Top 3 Custom Made Stress Balls

One of the most efficient ways to beat stress when you are not at a particular liberty of mobility is to use stress balls. These little mouldable things help relieve stress by reducing muscle tension like nothing else, whether you are in a bus, at office or in a waiting lounge. Besides, these malleable balls are also used in therapy to treat problems of repetitive stress such as carpel tunnel syndrome (a neurological disorder that results because of repetitive nerve movements) and are an excellent corporate promotional idea, since they can be imprinted with logos and distributed. Stress relievers of shapes other than the regular spherical are also sometimes interchangeably called stress balls - in fact spherical stress balls are seldom used anymore. The thrifty pig, the dollar sign, hearts, stars are some of the popular shapes and the sky is the limit to creativity in this regard.

The polyurethane foam rubber uses carbon dioxide bubbles in the form of a foam for the purpose of filling. The process itself is complicated and involves chemical reactions but the end result is that you get a very effective stress busting mechanism.

A second idea for stress balls is simply covering any fine powder with a rubber membrane. Such balls can easily be made at home as well, by using usual household items- by filling baking soda into a balloon such a ball can be made. An equally popular idea that has been successful more recently is gluing yarn to a thin rubber membrane- they are those yellow stress balls one gets to see very often with a face painted onto.

The third most commonly used type of stress ball uses a cloth or rubber covering filled with gel, that have different densities. This is used more commonly in physical therapy.

Many theories as to how stress balls work exist- some say that it is done by a method of directing anger or frustration at an anthropomorphic source rather than the real target.

As for the designs, the possibilities are limitless. Commonly used shapes such as the thrifty pig or the dollar sign are always good ideas and rank high on the popularity list, but with so much scope for creativity, a lot of people go a step further to employ shapes such as a rugby ball, the globe, bulbs(to signify an idea), heads, etc.