Whole Body Vibration Therapy: Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (BJHS)

As a Physical Therapist, I often encounter individuals who suffer from more complex and often painful conditions.
These individuals, whether it is their joints (Rheumatoid Arthritis), their tendons or bursae (Connective Tissue Rheumatism), their muscles (Regional Myofascial Pain Syndrome) or their whole entire body (Fibromyalgia), struggle day in and day out with nowhere to turn.
Since I [...]

The Price You Pay: Crazy Fit Massage

As part of our on going quest to help you, the consumer make wise decisions concerning the purchase of a Vibration Training platform, we wanted to disclose some information about the Crazy Fit Massage, which is a machine that we receive many inquiries about.
The Crazy Fit Wholesale Price from China

Retail Price on Auction Sites

As you [...]

12 Guidelines for Opening a WBV Studio

I first posted on this forum on June 13th.. Only 10 days later I wrote the following:
“ Sorry to hog the blog a bit here! Having started to look at getting a Vibration Plate for personal use I have got so excited about what they seem able to do that am seriously [...]

Vibration Therapy: Shaking Off Knee Pain (part 1)

In the average Physiotherapy clinic, knee pain ranks second among the never ending list of diagnoses requiring intervention.
Whether it is osteoarthritis, torn cartilage (often referred to as a meniscus tear), patellofemoral pain (pain under the knee cap), a ligament sprain, or tendonitis, these conditions can all lead to severe functional limitation and a reduction in [...]

What is Power Plate's Acceleration Training?

Just over two years ago Power Plate began to call their new machines “Acceleration Trainers”.
Now they have trademarked the term “Acceleration Training” for exclusive use in their marketing around the world and especially in North America.
So What does Acceleration Training Mean?
Don’t be fooled by the semantics, Acceleration Training is just yet another term for Vibration [...]

What Does the New Power Plate Study Mean for the WBV Industry?

The good and bad of positive research.
This new study is going to be used by every single company that sells something that vibrates up, down, sideways or tilts fast enough to be called a vibration and even though some companies would be justified in using it to support the effectiveness of their product, about [...]

Power Plate Shown to Enhance Weight Loss

We just received a press release concerning a six month study presented on Friday at the European Congress on Obesity that showed participants who used Vibration Training as well as a low Calorie diet had more weight loss then those using conventional exercise with the same low Calorie diet.
Here is and outline of the study
The [...]

Whole Body Vibration Therapy and the Central Nervous System

In my previous article, I discussed the first two of four phases of a Vibration Therapy treatment protocol.
The final stages of this protocol include the flexibility and strengthening phases; usually occurring simultaneously.
In an effort to avoid redundancy on subject matter covered so thoroughly in previous articles written for this site, I would rather “move on” [...]

Vibration Therapy: Neuromuscular Re-Education

Although Neuromuscular Re-Education has no universally accepted definition, it generally refers to a treatment technique or exercise performed by an individual with the purpose of improving, via the nervous system, the level of communication between the body and the brain.
Because of the fact that vibration training and vibration therapy exercises rely on the involuntary [...]

Vibration Therapy: Desensitization and Circulatory Enhancement

Gate Control Theory
In order to understand this phase, it is important to understand the gate control theory.
This theory states that throughout the nervous system of the human body are many types of nerve fibers responsible for relaying all the sensory information from our limbs, tissues, and organs to our brain.
One type, collectively known as nociceptive [...]

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