(Health-NewsWire.Net, October 23, 2015 ) Salt Lake City, UT -- With 40 and 50 hour workweeks becoming the norm in most offices these days, contributing to numerous health issues, a new trend has been rapidly growing over the past few years as news has been spreading about its health benefits.
What's the trend? It's replacing a stiff ol' chair with a stability ball, also known by the name swiss ball, yoga ball, exercise ball, fitness ball or gym ball. Whew, that's a lot of different names!
Most commonly, adult office workers are taking them to work to replace their office chair. Benefits include improving posture, burning calories, increasing energy and more. Now schools have caught on to the trend as well, and are experimenting with it.
Third graders at Jefferson Elementary School were delighted to find their old chairs had been replaced with yoga balls for the new school year. "The yoga balls are more comfortable than chairs," said one third grader.
So far, the results have been great. Mrs. Stevens', teacher of the class, has observed that the bouncing helps students release some energy and focus better.
So far, hers is the only class in the school to have implemented this new idea, however Judy Castrogiovanni, principal of the elementary school, plans to roll it out to the entire school after the first quarter, if it continues to go well.
The idea was sparked by a visit to a school in Philadelphia, when Stevens' was looking for a new math series and got to observe a classroom with students using yoga balls for chairs.
"All of our teachers are always looking for great new ideas to bring into the classroom, whether it's academic or something as simple as what they sit on. So they're talking together and excited to know what Jen thinks about it," says Castrogiovanni.
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