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Balance trainer

There are various kinds of exercising equipment available in the market today, such as running machine, stationary bikes, rowing machines, and exercisers that can provide balance training exercises. Balance apparatus are used for various therapeutic and athletic applications. For example, balance and coordination are important skills in mastering downhill skiing, and together with technique, muscular strength, condition, and quickness, they determine the overall ability and skill of the skier. In skiing, correct longitudinal balance is necessary to drive the forward inside metal edge into the snow in order to steer the ski through a carved turn. By maintaining pressure against the front of the boot, the skier's weight and isometric force from knee flexion is applied to the ski's carving edge. This action generates the pressure necessary to engage the forward metal edge of the ski into hard snow, thereby maintaining control of the ski. Other sports such as snowboarding, ice skating and in-line skating require similar forward balance. Certain sports, such as basketball, volleyball, football, and track, as well as others, require athletes to develop and practice their jumping and balance skills in conjunction with the skills that are necessary for the specific sport. Balance and gait training has been a very effective therapy for treating various conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, cervicobrachial syndromes, ankle and knee instability and osteoarthritis. In particular, the interactions involved in the balancing process between various sense organs and sensory inputs as well as motoric and psychological as well as neurological interdependencies enjoy a special position in the training of coordination, balancing, and reflexes. One of the most incapacitating aspects of numerous neurological and musculoskeletal disorders is the loss of the ability to ambulate. Posture, balance, and coordination are the three main mechanism for having the ability to move from place to place. When an individual's ability to walk with normal patterns is impaired, balance and gait training is one of the most constructive form of therapeutic active care. Balance and gait training can improve strength, fitness, flexibility and endurance. Balance and gait training involves training the individual in proper foot position and aiding reflex balance responses, which are incorporated into a rehabilitation program.

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