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 ...

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 ...

You’ve probably seen a wobble board—sometimes a curved plank of wood, sometimes a piece of wood with a rocker attached to the bottom—buried in the corner of your gym or at PT offices. It’s not a go-to ...

The beginning of the new year is a great time to wake up old muscles. For me, that means hopping back onto my Yes4All Wooden Wobble Balance Board. It never fails to whip my glutes, thighs and core ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...