At the Sazdanoff Chiropractic Clinic, we have a commitment to giving our patients the highest quality of care by offering the latest in rehabilitation technology. The latest state of the art treatment that we offer is Whole Body Vibration (WBV). Vibration training is increasingly being promoted as a safe and efficient training method to improve muscle strength, body balance, and mechanical competence of bone. During a vibration session, a subject stands on a platform that generates vertical sinusoidal vibrations at a rate of frequency between 35 and 45 times per second. Depending on the desired outcome, some exercises or stretches may be performed during the vibration session.
Vibration exercise is based on years of research and utilizes a frequency range that has been proven both safe and effective. The technology originally was used by the Russian space program and Olympic athletes. Initial research was primarily focused on sports performance, but now there’s a considerable shift toward WBV being used as a therapeutic tool. Outcomes such as increased strength, flexibility, circulation, and pain reduction are now being focused on in such conditions as arthritis, back pain, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, and the geriatric population.
WBV has been proven to help increase bone density. There are two types of bone cells, ostioblast (bone maker) and ostioclast (bone shaper). Bone loss is due to more ostioclast than ostioblast cells. WBV stimulates more weight bearing exercise and gravity stimulates ostioblast cells. Along with increasing bone density, WBV accelerates weight loss, reduces varicose veins, increases energy, enhances detoxification, and stretches and rehabilitates muscles.
