to ball or not to ball that is the question.

That piqued your interest, didn't it?

Today at work I was headed toward the restroom and a colleague had her office door open. She was sitting on a big blue ball.

I've read things in walking blogs and exercise articles about sitting on balls at work, how wonderful it is for your body. Strengthens your core. Improves your balance. Yada, yada,yada.

But seeing her today sitting on the ball got me thinking about it.

Now that I'm in the video suite at work and hidden from the world should I try it? So I hit the net and did some research. Some good review, some bad. Here's a list of 10 reason I should from the web.

And an article from the Livestrong site. (where I borrowed the photo.)

Before doing it, my colleague talked to her chiropractor about it. The chiropractor said it can be both good. And bad. For example if you sit on the ball 10 hours a day. If you sit on the ball for an hour, then some time on a regular chair, and go back and forth, it's better.

Another says her husband does it. And he uses a $8 ball from Target, rather than the $75 balls.

Will I stay on the dang thing? I can imagine coming home from work with a concussion. Or having the ball escape my butt, rolling in to the hall and down three flights of stairs crashing into the head-honchos office.

For $8 I just might try it. What do I have to lose other than a few inches? If worse comes to worse the kids will have a ball to play with when they come over.