Chinese Therapy Balls – Hollow Silver with Chimes
Uses: Flexibility, Limberness, Stress Relief
Chinese Therapy Balls, also commonly known as Baoding Balls, Chinese Exercise Balls, Chinese Therapy Balls, Chinese Stress Balls, and Chinese Health Balls originated in Baoding, China. a small town in the Heibei province, during the Ming Dynasty. They are great for musicians, computer users, athletes, magicians, gamers, surgeons and anybody else who uses their hands extensively. The Chinese Thearapy Balls are designed to help relieve stress while building finger dexterity and wrist and forearm strength.
Baoding balls are usually hollow and made from chrome-plated steel, with most containing a chime. People sometimes call these chime balls or harmony balls. You will find that Baoding Balls can come with many designs crafted onto them. The cloisonne balls usually have hand made designs which depict symbols or characters related to harmony, health, and other positive forces.
Baoding balls are usually used for exercise and meditation, but are also good when employed for medical reasons. To use them for exercise, place two Baoding balls within your palm then rotate them clockwise and counterclockwise. Gravity will help you keep on controlling the balls. There are many exercises possible. One is trying to not to let the balls touch one another during manipulation, as advanced users do. Such users of Baoding balls can frequently use more than two balls at one time. Manipulating the balls in your hand not only exercises hand muscles, but forearm and shoulder muscles as well.
Alternative Medicine advocates believe that the balls are beneficial for medical reasons when they touch pressure points or acupuncture points found all over the hand. A practitioner of western medicine would find it hard to believe that such balls have health benefits, but it helps to realize that practitioners of Chinese medicine believe that all bodily systems are linked to one another. Chinese medicine advocates believe one should not just treat symptoms but rather should examine the root cause of the symptoms. In connection, Baoding balls could be prescribed by a Chinese doctor with a patient whose internal energy or Qi has stagnated and thus, caused the problems for the patient.
The balls follow certain principles involving touching the meridians (just like in acupuncture or shiatsu massage). The meridians (known as Jingluo in Chinese traditional medical theory) act as channels or pathways via which Qi (vital energy within each person) moves throughout the body. These Jingluo meridians also feature the acupuncture points. Hence, touching each meridian will produce health benefits. Your ten fingers are interconnected with the human cranial nerve, as well as important human organs such as the intestines, stomach, gallbladder, kidneys, lungs, spleen, liver and heart. Thus, when the meridians are stimulated, there is improved circulation of vital energy and blood in our bodies.
Chinese practitioners claim that muscles remain nimble, bones are strengthened and the mind kept sober through prolonged usage of the health balls. Other benefits are blood circulates more freely, and different chronic diseases such as hypertension are kept from developing. In time (in terms of many years of practicing Baoding balls use) the brain becomes healthier and you will notice that your intelligence and memory improves. Furthermore, fatigue goes away, your worries disappear, stress is reduced, and in the end your life is extended.
Choosing a size: start with the size that’s most comfortable for you.
Aumente el tamaño para aumentar la flexibilidad y el rango de movimiento en sus manos. Disminuya el tamaño para aumentar la coordinación. Nota del terapeuta: si lo usa para mejorar el rango de movimiento después de una lesión, use varios tamaños para lograr la mejora. Para mejorar la extensión, use bolas más grandes. Para mejorar la flexión, use bolas más pequeñas. Las bolas sólidas pueden facilitar un patrón de movimiento más natural para aquellos con flexión limitada. También agregan peso, lo que puede aumentar la fuerza.
Más información:
Historia: Las bolas de hierro chinas han sido famosas durante mucho tiempo como uno de los «tres tesoros» de Baoding, China. Primero Producidas durante la dinastía Ming (1368-1644), las bolas de hierro a menudo han sido mejoradas a través de los tiempos por hábiles artesanos chinos. Originalmente, estas bolas eran objetos cilíndricos simples y sólidos. Más tarde, los artesanos comenzaron a diseñar bolas huecas e insertar placas de sonido que producían altos y tonos bajos cuando se usan. Estas bolas más ligeras son más fáciles de manejar y los tonos musicales contribuyen al proceso de relajación que resulta de hacer ejercicio con ellas.
Instrucciones: Las bolas se colocan en la mano y se rotan en un En el sentido de las agujas del reloj o en el sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj. Este ejercicio mantendrá todos los puntos de las manos en constante movimiento. Con los músculos de los dedos y antebrazos contrayéndose y relajándose armoniosamente. Los principiantes deben seleccionar bolas de un tamaño más pequeño y luego, con el tiempo, aumentar ver el tamaño de la pelota a medida que mejora la competencia. En definitiva, se pueden ejercitar ambas manos de forma alterna o simultánea e incluso se puede optar por utilizar tres o cuatro balones en una mano.
Mantenimiento: Los balones están hechos de metal y, por tanto, deben mantenerse secas y limpias. Aunque las bolas son fuertes y duraderas, los propietarios deben evitar golpearlas violentamente entre sí y contra otros objetos y superficies sólidos. Si uno planea no usarlos por un largo período de tiempo, es aconsejable cubrir las bolas con cera o grasa para su mantenimiento y conservación.