a common component of rehabilitation after ankle sprains. A relatively high activity of the peroneus longus (PL) to the activity of the tibialis anterior (TA) (a low ...

I've been clocking in and out of physical therapy like it's my day job for years. I'm cursed with loving dance and being very hypermobile, a combo that has landed me in surgery a few times. But I didn ...

Stand on a wobble board with your knees slightly bent and try to balance for 5 seconds. Next, lower your hips, keeping your back straight. If you can, lower enough to perform an actual squat and hold ...

Background It is important for clinicians to find a simple yet effective rehabilitation method to improve balance in patients suffering with chronic ankle instability (CAI). A wobble board program may ...