REGAIN & RETAIN ACTIVE LIVING

A simple, versatile and expert-backed design. Balance Active® enables independent active standing in a range of contexts.

Introducing Balance Active^®

MULTIPLE USE ENVIRONMENTS

Balance Active^® is portable and can be used at every stage of the rehabilitation pathway from acute settings to intermediate care and ultimately the patient’s own home, maintaining continuity throughout.
“Having Balance Active^® in the boot of my car gives me confidence that if I need an ‘extra pair of hands’ in order to assess a patient I can go get it as required.”
Balance Active^® can be used at the bedside, in rehabilitation spaces, in gyms, and in the patients’ own home. It can be used for face to face treatment or via remote supervision of prescribed rehabilitation programmes.
Balance Active^® can enable people with long term conditions affecting standing function to participate
more actively in activities of daily living, giving them an opportunity to self manage.

INCREASE SELF MANAGED EXERCISE

Balance Active^® facilitates safe, active standing and balance training by enabling recruitment of lower limb and trunk muscles as well as sensory inputs required for balance. It helps ensure patients are in the correct position, thereby optimally retraining functional standing. With Balance Active^®, patients can retrain functional standing in the correct position.
Its graded support helps management of fatigue and anxiety related to exercising.
“Using Balance Active^® during treatment gives my patients increased confidence during more challenging balance training. As a clinician I’m able to stand back and adjust input making treatment more effective. Patients reported being ‘happier’ using Balance Active”.
Balance Active^® can contribute to a reduction in wasted bed days due to deconditioning (pyjama paralysis), by engaging patients in safe functional standing and balance activities sooner after admission or surgery. This could reduce length of stay and reduce failed discharges due to falling, and potentially reduced care packages on discharge.

REDUCES SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS

Balance Active^® enables a single practitioner to effectively treat some patients that would previously have needed two people to enable safe standing. This maximises rehabilitation opportunities, particularly for patients with neurological conditions and frail older people. In community settings this benefit is even greater and can contribute to discharge to assess models of care.
“Balance Active^® is really useful and perfect for me as a single handed practitioner. I can work with patients that would otherwise need another pair of hands to do balance work. It makes my patients feel more confident to progress : without that confidence you can’t push them safely”.
Using Balance Active^® to reduce the number of staff required to deliver treatment releases staff to see more patients, thereby optimising capacity in the workforce. The supports in the product facilitate increased engagement with exercise such as: synchronized instructor-led Balance Active^® exercise group sessions, 1-2-1, or prescribed independent home use.

Balance Active^®: Some Basic Facts

Balance Active^® is an essential tool for frail patients and NHS staff, supporting recovery from and prevention of deconditioning and/or falls
Designed by Physiotherapists and refined by engineers to optimise rehabilitation of patients with deconditioning, leg and trunk weakness and fatigue
It is low tech and simple to assemble /disassemble
It is portable (2 x 5kg parts) so can be used where access to equipment is prohibitive
It reduces the need for a second clinician /assistant, thereby optimising workforce capacity
It can be used in the acute and community setting
Clinical feedback from Physiotherapists who have used Balance Active^® with their patients has been very positive
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What's in the box?

Designed and Manufactured in the UK, the Balance Active^® unit includes:

1 x non slip base plate
4 x leg extensions
1 x adjustable knee block
2 x uprights
2 x light touch uprights
Carrying bag for easy transport (total Balance Active^® weighs approx 10kg)
User instructions booklets
Laminated A4 quick reference guide

Availability

Balance Active^® is currently available for use in clinical, home and care settings, where it can be prescribed for use by a qualified practitioner.

If you would like to discuss Balance Active^® further or have any questions about its uses and benefits, please email info@balanceactive.net.

“Using Balance Active during treatment gives my patients increased confidence during more challenging balance training. As a clinician I’m able to stand back and adjust input making treatment more effective. Patients also reported being happier using Balance Active.”

“Having Balance Active in the boot of my car gives me confidence that if I need an “extra pair of hands" in order to assess a patient I can go get it as required.”

“Balance Active is really useful. Perfect for me as I don’t have an assistant I can get much frailer patients “up". They feel happier and more confident to work in standing with Balance Active and are recruiting lower limb and trunk activity. I can treat patients optimally and safely.”

“We are using it as an extra pair of hands to enable one therapist to work with patients in standing. I’m happy to have my name associated with Balance Active.”

“The Balance Active enables therapists to explore and rehabilitate dynamic standing with people who have impaired balance or lower limb weakness. When using the frame I was able to facilitate alignment and posture more effectively due to stabilisation of the lower limbs by the device. The minimalist, lightweight design enables use of the Balance Active in any setting.”