Can you be more specific? Based upon this question, all I can say is that it has the same impact as resistance training with higher frequencies and to massage or stretching at lower frequencies. Beyond that would be pure theory and speculation as this is not something that has been researched.

Without seeing the person, I cannot prescribe exercises for their treatment. This condition can differ significantly from one person to the other and involve smaller or larger areas. It is also tough to say what may be driving the malalignment which would be where you’d begin your treatment.

All I can say is that, to start, once you have identified the location of the convexities and concavities, you would do active stretching and strengthening to attempt to reverse them. This is of course and oversimplified approach.

I am building a Physical Therapy website to offer programs and instruction. It should be available in the near future. I plan on having a video to address this issue and its treatment with vibration.

As far as I know there are no actual clinical studies to date that have examined the effects of WBV on the condition of scoliosis. There are however, studies that have shown positive effects of WBV on low back pain, spinal muscle strength, as well as muscle flexibility; all of which are typically the actual “problems” associated with scoliosis (curvature of the spine).

As far as my personal experience goes, I have treated many individuals with scoliosis and WBV works very well. The key with this condition is to establish whether it is a fixed scoliosis (congenital) or a functional scoliosis (reflecting malalignment of the body, weakness issues or flexibility issues etc.) and then apply treatment from there.

A good example would be a new mother who carries her baby on her hip all day long. Eventually, the compensations associated with this will cause tightness and changes to her alignment. On x-ray, it may appear to be a “scoliosis”. This differs from the child that has congenital scoliosis and is placed in a brace or has surgery with Harrington rods.

Nonetheless, the newest approaches to scoliosis view the body as pliable (vs. fixed) and focus on identifying what is tight, what is weak, where concavity exists vs convexity. With this is mind, stretching and strengthening exercises are applied to work “against” these weaknesses and tightness. Using WBV to perform this treatment enhances the effects (as opposed to traditional approaches) and, best of all, is very easy to apply.

Hope this helps.

Sorry to hear about your injury. Given the nature of the injury, it would probably be a good idea to better understand what is going on before continuing with any type of resistance training or regular exercise regimen.

If it turns out to be an ACL tear, vibration training can certainly be of benefit and should be considered as a rehab and strengthening/stability tool. Of course, it needs to be used correctly and conservatively until the knee is better stabilized and the inflammation level has reduced.

I’ve been mostly refraining from the hypervibe except for a few days last week when I thought the knee wasn’t too bad and then I kept it at low speeds (<=12). Now that it is still a problem, I’m thinking I should avoid the machine until I get medical clearance.

What do you think?