I’ve spent the majority of my adult life pretty far away from where I am now. At least as far as work goes. I spent 15+ years slinging booze and fried food, watching people overindulge in both all the while complaining about how tired and bad they felt. I’ve worked in restaurants on both coasts and in the Southwest. It’s the same every where, beer o’clock rolls around and it’s time for drinking and eating too much to blow off steam from a work day filled with too much stress. Seemed to work for most people, as long as the buzz lasted, but it started to bring me down.
In an ironic twist of fate, about 3 years ago, I moved to the fitness industry. I started out answering phones at Soloflex. At the time, they had just introduced the new WBV platform. The technology had been available for decades, but was just becoming widely available for home use, with the Soloflex WBV being the most affordable version. I’ve taken on new responsibilities since then, but I still get a lot of calls and emails about WBV. Some are questions and many are customers who want to let us know about their experience with WBV. Those are my favorite. It is really nice to hear that you’ve helped make someone feel good instead of facilitating a nasty hangover. I’ve posted many of the emails and letters here.
Over the years, I’ve talked to people who tell me what whole body vibration therapy has helped them with a variety of issues, from trouble walking to incontinence. A woman called us recently and said that her bone mass density had increased by 25% in two years of using WBV!
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a very nice woman in Texas. We chatted a bit about whole body vibration. After a few moments, she started talking about cats and how purring, which has a frequency of about 25-50 Hz, (the Soloflex WBV operates at 28-60 Hz) is thought to be healing. I found this pretty interesting and began my own research after we got off the phone.
The idea that cats have nine lives is attributed to how rarely they are injured and how quickly they heal when they are injured. At cat can survive a fall of 5 floors and escape unscathed! They also have fewer instances of bone and muscle problems than other animals. There is a common adage among veterinarians, “Put a cat in a room full of broken bones and they will all be healed.” All of this is believed to be because of purring. Purring is believed to strengthen bones and muscles, relieve pain and stress (cats purr when injured and when giving birth) and promote healing. Mother Nature knows best, whole body vibration works!
I’m excited to share more customer experiences on our new blog. I’ll also cover topics such as stretching and yoga, as well as sharing my own experiences with WBV.
