AIREX Balance Pad – Stability Trainer for Balance, Stretching, Physical Therapy, Exercise, Mobility, Rehabilitation and Core Training Non-Slip Closed Cell Foam Premium Balance Pad

Sometimes you are barefoot and don’t want to walk on your treadmill desk. Standing at a desk all day can be hell on your knees and feet. There’s a solution to this.Thank God for Mark and Frank telling me about this amazing lime green Airex Balance Pad Elite.Airex Balance Pad is Elite when it has this pattern on it.I don’t know if the $30 difference in price is worth it but I got a factory reject for the same price as the regular one.There are also lots of $12 knockoffs that I’m sure are just as good. I’m a brand whore. It’s really just a packaged rectangle of wrestling or gymnastics mat you’ll find in a high school or college gymnasium.When I’m not using it (actually using the treadmill desk for walking while working), it tucks away against the wall beside the tread.Perfect.And who doesn’t love a splash of lime green, am I right?As you can see, the pad is very thick and very light and while it’s supposed to be used in a similar fashion as the Bosu, my buddies Mark and Frank use it for extended standing like 8+ hour days at the standing desk cum LifeSpan treadmill desk.The Airex Balance Pad Elite pad is very thick and very light and while it’s supposed to be used in a similar fashion as the Bosu, my buddy Mark and Frank use it for extended standing like 8+ hour days at the standing desk cum LifeSpan treadmill desk. The price new is expensive but I was able to find an Amazon Warehouse discount of $30 for one that was perfect but the box was messed up some. Was worth it to me. There are also lots of $12 knockoffs that I’m sure are just as good. It’s really just a packaged rectangle of wrestling or gymnastics mat you’ll find in a high school or college gymnasium.

Absolutely the best purchase I have made. I so wish that I had had something like this for all the years I stood on a cement floor as a nurse in the operating room. It feels so good! I actually purchased this at the recommendtion of my physical therapist for plantar fasciitis. According to his information, using it to balance on one foot assists in changing your proprioception. This changes the way you balance and walk so that you are walking more correctly, and hence improves the pain from the fasciitis. The other benefit i have discovered is that my balance to yoga poses is greatly improved. I liked this product so much, I sent one to a family member who has back issues. She is using it for strengthening exercises, and loves it as much as I do!

I've been a standing desk user for ~ 2 years. I always prefer standing but my feet used to get really sore, even when using an anti-fatigue mat. I also hate wearing shoes all the time and have a liberal workplace where socks / bare feet are acceptable. In all my two years, this has been my best purchase yet. No more sore feet and I'm also more active being able to comfortably shift my weight around to different stances not possible on a flat floor. Highly recommended.

Item arrived with the box tabs that should be tucked in pulled out with nothing protecting the actual product. As for the product I received I had ordered the Kiwi green and received a pink one which I’m not a fan of, and to top it all off it looked like it may possibly been returned or used prior.

As a physical therapist, there really is no substitute for an Airex Pad. I originally ordered one of the many cheaper, generic foam pads thinking I'd save a few bucks, only to be royally disappointed in the actual quality/"feel" of the pad...it's just not the same. That being said, for some, I would imagine that it wouldn't matter too much, but for myself, having worked with an official airex for so many years, it's hard to accept something that seems to pale in comparison (e.g. feel, movement, pliancy, etc.) to the real deal. At the end of the day this is just one of those products that I feel you sorta just get what you pay for.