Can A Stress Ball Really Relieve Stress?
Stress balls and shapes have been a promotional product favourite for a long while. They’re low cost, easy to distribute to customers and have a large print area to advertise your business logo. The question we have to ask is ‘Do they really relieve stress?’ There is very little point in having a promotional product that that isn’t practical as people won’t use it and your business logo will go unnoticed when the stress ball is thrown behind a desk, never to be seen again. What is stress? Stress is your body’s way of responding to any type of demand or threat. When you sense danger, either real or imaginary, the body’s defences kick in and a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction happens. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. The fight or flight response When you feel threatened, your nervous system responds by releasing a flood of stress hormones including adrenaline and...