Posts Tagged ‘Vibration Training

Whole Body Vibration has become widely popularized in the fitness and sports performance industry as well as hospitals, small private rehabilitation clinics, assisted living homes, corporate settings and even home gyms. Many spas and wellness centers are also adding whole body vibration to their offerings because of the many benefits it can provide. Here are [...]

Exercising with WBV helps your body to reduce the levels of Cortisol. This hormone starts to show up when you’re stressed out and your system is running on overload.  Cortisol is terrible for the body – it causes your body’s inflammation levels to go up, it robs you of sleep, wipes out your adrenal glands [...]

Recent scientific research has shown that almost 70% of the population is suffering from dehydration, as a result of drinking coffee and alcohol, smoking, stress and not drinking enough water. This means that a lot of people do not have enough fluids in their bodies. Over 50% of our body consists of water, which is [...]

Whole Body Vibration (WBV) can help you improve your flexibility very quickly!  All muscles and joints that are stretched during WBV training are fully mobilized.  The vibration also loosens adhesions, which positively influences flexibility even more.  Research has shown that stretch exercises with vibration gave a greater increase in flexibility than stretch exercises alone.  By [...]

These days there is a lot of media attention and scientific research aimed at the effects of vibration training on the human body. Our body was made for movement. We have been perfectly equipped to absorb all of the vibrations we are confronted with in our daily lives.
However, the amount of mechanical vibrations we are [...]

Using whole body vibration, just 10 minutes a day, 3-5 times a week can provide incredible fitness results and significant health benefits including: increased muscle mass, improved circulation, better flexibility and range of motion, improved balance, and mobility.  It’s an incredibly easy, efficient, highly effective, and safe solution for those of all ages and fitness [...]

People that are trying to lose weight are always concerned with their calorie intake and calorie burn.  Calorie burn is impossible to measure completely accurately in any activity because there are so many variables.
To calculate aerobic calorie burn you need to consider the following information…age, weight, height, max/min heart rate, rate of oxygen intake, CO2 [...]

Staying active is the fountain of youth.   Many have discovered that it is the secret to feeling better and living longer. Finding a program that works for you and sticking with it is very important. Regular exercise can prevent or delay diabetes and heart trouble. It can also reduce arthritis pain, anxiety and depression. It [...]

As a person starts aging, various changes start to take place in the body.  Aging occurs when there is a loss of proper oxygenation, nourishment or circulation to any part of the body. It is natural for aging people to find that their stamina and strength starts to diminish over time.  As we get older [...]

More and more doctors are creating specialized protocols incorporating various combinations of whole body vibration, traction, and rehab exercises for the treatment of Scoliosis.  The primary goal of treatment should be to increase motion first in the fixated areas, then stabilize the hyper-mobile areas.   It is also very important to improve strength and power in [...]


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PowerVibe produces this blog to help increase the awareness of how Whole Body Vibration can help people live healthier lives.

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