Whole Body Vibration helps Plantar Fascitis
Hi I just wanted to give you some feedback on the WBV platform. I have been using it for three weeks, on a hunch that it might help a problem I have with chronic plantar fascitis. After trying every recommended remedy, including anti-inflammatories, cortisone shots, concentrated stretching of my calf muscles and doing yoga (which actually made it worse), I went to a physical therapist/acupuncturist, Scott Michaels who used a tuning fork on my foot. Post treatment my foot felt incredibly better, but within days I was back in pain again. I don’t have time to drive out to Gresham for Scott’s tuning fork treatment, so I started thinking about what would replicate it. I had acquired the Soloflex WBV board from my friend Irene after her husband passed away (he used it for osteo) and I started using it daily for 30+ minutes (I didn’t realize there was an upper limit on the time usage) and three weeks out my foot is as close to healed as I could have ever dreamed of. I had this condition for nearly two years. In fact, it literally was just days after I started to use the platform that I could finally walk on that foot without suffering from throbbing pain. I am stunned, and of course, a big fan! Jo Ostgarden — Jo Ostgarden| writer | editor
Vibration biomechanical stimulation as the physiological basis of vibration physical exercises (whole body vibration) causes reflecting muscle contractions like tonic vibration reflex. This type of intervention leads to high intensive stimulation of proprioceptors as called muscle spindles which result in alteration in parameters of activity and developments of human physiological functions. This type of training has broad positive influence on organism. Acceleration physical exercises improve muscle performance, flexibility, nervous function, significantly increase bone mineral density, physiological secretion of anabolic hormones, growth and anti-aging factors; normalize/decrease cortisol as anti-stress effect and are beneficial for balance and mobility as well. It is showed acceleration training caused by vibration stimulus is beneficial for people suffering from osteoporosis and obesity, for rehabilitation of nervous and motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke. PMID: 19947400 [PubMed - in process]