The big brother of Yoga Tune Up Therapy Balls, designed for people who need a greater surface area to deliver pressure to deeper into muscles.
Differences between the four sizes of Yoga Tune Up Balls
Therapy Balls: These 2.5” grippy, pliable balls have been specifically designed to mimic the thumb of a seasoned massage therapist. They perfectly fit into various spinal processes and can roll their way into gaps between the smaller joints of your body, in areas such as the hands and feet, and delicate tissues of the neck and jaw. Their unique shape and size makes them very trigger point specific.
Therapy Plus Balls: Slightly larger at 3”, these balls are shaped and sized to mimic the effect of a trained therapist’s elbow massaging your troubles away. Their larger surface creates less trigger point specific contact with the body, making them a perfect choice for highly stressed tissues of the body in areas such as the shoulders, front of the chest or the It band (the tendon that runs down the length of the outer thigh).
Alpha Ball: This 3.5” fluffy ball resembles the shape and size of massage therapists fist targeting the larger tissues of the body. This ball is perfect for areas like the lower back, hips, and buttocks; it is ideal for the majority of the tissues in the lower body.
Corgeous Ball: A 9” air-filled, squishy ball’ Corgeous has been created specifically to target the abdomen, chest and front of the pelvis. Its gripped surface allows you to create shear force using your own body weight to unravel stiff fascia, release scar tissue and promote better breathing.
Jill Miller, creator of Yoga Tune Up, designed the range of Therapy Balls to allow people to loosen up tired and aching muscles with unique self-massage techniques. Therapy Balls are dense enough that they can apply pressure deep into muscles yet flexible enough that they will not nip or put pressure on bones and joints. They help you to unravel aching knots, relieve persistent aches and pains and improve flexibility.
Therapy Balls Plus were created due to popular demand for slightly larger therapy balls for people who need a greater height and surface area for the most effective massage. They can be used in exactly the same way as normal Therapy Balls and you can use them in routines featured in Coregeous, Quickfix Rx Upper & Lower Body, Quickfix Rx Kneehab and Massage Therapy DVDs.
Whether you suffer from a specific condition such as sciatica, frozen shoulder or plantar fastitis, or you simply experience stiffness and aches in particular areas, Yoga Tune Up Therapy Balls Plus will allow you to loosen up those problem areas and keep your body strong, supple and pain free.
Your Therapy Balls Plus will last up to 6 to 12 months depending on how often they’re used. They will soften with use, but don’t throw them away when coming to replace them; it’s great to have a few sets of Therapy Balls with different firmness levels. Softer balls work brilliantly on soft tissue and bony areas like the wrists, elbows and ankles, whereas newer, firmer balls are great for muscle areas that require deeper pressure.