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Would you believe when I worked in an office a co worker and I bought 
these balls and sat at our desks with them.  When our manager came 
around they said " no way   there is too great  a risk of falling off 
and hurting ourselves and suing."  We weren't allowed to use them.


Kathy R - SE

Lynne Glazer wrote:

> Which is why using a fitball as an office chair is so beneficial,  
> terrific for posture, development of core strength without pain.
> <http://www.bodytrends.com/ballchar.htm.
> <http://www.megafitness.com/balls.html> size chart
> <http://www.bodytrends.com/products/ball/maxafeballs.htm> inexpensive  
> good balls
>
> Nice to switch off between a conventional office chair and the ball.   
> Some sites have them in neutral colors like pearl and black, for  
> offices that frown on the standard colors.
>
> Lynne
>
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2005, at 7:45 AM, Bruce Weary DC wrote:
>
> >  I, too, have experienced the "stagnant back" when gaiting for a  
> > long time. It's nice to have a horse that can mix up the gaits a  
> > bit. I think it's good for the horse and the rider both. The  
> > foxtrotter is a trotting horse as well as a gaiting horse, and as  
> > such, many of them can switch between gaits, allowing the horse and  
> > the rider to use other muscle groups.
> >   To bore you folks further, there is an important neurologic  
> > relationship between our joints and the muscles that drive them.  All 
> > of the joints in our body are richly supplied with nerve  endings 
> > which supply information back to the spinal cord and brain,  as well 
> > as the muscles themselves. When you ride a gaited horse (or  sit at a 
> > desk too long, for that matter) these nerve endings "quiet  down" and 
> > don't provide as much information as they could to the  muscles 
> > nearby. This contributes to the "stiff" feeling we have  sometimes 
> > when getting up from bed in the morning, rising from a  chair after a 
> > few hours of sitting, or gaiting for a long time on a  horse. So, 
> > when we change gaits, or get up from a chair and move  around, we 
> > engage different joint systems, which is just as  influential as 
> > moving the different muscles themselves. This is one  of the reasons 
> > that athletic trainers will teach you to use a full  range of motion 
> > when lifting weights. Yes, it stimulates more  muscle, but also 
> > wakens more nerve endings in the joint, which then  talk to the 
> > muscle and help in the strength building process.  Anyone who has 
> > experienced restricted mobility in a joint (from  injury, surgery, 
> > joint replacement, arthritis) will often notice  that the muscles 
> > that move that joint lose size and strength even  after aggressive 
> > therapy. One of the reasons for this is that if  the joint nerve 
> > endings can't be fully stimulated, the associated  muscles can't either.
> >    That's it for today. There will be a quiz on this material on  
> > Wednesday. Class dismissed.
> >      Bruce Weary
>
>
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