Vibration Therapy: Neuromuscular Re-Education

March 30, 2009

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 [...]

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Vibration Therapy: Desensitization and Circulatory Enhancement

March 23, 2009

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 [...]

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Therapeutic Vibes: A Physio’s Experiences With Vibration Therapy

March 17, 2009

After approximately 18 months of reading, contemplating and theorizing, over 6 months of tests and trials on over 100 willing participants in the form of physical therapy patients, and one inspirational “debate” on this site, I determined that it was time for me to sit down and organize my thoughts and experiences thus far with [...]

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WBV Training Machine Review Categories

March 15, 2009

Our readers are constantly asking about this machine or that machine in our message boards so we will be starting a review section that explores the highlights and lowlights of the different platforms on the market. The review section will place various platforms into the following categories; High Energy Lineal This will mainly be found [...]

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Whole Body Vibration Shown to Benefit Neuromuscular Disorders.

November 23, 2008

Introduction Whole Body vibration (WBV) has become a popular training method in recent years. This study investigated the effect of WBV on the length-tension relationship of the ankle dorsi (moving your ankle so that balls of feet raise)  and plantarflexors ( moving your ankle in a way that raises the heal of your foot) as [...]

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Vibration Training: A Beginner’s Experience

September 1, 2008

When I came on board as one of the managers of vibrationtraining.net, I never heard of whole body vibration. The only thing in my schemata that I could relate it to was the old belt vibrating device my cousin’s mother had in the 1980′S. As I began to work on the site, editing posts and [...]

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Beware the Wear and Tear

May 29, 2008

Don’t use a home machine in a commercial environment.

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Vibration Training for Long Distance Runners

October 30, 2007

WBV for endurance training – a user testimonial.

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