FITBALL

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Good afternoon to everybody!

Today, I will go to speak about Fitballs. What is it?

Well, the “fitball” or “Swiss Ball” is an air ball which began to be used the area of the therapy and of the rehabilitation for later in the 80s to be introduced to the area of fitness. This material is not only used to improve the physical aptitude like Strength or range of motion, but also to improve coordinative qualities like balance and postural attitude (Moral. L,2002)

Nowadays, we can find it even in offices where one tries to attack the sedentary lifestyle of your workers. Besides, we can find the fitballs both in the Physical Activity and in the different sports.

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Some of the most important benefits that the fitball provides are:

1)  It improve the functional mobility opposite to the daily life

2) It improves the cardiovascular capacity

3)  It improves the stability and the postural attitude, for what it decreases the risk of falls in older people

To all that it is necessary to say that the utilization of this material has to be under supervision of a professional who controls the movements since if it might not be dangerous for the health of the person. In addition, medical therapy cannot be considered to be substitute of one, but complementary.

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In his article, Luis Moral (2002) speaks to us that the size of the ball must be the correct one. If the person it wants to use as chair the measure of the diameter of the ball it will have to be of approximately 65-75cm opposite to tables of 70-75 cm of height.

On the other hand, if we are choosing one fitball for another use, this author leaves this chart us they summarize:

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The basic recommendations are that we must not swell the ball any more than says the manufacturer, besides whom we must wash and take care of it for your later correct use it.

Now, where can we buy these Swiss balls?

One page where we can buy the fitballs is Decathlon.es. Here, we find some Swiss Balls with different characteristics and your respective prices:

https://www.decathlon.es/C-1018136-pelotas-pilates-y-accesorios

Some exercises that we can do with the fitball are:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MSTskeC3oU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSBV0k-37SE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLe2hMF5ejQ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Posner. J (1995). Swiss Ball Aplicattions for Orthopedic and Sport Medicine. Ball Dynamics int’l Denver CO. ISBN 0-9645341-4-2

Moral Moreno, L. (2002). El Fitball, una forma diferente y divertida para mejorar nuestra salud. Educación Y Futuro: Revista de Investigación Aplicada Y Experiencias Educativas, (6), 1.

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Post done and edited by Adrián