Elaine Petrone knows pain. As a young dancer, she suffered a debilitating injury and was told she'd be lucky to walk without a limp, let alone dance. Her quest to heal herself led her to develop the Elaine Petrone Method. It healed her injury, alleviated her pain, and changed her life. For 30 years, she has been teaching individuals, doctors, and therapists how to do the same.
Unlike exercise programs that are designed to build muscle through repetitive motion and muscle tightening, the Elaine Petrone Method teaches you to "unwork" the excess muscle tension that contributes to chronic low backache, joint pain, arthritis, anxiety, fatigue, stress, and a host of everyday twinges, spasms, and hurts. Revolutionary in its simplicity, this program will show you how to use controlled breathing, two squishy balls, and gentle movements to let your lower back and hips heal themselves. (Coming in January 2007 for pain in the shoulders, neck and head: "The Elaine Petrone Method: Stop the Clock.")
Muscles respond to stress by activating a cycle of pain in your body. Whether your pain comes from injury, improper body alignment, or just the stress of everyday life, get on the ball and get relief!

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Miracle Ball:

It is a great product for pain relievers. I strongly recommend it as long as you follow the directions properly.

Misrepresented:

The product picture shows a full kit with 2 balls and DVD, so you'd expect to see these things when it's receieved. Think again! No balls are included, just a DVD. The product desc mentions nothing about "balls not included". The DVD itself is OK as it has some decent techniques not included in the original Petrone kit.

Great Concepts: Bad DVD:

I like these miracle balls. They seem to help my low back. But, I don't know if they would help other parts of my body because the DVD that came with the balls only explain the one series of low back exercises. I can't even find a book by Petrone (let alone a complete DVD) that explains all the positions possible with the balls. I actually thought my DVD was damaged because it ended so abruptly and didn't get to a couple of things I thought she was going to explain. I kept going back to the menu and trying... more info

everything is not for everybody nor every body:

I too have read some of the other reviews and am quite surprised at the vitriol! Can't people just say that they don't like something or that they did not have success and why? Plain and detailed descriptions of both success and failure can be quite helpful and that is what I come to Amazon reviews for.
I was fortunate enough to have taken classes with Ms Petrone at a New York health club in early 2001. Every single thing she ever said in that class or the tape that I subsequently bought from her, was... more info

Accessories:

TwinLab Daily One Caps Multi-Vitamins and Multi-Minerals with Iron, Capsules, 180-Count Bottle

Binding: Health and Beauty
Published: 2006-06-15

Features:

One bottle containing 180 multi-vitamin and mineral with iron capsules
Contains a blend of 26 vitamins and minerals, including 56% RDA of iron; easy to swallow and assimilate
Well tolerated by most highly allergic individuals; helps promote healthy eyes and heart
No added flavorings, sugars, salt, artificial sweeteners, colorings, preservatives or salicylates; no tablet binders, coatings or colorings