Physical Therapist Approved
I am a pediatric physical therapist who treats physically and mentally disabled kids in their homes. This product is so light-weight and portable. It is perfect to engage the core muscles and provides the kids with an active sitting posture that allows them to be more involved in their environments.
I did have to air mine up a little to make it perfect for my needs. The product comes with the adapter to make airing easy. All you need to provide is a standard bicycle pump.
I would recommend this to anyone and everyone. This product when used correctly will help people of all backgrounds to have better sitting posture throughout their hips spine shoulders and neck.
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It really does helpI bought this because I read (and watched a video) about how this could be used as a treatment for tennis elbow. I've been doing the exercise 3 times a day for about a month and it really helps. I can now straighten my arm without pain and I'm able to lift some light-weight items without the fear of dropping them. I still have a ways to go but it sure beats getting shots in an already-painful elbow that send you bouncing off the ceiling!
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no quality
I ordered 4 different Cando flexible hand bars: red (light) green(medium) blue(heavy) and black(x-heavy). All four colors felt about the same. To check my sense of feel I measured the force required to bend the bars to 90 degrees. The forces were as follows: red- 10.2 lb green- 8.2lb blue- 11.2lb black- 10.4lb. The Cando bars appear to be trying to compete with the There-Band "Flexbar" which come in three colors and stiffnesses red(light) green(mid) and blue(heavy). Using my measurements the force to bend these bars 90 degrees are red- 2.3lb green- 4.3lb blue- 6.5lb. I am using the bars to do "eccentric" contraction exercises for tennis elbow. I find the green Flexbar good for me. All the Cando bars are too stiff. It is clear to me that there is no concern about quality by the makers of the Cando bar. How else could one explain that a "light" red bar having about the same stiffness as a black "x-heavy" bar.
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