Balance board for physiotherapy, rehab and seniors

Balance boards are already very popular among surfers and skiers, but the practical wobble board is also ideal for targeted training after an injury. Thanks to the challenging balance exercises, all important muscles and stability can be trained at home at any time. This makes the balance board the perfect companion for lengthy physiotherapy sessions.

In this article, we explain why the balance board is so useful for physiotherapy and rehabilitation and which exercises you can use to achieve the best results. Get fit again with our help - or stay active as a senior for a long time.

What benefits can a balance board offer you?

Basically, the versatile boards are of course suitable for everyone. Whether at home, in the garden or in the gym, a challenging and fun workout is possible almost anywhere. What's more, a high-quality wooden balance board is now available at a reasonable price.

The other advantages include above all

• Versatile exercises for all target groups
• Flexible training plans to suit your schedule
• Low entry and running costs
• No significant risk of injury

That's why a balance board is not only suitable for physiotherapy, but also for healthy children and adults. After all, we all need a challenge from time to time, especially if we sit all day long.

What makes a balance board so ideal for physiotherapy?

After a serious injury or after a long break, some important aspects clearly regress. These are in particular the core muscles, fine motor skills and sense of balance. However, all three are extremely important in order to be able to perform demanding movements in everyday life without any problems and with a great deal of self-confidence.

With the right balance board exercises, you can specifically train these important aspects. In the following sections, we will explain why you should not neglect them in your build-up training. Of course, seniors also benefit if they specifically train these areas.

Strengthen core muscles

When experts talk about the core muscles, they are referring to specific muscles that support and support the torso. They stretch from the shoulders through the back to the hips to provide stability for the entire body. However, long periods of sitting or breaks due to injury can cause the core muscles to atrophy.

If this happens, it is essential that you take countermeasures at an early stage. Otherwise, the usual problems will develop over time: back and neck pain, poor posture and low stamina. Without strong core muscles, it is practically impossible to stay healthy into old age.

Train fine motor skills

The second important point after a long injury is to rebuild fine motor skills. Although this can even be trained without sporting activities, it usually only involves isolated hand coordination (e.g. when writing). However, all larger muscle groups or movement sequences require different training.

This means that after a long break, even supposedly simple fine motor movements suddenly seem almost impossible. The declining core muscles also play a key role here (see above), as they have to provide the necessary stability. For this reason, targeted exercises for fine motor skills are essential.

Restoring the sense of balance

Finally, all demanding movement sequences require a strong sense of balance. With a balance board as the perfect balance trainer for physiotherapy, you can of course fall back on numerous exercises. This aspect is most often underestimated, as many people assume they will never forget how to balance.

This is true for most everyday movements, but how quickly a developed sense of balance can atrophy is best seen in surfers, skiers or skateboarders. After a long break, they can hardly stay on the board for any length of time without training, even though it once worked without much effort.

Which balance board exercises for physiotherapy?

Complete rehabilitation is often a lengthy process in which you have to work your way up step by step. Although physiotherapy is ideally preventative and prophylactic, in reality it is mainly used after an accident or injury.

The following exercises can help you recover quickly. You can find many more practical balance board exercises in this article.

Standing and balancing as a basic exercise

Beginners in particular should start their physio with simple standing exercises to warm up the core muscles and sharpen their sense of balance. In order to maintain balance, all core muscles need to play their part while you train your fine motor skills with small balancing movements. Start on the cork hemisphere and slowly work your way up to the roller and then the ball.

Planks to strengthen the core muscles

After a short warm-up program, the next step is to really challenge your core muscles. The following are suitable for this planks which train your core, back, abdomen and shoulders. If you have just started your physio, you should start with planks on a hard surface. As you gain experience, you can then do them on the balance board to train your balance at the same time.

Squats for getting up easily

Many people are familiar with this: after an injury or as you get older, it becomes increasingly difficult to stand up. Squats are an excellent way to counteract this. They train the important movement sequence and strengthen the leg and buttock muscles. Squats on a balance board for physiotherapy are even more challenging and require maximum concentration.

All balance board exercises are also suitable for senior citizens

People who have been injured for a long time often have the same problems and challenges as senior citizens as they get older. Once simple movements are associated with pain or are not possible at all. However, if you start with the right exercises early on, you can avoid many problems in old age.

A balance board is therefore not only an ideal aid for physiotherapy, but also helps seniors to stay healthy in the long term. Strong core muscles, good fine motor skills and plenty of balance are the most important companions in everyday life. This even significantly reduces the risk of injury in old age.

Conclusion: a balance board can revolutionize your physiotherapy and rehab

Whether after a long injury or as a preventative measure, physiotherapy is often the best way to lead a healthy life. A balance board can revolutionize your physiotherapy with challenging exercises. It allows you to train your core muscles, fine motor skills and sense of balance at home.

Do you have any further questions on this important topic? Then simply contact or order your high-quality balance board from Surfin.