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Wall Street Journal Article- “Dad Shakes Up Routine to Keep Up with the Boys”
Click HereCOPD Rehabilitation Improves With Whole-Body Vibration on Galileo (Vibraflex)
From Medscape Medical News:
Nancy A. Melville, author
December 8, 2011 — Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show improvements in rehabilitative exercise efforts when the activities are complemented with whole-body vibration sessions, according to a study published online November 21 and in the January 2012 print issue of Respiratory Medicine.
When using… read more
Vibration Training is Doing Wonders at Medina High School
From FOX 8 Cleveland - 9/20/2011
MEDINA, Ohio -— It’s designed to make you bigger, stronger and faster.
“It’s the kind of stuff you see in Rocky IV actually,” said Rich Zawak.
Vibration training was developed in Eastern Europe and Russia during the Cold War. Zawak, a primary owner of Athletic Development Corporation, has been a strong proponent of vibration… read more
Does vibrating exercise work?
Q&A with Dr. Oz
August 07, 2011 12:01:00 AM
By Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz/King Features Syndicate
Q: I saw an ad for a “whole body vibration training” program at the gym. Does standing on a vibrating platform actually do anything for your body?
— Jen, New York
A: Ah, this brings back memories of the 1950s and those vibrating hip-slings… read more
Whole Body Vibration Training: Can You Really Shake Yourself Fit?
By CARRIE MYERS - From American Council on Exercise
Remember those old videos and photos of women standing on “reduction machines,” belts around their derrieres and bellies, attempting to shake the fat off their bodies? Turns out…they may have been onto something.
The idea of increasing the benefits of strength training through what’s now called whole body vibration (WBV) has… read more
Using Whole Body Vibration to Prevent Athletic Injury
Click Here to Download this ArticleVibration Training for Balance and Stability
By Gabriel Ettenson, MS, PT
Recently, the abstract of a new study appeared on pubmed.org under the search term “whole body vibration”. What was unique about this study was that it didn’t involve a whole body vibration platform, but rather a device called a Vibrosphere which works much differently. The Vibrosphere is a disk shaped device that serves as an unstable surface for the purposes… read more
Sweat It - newyorkfamily.com - April 28th, 2011
Sweating It- Fun Classes For Moms Who Want To Focus On Fitness
By Cristina Pastor
With summer just around the corner, chances are you’re looking for new ways to jump-start or simply spice up your exercise routine. Here’s a list of unique workout classes that will work wonders on your body—whether you’re an expectant mom, a new mom or a longtime veteran of mommyhood.
Fitness Trends That Seem Like a Joke But Aren’t!
Shape Magazine Online. March 2011
April Fools’ Day is one of those fun holidays where everything is about humor and nothing is taken too seriously. But come April 1, sometimes it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s just another April Fools’ Day prank. To help with this, we put together a list of three fitness trends that may seem like an April Fools’… read more
Vibration Training and Osteoporosis
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MS, PT
In a recent study completed in China and published in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, it was demonstrated that Whole Body Vibration (WBV) training on a pivotal (a.k.a. “alternating” or “side to side”) platform led to a significant increase in bone mineral density (BMD) at both the lumbar spine and the hips. These two areas,… read more
Vibrate Your Way Into Shape at Amplitude Vibration Studio
Click Here to Read This ArticleVibrate Yourself to a Leaner You
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK | Fri May 8, 2009 12:10pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vibrating exercise platforms, which are increasingly found in commercial gyms in Europe and elsewhere, may help people lose the particularly harmful deep “hidden” fat that surrounds the abdominal organs and is linked to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
“We… read more
Good Vibrations
Click Here to Download The PDFVibration and Perfomance Enhancement
Click Here to Download the PDFWhole Body Vibration Improves Function after Hip Surgery
June 3, 2009 (Seattle, Washington) — The addition of whole-body vibration to a novel 24-week rehabilitation protocol after hip replacement surgery significantly improves functional performance, compared with exercise alone, according to the results of a randomized trial presented here at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 56th Annual Meeting.
In 27 patients (average age, 68… read more
A Workout for Your Bloodstream
This article not only emphasizes the amazing impact of exercise on the human body, but also the lack of time required to achieve these effects.
What does exercise do to your body? It may seem as if science, medicine and common sense answered that question long ago. But in fact, the precise mechanisms by which exercise alters your body — at a deep, molecular level — remain poorly… read more
Vibration Training and Running Injuries
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MSPT
As the fields of genetics and neuroscience continue to undergo rapid paradigm shifts, the field of exercise science is not far behind. At the forefront of this evolutionary change is a scientifically proven training technique called vibration training. Long shrouded by misinformation, cheap manufacturing, and a lack of qualified instruction, an increasing… read more
Pivotal Vibration Training and Functional Strengthening
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MS, PT
The days of dissecting the human muscular system into a collection of isolated, independently acting muscles are now in the past. When it comes to our daily muscular demands, those that ultimately determine our degree of physical and often mental exhaustion at the end of each day, strengthening muscles in single planes of motion no longer makes sense. When… read more
Vibration Therapy: Shaking Off Knee Pain
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MS, PT
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… read more
WBV and Joint Hypermobility
Whole Body Vibration Therapy: Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (BJHS)
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MSPT
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… read more
Effects Of Vibration Training on the Brain (Academic)
Written by Gabriel Ettenson, MS, PT
As a physical therapist and fitness enthusiast, I’ve experienced firsthand, and secondhand through my patients, the sense of euphoria, clarity and enhanced vitality that comes from using a whole body vibration platform for training or therapeutic purposes. This form of exercise, which is referred to as vibration training (VTr) and vibration… read more
Vibration helps reduce pain in chronic sufferers, UF researchers find
By Czerne M. Reid • Published: March 22nd, 2011
Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged by the prospect that vibration therapies could bring pill-free pain relief to chronic sufferers.
“The vibration… read more