Stress Relievers are malleable toys, they vary in size and shapes however the standard diameter of one is no more than 7cm. You use the hand and the fingers to manipulate the stress reliever; this is done by placing it in your hands and working it around with your fingers. It has multiple purposes, first and foremost is to relieve stress (as its name states), they can also be used to exercise the hand muscles and relieve muscle tension.
They come in many different forms and can be manufactured from different materials; a lot of them are manufactured from closed cell polyurethane foam rubber. To create the reliever a mould must first be produced, from here the liquid component is injected into the mould resulting in a chemical reaction which creates carbon dioxide bubbles, these bubbles consequently create the foam and the stress reliever is made.
There are variations to this like relievers that contain a gel inside the rubber skin, the gel can be of different densities and just like the foam it gives you a product that is squeezable and workable through the fingers, however the feel of the product will be quite different from one made entirely of foam. The same gel formula can be used within a cloth skin; once again a different feel is produced when the final product emerges.
One final type that can be created are stress balls with a fine powder inside, this powder is surrounded by a thin rubber membrane, producing yet another different feeling when squeezed in the hand.
By: Charlotte Bradbrook
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Charlotte Bradbrook from StressBallsUK.com writes about Stress Relievers. Visit the StressBallsUK.com website now for the best selection of Stress Relievers in the UK.
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