The yoga wheel is a relatively new accessory widely used in many places. It can be useful, but it is perhaps one of the most whimsical accessories of a yogi. The wheel guarantees the correct work of the openings and the backbends. It is great to stretch your entire back, abdomen, hips, and shoulders, improve your flexibility, and open your chest to the maximum.
Without a doubt, its biggest advantage is the taste that all that stretch gives on the wheel. Its most widespread use is by lying on your back, on top, and rolling it to stretch each vertebra.
Benefits of a Yoga Wheel
There are several benefits linked to the use of a yoga wheel. They include:
- Helps to flex and stretch the entire spine safely (mainly on the backbends), deepening the extensions and arching of the spine.
- It helps to develop stability, strength, flexibility, and mobility in your back.
- Consequently, you will improve your yoga and breathing poses, and you will increase your resistance and balance.
- It’s super nice to roll it with your spine and relieve your back pain: massage the spine and muscles.
Choosing the Right Yoga Wheel
To buy this yoga equipment, you
don’t need several tips. You need to know the standard measurements (although it is difficult to find sizes outside the standard ones), you need them to have small padding so that your spine does not get stuck when stretching (they all have it), and you need a fair price and to know where to buy them. You can consider the following:
Material
The structure is usually plastic because any other material (a sufficiently resistant and flexible wood or natural silicone) is very expensive to obtain. And few people are willing to get a costly hoop. The bad thing about plastic is that over the years, it ends up hardening and splitting. The best coating is cork because it is antibacterial and has a grip. But many are also made of rubber, which can also work very well.
Size
The average measurements of a yoga wheel are 30’5 cm in diameter by 12’5 – 13 cm wide. Look for the right size on your back.
Price
You should also look into the price of the yoga wheels you wish to purchase. Compare them to get something more affordable that will also offer the best results for your workouts.