The GIBBON Journal
Tips, science and training ideas for every age and level.
Basketball is jump, land, cut, repeat, often on one foot and often onto someone else's. That makes ankle sprains one of the game's most common injuries. Balance training is one of the best-studied ways to reduce them:...
A SlackBoard turns balance practice into play. Kids build coordination, body awareness and confidence by doing what they already love: wobbling, bo...
Tennis and pickleball are games of short, sudden movements: lunges, split steps, quick stops and backpedals to the baseline or kitchen line. Every ...
At every step, one foot carries your full body weight plus the force of landing. Trails add rocks and roots, road courses add cambers and curbs, an...
A knee injury doesn't just affect strength; it can affect your knee's sense of position and your balance. That's why physical therapists build bala...
Ankle sprains often come back because the injury dulls your ankle's sense of position, not just its ligaments. Balance training retrains that sense...
What large studies show about balance exercise and falls in older adults, which programs work best, and how to build the habit at home.
Here's what happens when you purchase a wobble board. You can't stand on it in the first week. You can in the second week. You're standing on it an...
Balance is more than "not falling" On a skateboard, balance is several things working together:
As we age, our balance naturally declines because of our worsening vision, reduced muscle strength and coordination, and the slowing down of some n...
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