• Relieve Pain and Joint Stiffness
• Reduce Stress and Fatigue
• Increase Blood Circulation
• Boost the Immune System
• Decrease Hyperactivity
• Burn Calories and Control Weight
• Strengthen the Cardiovascular System
• Rejuvenate Skin & Cellular Functioning
• Boost Energy and Vitality
• Induce Deep Delta State of Relaxation
• Regulate Psychological Well Being
• Detoxify Wastes and Toxins from body
The Vibraboard biomechanical stimulation table has a vibratory range of 5.0 to 50.0 hertz in 1 10th of a hertz increments. Unlike older biomechanical stimulation tables, Vibraboard works on the entire body at once.
Lower range frequencies (5-8 hertz) support lymphatic flow and relaxation.
Mid range frequencies (25-28 hertz) support relief from pain and increase rate of healing.
Upper range frequencies support increases in strength and bone strength.
The state of the art in bio mechanical stimulation.
The Vibraboard biomechanical stimulation table has a vibratory range of 5.0 to 50.0 hertz in 1 10th of a hertz increments. Unlike older biomechanical stimulation tables.
Vibraboard works on the entire body at once. Lower range frequencies (5-8 hertz) support lymphatic flow and relaxation. Mid range frequencies (25-28 hertz) support relief from pain and increase rate of healing. Upper range frequencies support increases in strength and bone strength
Pain Relief & Detoxification
Bone Density
Rehabilitation
Strength Training
Relaxation & Sensory Integration
Massage
Biomechanical Stimulation (BMS) as a therapeutic modality has recently undergone a renaissance in athletic and physical therapy circles. While much has been written about it, I believe the full significance of its therapeutic application has yet to be grasped.
To more fully understand the potential benefits of BMS, I believe we must understand the etiology of tremor and the benefits of exercise, as BMS is indeed their physiological involuntary recreation. This paper will discuss tremor, exercise and BMS, as a means to further understand the potential therapeutic roles of BMS in clinical practice.
BMS Therapy
Let us first define BMS and give a short history. Traditional BMS is a form of physical therapy where a patient stands on a vibrating platform oscillating at between 18 and 50 hertz. This creates a reflexive reaction of skeletal muscles in a chain of small and rapid involuntary muscle contractions. In this way, tremor is induced involuntarily in the body. Unlike electrical muscle stimulation, which is painful in subjects with intact afferent pathways, BMS is purely mechanical.
Discovered by Nazarov in the 1970s, BMS was first utilized by Soviet gymnasts in training for Olympic gold. BMS later began being used by Russian cosmonauts for micro-gravity induced osteopenia and muscle degeneration.
While word of BMS spread, for many years it was primarily used by elite athletes to help increase the strength and coordination of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and to increase the rate at which athletic injuries heal. Now however, BMS is being discovered as a therapy by many practitioners outside of the physical therapy sciences, and for a variety of conditions.
As BMS is a form of induced tremor, to gain a deeper understanding BMS we must first study the nature tremor itself, and so, on to tremor.
Tremor in Nature
We are all familiar with tremor at least in one form, and that is the purring of cats. Cat purrs are created by false vocal cords and based on spectral analysis, have three predominant frequencies, namely 25, 50 and 120 hertz. What is not widely known is that it is not only the felid family that purrs, and that purring does not always indicate contentment.
Trauma often results in states of either no movement or constant movement. Contrary to what you might think, the system wisely creates these states in order not to overwhelm itself when trauma occurs. When registered deeply, the system cannot self-correct. When form ceases to freely move, it atrophies, and over time, dies.
Vibrational/Energy Therapy gently invites stuck energy to move or vibrate again or over-stimulated energy to explore stillness. Over time, the system finds balance between the two by being able to move through the entire range of possibilities fluidly and easily.
