Squeeze Me | for Calming Deep Pressure
Southpaw’s Squeeze Me provides calming deep-pressure input to help children feel regulated, organised, and ready to participate.
Featuring a soft Lycra® cover with two inflatable 55cm peanut rolls inside, it creates a comforting “hug” when children sit or lie on it. Internal peanut sleeves help keep the rolls securely in place while still providing responsive sensory feedback, and the built-in floor cushion adds extra comfort during use.
The Squeeze Me can be used in a variety of positions, including prone lying, sitting, kneeling, or as a hammock-style bean chair to provide additional vestibular input. The peanut rolls can also be inflated or deflated to adjust the level of deep pressure, making it easier to suit different client sizes, sensory needs, and therapy goals.
Designed with a durable anti-slip base and a concealed zipper for a neat, practical finish.
Includes: 2 x 55cm peanut rolls
Inflator: Not included
Colour: May vary
Dimensions: 1100mm x 800mm x 350mm
Key Features
The Squeeze Me is a practical deep-pressure sensory tool for therapy rooms, school sensory spaces, clinics and multi-sensory environments. Its soft Lycra® outer cover and inflatable internal peanut rolls provide firm but responsive proprioceptive feedback, helping create the enclosed, calming sensation often sought during sensory integration activities.
The adjustable inflation level allows therapists, teachers and support staff to fine-tune the amount of squeeze, making it a versatile piece of sensory room equipment for different postures, activity levels and therapy aims. The anti-slip base helps the Squeeze Me stay more stable during supervised use, while the removable cover and wipe-clean internal components support practical day-to-day use in busy settings.
Colour is supplied subject to availability and may vary. Where colour options are not available on the product page, a colour will be selected depending on current stock.
Therapeutic Benefits
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Supports sensory modulation and self-regulation: The deep-pressure input may help support a calmer arousal state in the moment, making it easier for a child to settle, attend and participate in structured activities.
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Provides proprioceptive feedback: The inflatable peanut rolls compress around the body, offering firm sensory input through the muscles and joints. This can be especially useful within sensory integration ideas that involve active body awareness, postural control and graded pressure.
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Encourages active, child-led movement: Children can explore prone lying, sitting, kneeling or supported lounging positions, allowing therapists to create “just-right” challenges that align with Ayres Sensory Integration® principles where clinically appropriate.
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Can add gentle vestibular activation: When used in a hammock-style seated position, the Squeeze Me can provide subtle movement opportunities alongside deep pressure, supporting carefully graded sensory experiences.
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Frees the therapist’s hands for activity planning: Because the Squeeze Me provides sustained pressure through its design, therapists can use their hands to present fine motor, visual motor, communication or play-based tasks at the same time.
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Useful across schools, clinics and therapy rooms: A strong option for sensory rooms for schools, paediatric therapy spaces, hospitals and specialist provisions looking for sensory therapeutic resources that support regulation before, during or after learning and movement activities.
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Best used as part of a planned programme: Lasting functional skill development is most appropriately supported when equipment is integrated into a therapist-delivered programme, and where Ayres Sensory Integration® outcomes are intended, practice should follow the ASI Fidelity Measure.
Product Details
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Product name: Squeeze Me by Southpaw
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Item number: 148080
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Dimensions: 1100mm x 800mm x 350mm
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Weight capacity: 300 lbs, approximately 136kg
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Includes: Squeeze Me cover, internal inflatable peanut rolls and built-in floor cushion
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Inflator: Not included
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Colour: May vary depending on availability
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Use: Indoor supervised therapy use only
Suggested Uses
The Squeeze Me is a versatile choice for school sensory room ideas, sensory integration sessions, clinic-based therapy activities and calming corners. It can sit alongside other sensory products, special needs equipment and multi-sensory environment ideas as part of a considered regulation-focused space.
Southpaw UK provides durable, therapist-informed sensory integration equipment and sensory room solutions for schools, clinics, hospitals and specialist settings, supporting safe, purposeful and engaging sensory experiences.
Care, Safety and Maintenance
Use the Squeeze Me with appropriate matting and supervision. Users may need help getting in and out of the seat, and it should not be used while holding sharp or pointed objects that could damage the fabric or inflatable rolls.
Check seams and stitching regularly, and discontinue use until repaired if loose stitching or ripped seams are found. Store out of direct sunlight and away from unsupervised access.
The outer cover may be machine washed on a cold setting with mild detergent and tumble dried on low heat. The internal vinyl cover and balls can be wiped with suitable disinfectant, following local infection control guidance.
We also have exercise balls available.
