An exercise apparatus for recreational and rehabilitative exercise comprising
in combination, a substantially square-shaped slide board having a substantially
level top surface with a low coefficient of friction, and at least one sliding
device for allowing a user to maneuver any combination of his hands, elbows, feet,
and knees or posterior torso across the slide board and methods of exercise wherein
the individual may use functional movements as well as unilateral and bilateral
movements with both upper and lower extremities and wherein the exercise allows
the individual's body to move in an anatomical plane that is sagittal, frontal,
transverse, oblique or in a combination thereof.