Ball Balance
Setting: indoor activity such as in a classroom, in an office or at home.
Materials:
Exercise Ball
Instructions:
Take away chairs from desk areas and
allow the individual to sit on an exercise ball instead.
Practice writing or homework while
sitting on the ball.
An alternative would also be to allow the
person to watch television while sitting on the ball to practice free balance.
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to build
core muscles and to strengthen them in order to achieve balance. Balance is
needed in gross motor activities and ability to hold one self upright. Most
ADL’s require balance or to increase independence in transfers. I first saw
this idea on the news that actually took out all chairs from her classroom in
order to improve balance and be useful to those who need some movement while in
seated positions of rolling back and forth (by a small amount, not a lot) in
order to complete a task such as homework.
Bennett, B.
& Smith, C. (September 11, 2012). Fidgety kids. Retrieved from: http://therapyfun4kids.blogspot.com/2012/09/fidgety-kids.html
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