Vibration therapy is an innovative treatment option designed to promote muscle tone and increase balance while simultaneously impacting brain hormone balance, decreasing stress levels and alleviating stress-induced ailments.
Whole Body Vibration (WBV) utilizes mechanical vibration to contract and relax muscles, increasing strength and flexibility while stimulating bone-forming cells for increased bone health.
Throbbing
Vibration machines cause your muscles to contract and relax, which helps improve blood circulation and alleviate body ache. Unfortunately, sometimes this stimulation leads to an unpleasant throbbing sensation in your head caused by sudden increase in blood pressure; usually described as dull ache behind eyes and temples. While this phenomenon is considered part of exercise process it can become very uncomfortable for individuals sensitive to changes in their blood pressure.
Vibration therapy has long been used to relieve the pain associated with conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia, and headaches. According to research published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, whole-body vibration was shown to provide significant symptom relief among fibromyalgia patients undergoing treatment as well as improvement in their overall quality of life after receiving treatment.
Those suffering from migraines often experience a throbbing sensation in their head due to sudden increases in blood flow to their brain, leading to pain that interferes with daily activities and can be debilitating. While medications are sometimes recommended for migraines, but can have side effects which make it ineffective or are simply unwanted, other methods of relief may include taping a vibrator on to their head for temporary relief – which might seem extreme, yet this technique actually has historical roots; neuroscientist Jean-Etienne Charcot discovered in 1890 that using vibrators treatment could induce headache symptoms by increasing blood flow to their brain, giving rise to headache-inducing headache symptoms in subjects.
FDA has just approved a device that utilizes vibration therapy to treat sinus headaches: the BIPRI 8-Motor Headband uses targeted vibration therapy to block pain signals that travel directly from your brain into your body and disrupt pain signals that reach it. It can help those suffering from migraines, sinus headaches, neck pain and other related ailments.
Vibration alters cellular transition processes, leading to cells shrinking and detaching from each other – thus decreasing pressure on meninges.
Swelling
Vibration therapy utilizes vibrating machinery to stimulate muscle fibers, increase circulation, and elicit other physiological changes. It has long been utilized in physical rehabilitation and sports medicine settings as an aid to increasing strength, balance, flexibility and overall body health. Vibration therapy may also reduce pain in those suffering from chronic conditions like fibromyalgia; however, its vibrations may produce side effects such as headaches.
Headaches caused by vibration can result from various sources, but are typically linked with high-frequency or low-amplitude vibration. Sometimes the sensation can be felt on both sides of the head; more frequently though it causes a dull, throbbing pain behind eyes or temples which is less intense than migraine but may still interfere with normal activities.
Vibration-induced headaches often present as pressure sensations. These headaches usually manifest themselves when vibrations touch the sinuses and produce pain or pressure sensations in the face; this phenomenon is most frequently found among those living with sinusitis; however, meibomian gland dysfunction could also contribute to this symptom.
Vibrations may cause sinuses to become overly sensitive and lead to inflammation, leading to mucus build-up and reduced airflow through them – and ultimately leading to pressure headaches similar to what would be caused by loud noise such as jackhammers.
One study revealed the effectiveness of combining acoustic vibration with positive expiratory pressure to treat headaches. After just two weeks of twice-daily use, the device helped significantly improve multiple pain metrics among patients who complained of sinus headache but didn’t exhibit objective evidence of sinusitis or nasal inflammation.
Vibration-induced headaches may be painful, but they’re harmless and treatable with over-the-counter pain relievers. People suffering from chronic headaches should consult their physician about using vibration therapy as an alternative treatment strategy.
Difficulty Breathing
Experienced vibration therapy users frequently report sensations associated with increased blood flow to the head and face, leading to difficulty breathing and creating pressure on forehead/nose/thirty like that experienced during sinus headaches; tightness behind eyes/temples. Any discomfort caused can be relieved by taking a short break between sessions of vibration therapy; stopping therapy sessions altogether is another solution.
Vibration-induced pain may be the source, although its exact origins remain hazy. Vibration could release chemicals that lead to spasms that cause head and neck pain; various treatments exist such as anti-inflammatories or surgery in severe cases.
Vibration therapy has long been used by medical practitioners. Astronauts used it to build bone mass and prevent osteoporosis, but recently it has also been demonstrated to benefit other parts of the body by helping balance, strength, and flexibility.
Studies have demonstrated the efficacy of whole-body vibration therapy to lessen symptoms associated with fibromyalgia. Furthermore, this therapy may also provide relief from migraine and severe headache pain; however, in order to make optimal use of this approach it must first be properly diagnosed.
Assessing myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) using various modalities is currently possible, including surface electromyography, ultrasound imaging and infrared thermography. Although each may provide insight into MTrPs individually, none is definitive in locating them all at once. In addition to pinpointing these triggers and providing pain details they also help determine where they exist as well as the location and magnitude of any associated pain triggers.
Researchers conducted a recent study to test a device that simultaneously combined acoustic vibration with positive expiratory pressure in the nasal cavity on subjects who reported symptoms of sinus headache but who did not show signs of inflammation in their sinuses. After daily use, this device proved safe and effective at relieving facial pressure in these individuals.
Dizziness
Dizziness is one of the primary symptoms associated with migraine. This discomfort typically includes a sensation of pressure in the head that worsens when tilted or moved; further symptoms include weakness or off-balance sensations; this sensation could also result from vestibular migraine headaches, transient ischemic attack/strokes, vestibulocochlear nerve tumors, inner ear infections, medication side effects, meniere disease associated vertigo and multiple sclerosis among other possible conditions.
Dizziness can often be misconstrued for headache, since both symptoms possess similar qualities. However, this is typically an error as dizziness has its own unique causes and can usually be distinguished from headache by other symptoms like nausea or vomiting.
Vibration therapy may cause headaches in some individuals, particularly those sensitive to noise or having a high heart rate. If this occurs for you, it is a good idea to stop exercising immediately and consult your physician on what could be causing it. Your physician may suggest tests such as electrocardiography for abnormal heart rhythms or echocardiograms for heart function assessment and balance organ assessment; alternatively benzodiazepine drugs might help ease nausea while antihistamines help calm nausea symptoms while antihistamines reduce nausea symptoms; for specific conditions other treatments such as antihistamines may help alleviate dizziness – depending on what may cause it all may also be recommended depending on its cause.
Vibration therapy has long been used to treat various diseases, such as hair loss and meibomian gland dysfunction, as well as manage some chronic headaches like migraine. One recent study demonstrated how non-invasive vibration that mimics cell transitions using sound frequencies rather than electromagnetic waves may help relieve chronic and acute headaches, including migraine. Wearing a headband emitting sound frequencies to stimulate your vagus nerve – which begins in your brain stem and connects with various body systems – has proven successful at providing relief within 30 minutes in some patients – known as non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation or Non Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation or VNS for short.
