by Quantify Fitness |
Last Updated: January 16, 2017 If you've been to the smart-gym you've probably seen or used our whole body vibration plates. Whole-body vibration therapy is used by universities, professional sports teams, and medical facilities for a range of benefits.
Whole-body vibration can boost your fitness, strength, tone, flexibility and range of motion. As the platform vibrates it stimulates your hormonal, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and nervous systems simultaneously. You can use it to get the lymphatic and circulatory benefits of hours of walking, or you can perform some simple exercises that grow muscle.
Benefits Include:
- Reduce recovery time – cortisol levels can be elevated for up to 20 hours after exercise, making it harder to recover or burn fat – whole body vibration helps decrease post-exercise cortisol levels
- Increased flexibility and mobility
- Improved proprioception and balance
- Enhances knee neuromuscular control
- Increased muscle and bone density – engages 95% of your muscle fibers vs. conventional workouts only stimulating about 50% – more muscle = increased resting metabolism
- Boost growth hormone
- Stimulate healthier brain function
- Detoxify and strengthen the immune system (circulates the lymph system thoroughly)
- Immediate improvement in blood circulation
- Pain reduction
- Increased secretion of serotonin and norepinephrine
Research References
- Hormonal Responses to Whole-body Vibration in Men
- Low-Level Laser Therapy and Vibration Therapy for the Treatment of Localized Adiposity and Fibrous Cellulite
- Power Plate Exercise Helps Rafael Nadal Serve Up Victory at the French Open
- New Vibration Exercise Fitness Research Presented at the European Congress on Obesity
- Efficacy of Whole Body Vibration Exercise in Older People: A Systematic Review
- Whole-body Vibration Exercise in the Elderly People
- Controlled Whole Body Vibration to Decrease Fall Risk and Improve Health-related Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents
- Balance Training and Exercise in Geriatric Patients
- Strength Increase after Whole-Body Vibration Compared with Resistance Training
- Neuromuscular and Hormonal Responses to a Single Session of Whole Body Vibration Exercise in Healthy Young Men
- Whole-body Vibration Decreases the Proliferative Response of TCD4+ Cells in Elderly Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis
- Effects of Whole-body Vibration Exercise on the Endocrine System of Healthy Men
- Whole Body Vibration Exercise Improves Body Balance and Walking Velocity in Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women Treated with Alendronate
- Growth Hormone-Releasing Effects of Whole Body Vibration Alone or Combined with Squatting plus External Load in Severely Obese Female Subjects
- Does Whole Body Vibration Training Affect Knee Kinematics and Neuromuscular Control in Healthy People?
- Influence of Whole-body Vibration on Biodistribution of the Radiopharmaceutical [(99m)Tc]methylene diphosphonate in Wistar Rats
- A Comparison of Whole Body Vibration and Moist Heat on Lower Extremity Skin Temperature and Skin Blood flow in Healthy Older Individuals
- Low-amplitude High Frequency Vibration Down-regulates Myostatin and Atrogin-1 Expression, Two Components of the Atrophy Pathway in Muscle Cells
- Benefits of Whole-body Vibration with an Oscillating Platform for People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review
- Adaptive Responses of Human Skeletal Muscle to Vibration Exposure
- The Use of Vibration as an Exercise Intervention
- Role of Psychological Stress in Cortisol Recovery from Exhaustive Exercise Among Elite Athletes
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