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Archive for January, 2010
The University of Miami did a study on the effect of Whole Body Vibration on quadriceps spasticity in individuals with spastic hypertonia due to spinal cord injury. Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) often have involuntary, reflex-evoked muscle activity resulting in spasticity. Vibration may modulate reflex activity thereby decreasing spasticity. The study suggested feasibility of [...]
Parker Seminars 2010 Kicks Off!
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14 Jan 2010Thursday morning… 9am… and the largest chiropractic event of the year is just beginning!
The exhibitors are all set up and the doctors are either in seminars or wandering down the exhibit hall.
Foot Levelers, The American Chiropractor Magazine, Thera Band, BioFreeze, Scrip Companies, Meyer Distributing, and Vitality Depot are all here just to name a few. [...]
ACL Reconstruction and Whole Body Vibration
13 Jan 2010A torn ACL is a common injury among athletes. A study was done to compare the effect of a whole body vibration training (WBVT) program with a conventional training (CT) program on knee proprioception and postural stability after ACL reconstruction.
For this study, twenty athletes with unilateral ACL reconstruction were randomly assigned to the WBVT or [...]
A randomized controlled study on the impact of whole body vibration training versus fitness training has shown that whole body vibration is as efficient as a fitness program to increase isometric and explosive knee extension strength and muscle mass of the upper leg in older men.
These findings suggest that whole body vibration has the potential [...]
Whole body vibration exercises can benefit those with many different types of health conditions, and it is a very good way to help reduce the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.
Often many types of exercise make the fatigue of MS so much more overwhelming that it may take 1-2 days of rest after doing such exercise to recover. Whole [...]
Vibration exercise is proving to be an integral component in an athlete’s training. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams are using Whole Body Vibration as part of their training for the 2010 Olympics.
Director of Sport Science for the teams, Troy Flanagan, says that they will be using whole body vibration platforms
Bone fracture is among the most common and most expensive health problems in the population, particularly in postmenopausal women. The major determinants of bone fractures are falls, bone fragility, loss of balance and decrease of lower limb strength.
Physical exercise is considered as an effective strategy, frequently recommended in general practice, for the prevention and management [...]
Positive Stress?
5 Jan 2010Negative stress on the human body can really take a toll on overall health. But is there such a thing as positive stress? The word “stress” has many different meanings. Relating to Whole Body Vibration, stress can be a good thing! Whole Body Vibration causes stress to the central nervous system which responds with the [...]
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