One of the most versatile pieces of equipment available today to fitness minded individuals is the SB (i.e. “Stability ball”, “Swiss ball”, “Physioball”, etc.). So lets take an educated look based on human anatomy at why the SB should be a corner stone piece in all fitness mined individual’s workout routines. But first a little history. The SB traces back to the early 1960s. It was made by an Italian toy maker, Aquilino Cosani, and sold primarily in Europe as the Gymnastik. In 1981 Cosani started a new company, Gymnic. These two companies are still active in Italy and are major suppliers of SB’s throughout the world today. Through a series of classes, seminars and clinical workshops, the SB made its way to San Francisco area in the 1980s.