How Do You Do Physioball Seated Hip Exercises?
Working with a physioball provides the body with lots of challenges. When sitting on the ball you must engage your core (stomach, back and waist ) muscles in order to sit up straight, which helps to strengthen them. Working with the ball can also help to improve balance as the muscles in your legs work to hold you on the ball as you move. Doing exercises and stretches while seated on a ball can also help to relieve back and hip pain. Even though you must work to maintain your posture and balance, the ball has some give to it, which allows the muscles to relax a bit as well. The following exercises are gentle movements that can help you to loosen the muscles in the back and hips. Sit up straight on the ball. If you find it very difficult to balance, you can lightly hold onto a chair. Very slightly arch your back and push your belly forward and the shoulders back. Do not strain or overarch. As you do this, let the hips and ball roll forward a bit. Roll the hips and ball back a bit as you
