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2006 she further experimented with these exercises and started creating PBT using a 16 year old male student, Daniel
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In the mid 90s Walton-Mahon commenced working with a group of 10 year old students with the use of stability balls and found that they became more aware of their posture, alignment and weight placement within just three months. This finding made her explore further into this concept of teaching. In
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which is used as a teaching technique around the world. As part of her passion for safe training and innovation, she launched "backalast" a special posture jacket to assist with the famous "tech-neck" condition. She was able to launch the product after four years on research in the field.
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