Ballerinas : Therabands and Bunheads?

Question

I have heard that you can improve your arches with Therabands and Bunheads. I've done a lot of Google-ing and still can't find what I'm looking for.

(i) How do you use a Theraband to help your arches?

(ii) What are Bunheads for and how can they help your arches?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

therabands are lalrge elastic bands--you flex your foot and put the theraband around the middle of your foot-you pull back on the band hard and point flex point flex all while pulling back it does wonder for your arch and prepares you wonderfully for pointe

Answer 2

Bunheads is a brand of dance accessories - therabands(long strips of rubber), foot rollers, hair pins and the like. Their products can be found on http://www.dancedirect.com

The giant rubber band is a Deuserband, not a Theraband.