Overstimulated balls may be prone to explode.

[flvegan]

Exercise With Caution? 3 Million Fitness Balls Recalled
CPSC Announces Recall of Exercise Balls Based on Reports They Can Burst

People searching for motivation to exercise may have another excuse to sit still: Inflatable fitness balls that might be key to toning your abs also could explode and send you crashing to the floor.

EB Brands on Thursday voluntarily recalled three million fitness balls made in China after reports that they can pop unexpectedly if overinflated -- despite the fact that the products specifically say they are burst-resistant. Bally Total Fitness, Everlast, Valeo and Body Fit Fitness Balls, all made by EB Brands, are involved in the recall.

Though the action is termed a recall, EB Brands won't actually be taking the balls back unless they have burst. Rather, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced, "Consumers should contact EB Brands to receive a copy of the updated instructions on how to safely inflate the ball."

A total of 47 people have reported that the fitness balls burst since 2000, according to the CPSC. Some people have been injured as a result, including reports of a fracture and multiple bruises.

A woman in Seattle was sitting on a Bally Sports ball playing a board game when it exploded beneath her and she fractured her sacrum.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/WellnessNews/story?id=7354193&page=1

[TZ]

1. Bait and Switch! :grr:

That is not the type of ball I wanted to hear about...:grr:

[madinmaryland]

2. Huh???

Teabagged??

:freak:

[TZ]

4. Now I know how Dr.Strange feels

When someone posts Boobies! And it's a bird picture...

[flvegan]

7. Heh heh. Zoot...you've been had.

:rofl:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Of course. Didn't you know that?

[BeachBaby]

5. "Fitness" balls? Is that what they're calling them these days?

[TZ]

6. You would know.

:hide:

[texanwitch]

8. Well, you never know.

Stranger things have happened.

I have a housemate who is a ER nurse.

I told her she should write a book.