The Miracle Ball Method: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress

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Summary: Unbelievable!!! I Feel Like I Won the Sweepstakes!
Review: Elaine Petrone definitely has a new fan club president in me if she needs one. I am in awe of my great good fortune to have come across this amazingly simple system--it is going to save me a bundle in chiropractic bills. After just one day, I can tell a huge difference. It feels like my shoulders dropped 3 inches from all the stress that was gently released and my breathing is so much more relaxed and deep. I had more energy yesterday than I've had in months after one enjoyable time relaxing on these balls. And the instruction book is well-written and user-friendly.

And today I've noticed that I am becoming aware of my stomach muscles tightening up. This is a GOOD thing!

Want to guess what every single family member of mine is getting for their birthday this year?

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Summary: Elaine Petrone is my teacher
Review: Elaine Petrone is my teacher. I had the privilege of taking classes with her over the course of many years. If you can't take personal classes with her, then her book is the next best thing. Her book and her work derive from her personal centeredness and calm. Whatever the current state of your body and mind, following Elaine's work will make you feel and look better. Elaine synthesizes work from many traditions and teachers and creates gentle physical exercise that stretches and realigns the body. Far better than therapy, buy the book and then follow Elaine's method.

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Summary: Awesome for Fibromyalgia
Review: I have been using this for over a year, and love it! I have Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome, and these have helped more than most other things I have tried. There is very little learning curve, as all you do is lie on the balls. That's it. It's very, very simple. The instructions are clear and easy, and cover problem areas all over the body. My family and friends have all tried them, and I have people who come over just to lie on them "just for one more minute"!

A previous reviewer incorrectly connected them to Yamuna Zuke's method, and they are completely different as Zuke uses balls to roll on and Petrone's method involves no rolling. I have tried both and think Zuke's method is rather difficult and requires expensive balls and training. Petrone's method requires neither and the small balls included in this kit are really all that's needed for great relief.

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Summary: Works so well, I can't keep them!!
Review: I have bought three of the Miracle Ball Method: Relieve Your Pain, Reshape Your Body, Reduce Your Stress. Every time I buy one for myself, someone wants to borrow it and it is gone! These balls really are a miracle. I use them for my lower back and they relieve the stress and pressure for hours. My friend, the one who "took" the first set of miracle balls, uses them for upper neck pain and declares they are better than going to a chiropractor. She is able to work without pain now, which is something she has not been able to do for years. My other friend, the one who "took" my second set of miracle balls, uses them for her feet. She swears that they work like reflexology, not only easing the aching in her feet, but making other areas of her body better as well. So...I am now hiding mine so I won't lose them to another friend. Or...maybe not. Everyone should have these.

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Summary: Eye on the prize!
Review: I have just begun these miracle ball excercizes and i see an improvment after only 1 week with being able to breathe better. I still have soreness in my back, but i refuse to quit. This book explains everything to a "t" and is easy to follow and the pictures are extremely detailed and helpful! I have recommended this set to everyone i know as a means of stress relief and muscle toning and spinal elongation. It all just makes so much sense! Letting gravity do the work and breathing! How EZ is that?
Also, my one year old loves to chase the little balls around the living room and loves having Momma at his level when i lay on the floor as he plays...just a cute added bonus!!
Thank you ELaine! I won't give up..i have my eye on the prize..less pain..less stress!!

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Summary: Worked for me!
Review: I recently bought a house that is a bit of a fixer upper. With all my pain in my neck and back I wasn't sure how I'd be able to fix anything. 15 minutes at the grocery store is about all I can usually handle. I found this book on accident and decided to give it a try. After two days on the balls I set out to put a hard wood floor in my kitchen. after 5 hours the only real pain I felt was in my knees and some sore muscles. My neck and back were ready for more work. I could care less if someone else has been teaching this method and calling it something else. That book doesn't come with the balls. This worked for me and I can't see any reason it wouldn't for for anyone else.

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Summary: Truly a miracle!
Review: Last night I could barely turn over in bed with unbearable lower back pain and I debated this morning as to whether I would visit the chiropractor or go to the store to buy these. I chose the latter and I am so glad I did! I have been suffering with lower back and neck pain, and just generally have been feeling really tight all over for a long time. I read this book and somewhat rushed through the positions not even for the full lengths suggested and I can't beleive the difference. I am still really tight but now after seeing how much better I feel in just one session I realize how much muscle tension I really have. Yoga is the only thing that has really helped me and since I haven't done it in a few months I thought it would take me weeks to get back to where I was. With this method I don't beleive it will take long at all. I can't wait to see how much better I'll feel after doing a few more sessions with the full breathing and relaxation required. I had my doubts that this form of "non exercise" would really work but I am a true beleiver! I will definitely be recommending this to everyone I know!

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Summary: from a skeptic: yes, it does work!!!
Review: Ok, so I bought this with the idea that I would try it out and return it because I had strong doubts that it would work. I have had bad neck, jaw, and myofacial pain for last 4 years which really nothing has helped--medication, yoga, etc... In a nutshell, I carefully followed the exercises for the neck/jaw area, and found to my great surprise that the method actually did work. While on the ball, I must say that the sensation in my facial/neck muscles stretching felt good but slightly uncomfortable--they were stretching in a way they hadn't before. But once I finished with the exercises and sat up, I noticed my symptoms were much reduced. Not 100% completely cured, I'd say about 75% relieved. The best I've felt in the last 4 years.

A negative review here incorrectly stated that the balls can't be inflated which is not true--the author writes that an old fashioned bike pump can be used to add air. Sure, this may be a mass marketed product, but it truly works. I highly rec'd that anyone suffering from long term chronic muscle pain to give it a try.

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Summary: real advantages to the miracle ball
Review: There are two reasons why you will be using these balls for a long time.
1. They work.
2. They're incredibly easy and enjoyable.
All you do is place them in strategic positions under your body, breathe, let yourself relax, and wait while your muscles release their tension. You can watch TV, read, talk- it doesn't matter, because your body does the work. In fact, the less effort you put into it, the better your results. It may sound unreal, but your muscles won't relax when you try to "force" them to relax(ie regular stretching). They will relax when they are properly stimulated and in the right position to let gravity work for you and not against you.
Miracle ball is absolutely not a copy of the Yamuna Zake method. You do not "roll" on the miracle balls as you do in the Zake body rolling. Also, Elaine Petrone has been developing this for over twenty years. It would be nice if some reviewers actually used the product and/or knew something about it before writing any review, much less a negative one.

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Summary: The ball method
Review: This is a good book to cure your pain, to reshape your body and to reduce your stress. Shape of the ball will help you massage any part of your body. This is easy to use and gives good results. Methods are described in easy to understand language. This is an excellent treatment for your pains.

I read the book and I thought, this doesn't sound too bad, but I found myself miserable. I did benefit by eliminating my coffee habit with the help of a wonderful coffee substitute called soyffee (www.s o y c o f f e e .com) Its made from soybeans which is a godsend for those troubled with hot flashes like myself. Another book I bought was the South Beach Diet book. I read that book and found the plan to be made up of things I would eat and the items were normal grocery store items so no hunting at the health food stores or buying online.