The AIREX Balance Pad combines both exercise and coordination skills. Widely used for rehabilitation and sports conditioning, the Balance Pad challenges balance and can be laid on top of another to increase the "wobble effect". It is suitable for strengthening lower back muscles and doing lunges and squats, and can also be used as a swimming float. For rehabilitation, injury prevention, athletic conditioning and beginning balance training. The Balance Pad is made with closed cell super-soft specialty foam and it does not absorb water. It has been sanitized to inhibit growth of fungus and microbes. The Pad Elite has a non-slip undersurface.