Personal Trainer, Rick Kaselj, Reveals Four Dangers of Exercising with a Stability Ball at Home

April 23, 2009 - PRLog -- Contact:  Rick Kaselj at (604) 532-5248
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Surrey Personal Trainer, Rick Kaselj,  Reveals Four Dangers of Exercising with a Stability Ball at Home

Surrey, BC – April 23, 2009 - The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has had 47 complaints of people that have received fractures or bruises from using their stability balls at home.  Due to these complaints, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has sent out a voluntary recall of over 3,000,000 stability balls.  These stability balls were made by EB Brands and were under the brand names of Bally Total Fitness, Everlast, Valeo and Body Fit Fitness Balls.  The Consumer Product Safety Division of Health Canada has not made any warning or voluntary recall of these common fitness brands that are seen at Winners and Zellers.  Local fitness expert, Rick Kaselj, reveals four dangers of exercising with a stability ball at home.

Four Dangers of Exercising with a Stability Ball At Home

Keep it Under 330 Pounds - Many stability balls will only hold 330 lbs of force.  When you start adding exercises that involve bouncing on the stability ball,   it creates more force than most stability balls can handle.  

Don’t Use Weights – Many stability balls do not recommend using additional weight.  Additional weight, like dumbbells, increases the force on the ball and increases the risk of it bursting.  Use the stability for bodyweight exercises like squats and ab crunches.

Fill it to the Recommended Height – The main reason why stability balls burst on people is they are over inflated.  People will fill them up, they will use them for a while and the rubber will stretch.  Since the rubber has stretched, the ball becomes flat or softer, so they pump it up with more air so it feels firmer.  This thins out the rubber of the ball and leads to greater risk of popping.  Pump up the stability ball once to the recommended height using a tape measure and wall.  If you like a firmer stability ball that will hold its shape, ask your local fitness equipment store for options.

Make Sure the Temperature is Right – Check to see what temperature the manufacture recommends the ball be inflated at.  Many times they will recommend pumping up your stability ball in an environment that is between 32° C and 18° C.  

About Rick Kaselj

Rick Kaselj is the exercise and injury expert. He helps clients discover the most effective exercises to help them recover, prevent and overcome injury.  If you have an old or new and injury you will have to contact Rick Kaselj at http://ExercisesForInjuries.com .  To here stories of stability balls popping, visit http://exercisesforinjuries.com/dangerous-stability-exerc...  

Rick is also the author of Core Stability of the Back, a 30 day program that helps eliminate low back pain.  To learn more about Rick’s book, visit http://www.CoreStabilityoftheBack.com .

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