| So how does it work? | | | | about 1000 to 3000 times a minute depending on the |
| Whole Body Vibration (WBV) stimulates your body | | | | machine and technology! You can imagine the type of |
| just like exercise does! | | | | stimulus this creates, thus causing the muscles to tone |
| Although there are 3 types of WBV technology, they | | | | and strengthen faster than any other workout. |
| all work on the same principle: | | | | Whole Body Vibration: |
| When turning on a WBV machine, the platform you | | | | -Increases blood flow throughout your body |
| stand on moves, but it does so very rapidly. This | | | | -Increases lymphatic drainage |
| motion is then transferred up through your body. What | | | | -Increases the release of Endorphins |
| happens on the inside is that all of your tissues are | | | | -Lowers your stress hormone Cortisol |
| forced to react to that stimulus. | | | | -Trains your equilibrium sense |
| WBV works and tones your muscles | | | | When you use a WBV platform for training, |
| WBV works very similar to the knee jerk reflex. You | | | | rehabilitation, or therapy you're getting an unbelievable |
| know, the same reflex that is being triggered when | | | | workout. All the exercises are done either standing, |
| you sit on the table in your doctor's office and the | | | | sitting, or lying down. And because of the frequency of |
| doctor taps your kneecap. You have no control over | | | | the platform movement, in just 10 minutes using a |
| your lower leg motion. | | | | WBV machine you can now get the equivalent of 60 |
| When muscles are activated via a "stretch reflex" | | | | minutes of conventional boring exercise at a gym. |
| your body has no choice but to react. WBV | | | | The benefits of WBV training are considerable, as |
| technology exploits this fact by using an external | | | | evidenced by its acceptance to major medical, |
| stimulus - the vibrating platform. You then load a | | | | rehabilitation and therapeutic centers across the |
| muscle or muscle group in line with the direction of the | | | | country. The health benefits are multifold and results |
| vibration by assuming various positions, similar to some | | | | can be achieved easily. WBV can enhance your |
| yoga type positions. Your muscles respond to the | | | | general well being and quality of life regardless of age, |
| vibration as compensation with a brief reflex | | | | medical, neurological or physical condition. WBV training |
| contraction of virtually all muscle fibers of that | | | | is not difficult, but it can be challenging - the degree of |
| particular muscle. | | | | difficulty is entirely up to you. |
| Now remember, the platform moves anywhere from | | | | |