Dr. Howard Winston,
MD, CCFP (SEM), FCFP
Dip. Sport Med (CASEM)
Assistant Professor, Department of Family &
Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Medical Director, Centre for Health &
Sports Medicine
Endorses Beverley D. Burdeyney, BALLOONOLOGIST's Balloon Therapy
“I’m Dr. Howard Winston, Medical Director, Centre for Health & Sports Medicine which is where we are here today and I’m standing here with Beverley D. Burdeyney. Beverley has given me this balloon to ‘play’ with because she has created a whole system of exercise that you can do with the balloon. Now this is a typical balloon that you would see at any birthday party or decorative celebration, but what this balloon has the capacity to do is improve the strength of muscles of the body and posture of the body without any kind of harm. A lot of time we are looking for new exercises to do that are convenient, that aren’t expensive and that will not harm or damage the body. Hard pounding, jumping, twisting kind of motions; we are not too keen about.
Lots of people do that, but we are more interested in how we can use this type of item; the balloon that has pressure in it, potential pressure to our advantage. And just a simple example of that is what I ‘m doing right now. I’m squeezing this balloon with my two hands and I’m using a number of muscles to do it; it’s more of an Isometric type of exercise than Isokinetic or Isotonic, and doing it and the longer I do it the more the muscle is stressed; the more the muscle is stressed, the more the muscles will break down through its fibres, and this will stimulate the regeneration of new muscle.
Its not in anyway an abrupt motion. It’s a continuous tension that I am providing against the balloon and you can see of course the balloon is sustaining the test, its not bursting and there is no deflation of the balloon. But these are some of the things we have to look into as well to make sure, because I’m just pushing the balloon but in other times you may sit on the balloon you may have the balloon in other areas where there is more pressure and we have got to make sure they are durable that the balloon does not break and startle you because that would be an insult to the muscles as well.
But the whole concept, and using this in different areas of the body. I’m just using it with my hands and arms right now, and my shoulders but as Beverley can demonstrate they can be used for the neck … (another application)
Again this is just one of the many areas of the body …
Bev: It relaxes the body.
Yes! It is relaxing. It’s a relaxing exercise to do and although you may not think this is exercise because we think of exercise as a dynamic process, but this held in place and me putting pressure against it is by all means a form of exercise. As I mentioned there are different kinds of exercise; Isometric, Isotonic, Isokinetic. This is more Isometric. So you are not going to see much motion but certainly the muscles are working and that’s what I like about it, and when you came to me with this idea, I had seen you before in the past as a patient, I thought this was a little bit peculiar, but interesting, let me hear more about it and when we went through it, it proved to be very therapeutic.
It was very relaxing for me, it was not the typical workout, build up a sweat, heart rate up, this is a different type of exercise. I think there is a real application for it not only from an exercise point of view but even for treating depression and things like that. We know that exercise has a positive outcome on those who have psychiatric conditions, particularly depression, but I am saying its this particular therapy, balloon therapy, I think would really have an impact on people who are depressed. This form of exercise to help treat depression, rather than using medications.
So by all means, I endorse the concept of Balloon Therapy; and you were kind enough to demonstrate to my staff, as well, so we all have a better understanding of Balloon Therapy. There has to be some attention paid to the issues of durability of each balloon, that it shouldn’t burst and startle a person. As well, people who do have latex allergies, must take proper precautions to avoid direct contact with the balloon. Once these issues are addressed there is no limit for those who would use them.
I salute you! Congratulations on the concept. It is a privilege to be involved in endorsing it and promoting it. I wish you the best of success. “
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