Ball Stabilization - Lean Back

Professional Rationale
A great beginner exercise on the ball. It is a 'forced' exercise - if the patient performs the exercise correctly, the abdominals must engage. It is a good way to introduce the stabilization concept.

Client Rationale
Exercises that are completed on ball provide a less stable environment for your 'core' and help to work the muscles of your trunk much harder than if you were lying on the floor, on all fours, or sitting in a chair. You must maintain a stable trunk with all exercises on the ball and minimize any movement of your trunk on the ball. This exercise challenges your stability further by moving your centre of gravity and forcing your abdominals to engage to stop you from rolling off of the ball. In addition, as you extend at the hips, your body learns to stabilize your trunk while your legs do something different.



Instructions

• Keep your spine neutral and arms crossed over your chest, lean your trunk back.
• Lean back at your hips and let your bottom roll forward on the ball.
• Only lean back far enough so that your abdominals engage.
• Return slowly.
• Do not arch your back.

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