If You’re Too Hurt to Exercise, Recover with Whole Body Vibration (Yes, Vibration)
Fortunately, there are other treatment options that can help, including massage, photobiomodulation, and whole body vibration. A study published in the Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology concluded that whole body vibration can mimic the muscle and bone health benefits of regular exercise.
When you think of whole body vibration, you might picture people strapped to machines with a belt around their waists, shaking their gut incessantly. Rest assured, it’s not the crazy vibration belts of the 70s. Instead, patients step onto a machine that looks like a standing scale with handlebars. The platform underfoot vibrates, gently shaking the whole body. The vibration stimulates and activates muscles, joints, and reflexes in ways that regular exercise can’t.
“Even pro athletes use this technology,” said Dr. Joseph Graffeo. “Because it stimulates the muscles in new ways, it can actually strengthen and tone the body as muscles become stronger. For our patients, this may mean quicker recovery, or restimulation of areas of the body that had lost range of motion or the ability to move.”
Rehabilitation After an Injury
When injured, the person often stops moving the leg, joint, back, or neck because it hurts. Medically speaking, the injured muscle or soft tissue then begins to atrophy, or degenerate. To combat this, doctors, physical therapists, and chiropractors prescribe rehabilitation exercises to help you recover and to improve the tone, strength, and flexibility of your muscles and joints. Whole body vibration can provide the same benefits without stressing the body or the injured area.
Whole Body Vibration
Whole body vibration is a state-of-the-art therapeutic technology that supports a wide range of health and fitness goals. Whole body vibration has increased overall wellness and quality of life for many people across a range of settings, including NASA astronauts in space.
The equipment uses a low-impact, oscillating platform to produce up to 30 involuntary reflexes per second, activating over 90 percent of the human body’s muscle groups at once. In other words, the muscles contract and relax multiple times per second during vibration. This treatment applies almost no stress on the joints, ligaments, or tendons.
Whole body vibration can be used to:
- Increase circulation
- Reduce joint pain
- Increase flexibility and range of motion
- Promote faster healing
- Improve balance
- Increase bone density
At Graffeo Accident & Injury Clinic, we consider whole body vibration as a treatment option for:
Do you have questions about chiropractic care, whole body vibration, or injury treatment? You can receive a complimentary consultation at Graffeo Accident & Injury Clinic. Just give us a call at (503) 255-5522 to schedule a complimentary consultation with one of our licensed chiropractors.
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