Aids for Balancing and Body Control

This content is from page 576 of Disabled Village Children

Activities for improving balance are discussed in "Helping improve balance" and "Activities for Standing, Walking, and Balance". Here we bring together a few of the aids for balancing that are shown in different parts of this book, together with a few new ones.

An old drum or barrel makes a good “roll” for exercise and positioning.

	A wider rocker works better.	An upright stick can be used at first to help her keep her balance.		padding to avoid injury
A balance board like this rocks less smoothly because the center rocker is so narrow.

fallen tree

logs

adjustable wide or narrow balance beam

Design from UPKARAN Manual


For the child whose ankles bend in,	walking on a log helps bend the ankles outward.	Or the child can walk on slanting boards, like this.	For the child whose ankles bend outward,	walking on boards like this helps bend the ankles inward.