Welcome to the latest issue of the Health Bounce.

This issue features some great introductory acupressure information from Marc Coseo, the creator of the FitBALL Pressure Points Program - Thank you Marc! Also included is a sneak peak at the new 2006 catalog and information on how you can get one for yourself.

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Your friends at BDI.

By Marc Coseo, Lic. Ac.

A good acupressure program provides a way to warm up your muscles more safely and more efficiently than conventional warmup routines. It also provides a way to alleviate common everyday aches and pains such as neck and shoulder tension, back spasms, tendonitis conditions, and overuse injuries.

Activating Pressure Points increases blood flow to the muscle groups surrounding the point. Increased blood flow causes your muscles to warm up. In nature when things warm up they become looser and more flexible. Our muscles exhibit the same characteristics. When warmed they become more flexible and are less likely to become injured.

The FitBALL Pressure Points(TM) program provides a way to increase muscle temperature without force or strain. It consists of 20 acupoints that affect groups of tendons, muscles and ligaments that are highly stressed in daily work and fitness routines. Because acupressure offers us more than 2000 years of clinical experience, we are able to use that experience to choose acupoints that have the greatest effect on the muscle groups, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. Thus it provides a more systematically complete warmup than any single warmup activity or stretching routine. The choice of points was determined by clinical experience in the treatment of muscular and tendon problems.

Check out Paige Waehner's recent review of FitBALL Pressure Points at About.com.

Ball Dynamics’ 2006 Catalog showcases our newly expanded FitBALL® brand product line. In addition to the FitBALL exercise ball — the #1 burst-resistant ball, new FitBALL professional-quality products are now available in a full range of training categories including balance, strength, resistance, massage, mats, education and more.

The FitBALL® brand, well-known for providing professional-quality exercise balls and education for fitness and therapeutic use, is now expanding its product line to include a wide range of fitness and well-being products. The FitBALL promise remains the same: provide the highest quality products for enhancing and improving core strength and optimal health, at an exceptional value.

New products include the FitBALL SoftMeds, soft weighted small balls perfect as an alternative to clunky dumbbells, the FitBALL Holder, an inflatable ring designed to hold a FitBALL exercise ball in place and keep it from rolling away and the FitBALL Roller, an inflatable and more comfortable option to traditional foam rollers. New balance products, resistance training and ergonomic seating products round out the new line for 2006.

FitBALL is now the brand of choice for therapists, trainers and sports professionals. Discover the new line of FitBALL branded quality products, designed for fitness, rehab and healthy lifestyles. Order a hard copy of our 2006 product catalog or download now!

These small, graspable, and weighted balls are perfectly sized for the elderly, women, children or anyone who wants a soft, comfortable alternative to bulky dumbbells. FitBALL SoftMeds are a safe and effective way to add upper body strength training with your FitBALL exercise ball. Set includes one of each weight ball plus rack.