Vibration therapy offers a non-invasive solution to heal soft tissues damaged by injury or disease, offering pain relief, increased mobility and reduced chances of future injuries or dysfunction.
Vibration stimulates muscle spindles to inform the brain about whether a muscle is stretched or contracted. Additionally, vibration may help regulate neurotransmitters and decrease cortisol levels – the body’s primary stress hormone.
Improved Mental Health
Vibration therapy has been found to effectively address numerous health conditions. Studies have linked it with strengthening bones, increasing muscle power, improving cardiovascular health and even helping reduce weight. Vibration therapy also appears to positively impact mental and emotional well-being; several studies have identified correlations between whole-body vibration therapy and reduced depression and anxiety symptoms.
Vibration therapy‘s beneficial effects on mental health stem from its ability to stimulate muscle movements in order to release more natural hormones – specifically Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a substance produced by your body that regulates emotions and improves your mood. Furthermore, vibration therapy may help your body release serotonin which has been proven to raise your spirits.
As part of your vibration therapy session, you’ll either stand, sit or lie on a vibrating platform and adjust its intensity and direction of vibrations to target specific areas of pain or discomfort in your body. A practitioner might use vibration therapy to ease trigger point tension – an inflammation in muscles which causes knots that radiate to other parts of your body causing discomfort – by using vibration therapy on specific trigger points that cause them.
Vibration therapy can also be integrated into holistic practices like meditation or yoga for deeper mind-body connections and deeper states of relaxation, providing long-term solutions to managing chronic pain.
Vibration therapy can not only boost your mood, but it may also reduce migraine and other headaches by stimulating endorphin release – brain chemicals which block and inhibit pain signals – as well as relieving myofascial pain syndrome and autogenic inhibition symptoms, two conditions characterized by widespread pain across multiple areas of the body.
Increased Blood Flow
Though vibration therapy might appear simplistic, its physiological advantages are numerous. Vibration therapy works by inducing involuntary muscle contractions and improving blood flow – two essential aspects for relieving pain. Regular vibration therapy use has been found to alleviate chronic back pain from arthritis or injuries and even relieve fibromyalgia symptoms.
Vibration therapy exposes bone to safe mechanical stresses, increasing bone density and strengthening the skeletal system. Mechanical stimulation leads to osteoblast cells being released that build new bones while simultaneously strengthening existing ones – changes which may help ease joint pain including osteoarthritis.
Mechanical vibrations generated through vibration therapy can also help relax tense muscles and tight joints, relieving nerve pressure, improving range of motion in affected areas and providing relief from conditions like knee pain and migraine headaches. Vibration therapy offers one solution to relieve this type of pain relief.
Studies published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice have demonstrated the efficacy of vibration therapy on improving quality of life for people living with fibromyalgia. Vibration therapy helped decrease pain intensity and frequency while simultaneously alleviating fatigue, numbness, sleep issues, and depression symptoms.
Vibration therapy has the added advantage of stimulating endorphin release – your body’s natural painkillers with no risk of addiction or dependency. Furthermore, increased circulation can provide oxygen and nutrients directly to muscles or affected areas that help speed up healing time.
If you’re interested in trying vibration therapy to manage pain, it’s essential that you consult a healthcare professional first. Consulting a physiatrist, physical therapist or chiropractor will ensure the treatment fits into your overall pain management plan while being safe for you; they can also recommend the best vibration machine and teach how to use it safely; for instance Intellinetix portable vibration therapy gloves provide targeted relief from low back or other symptoms with vibration therapy gloves designed specifically to target specific parts of the body for maximum effectiveness. So contact us now if you are suffering from low back or other symptoms and discover more how vibration therapy could help!
Release of Endorphins
Vibration therapy encourages the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. Vibrations help relax muscle fibers to further decrease pain; and together with increased blood flow this therapy provides powerful pain relief for chronic conditions like arthritis or back problems.
Whole-body vibration therapy not only enhances circulation and muscle flexibility, but can also alleviate soreness caused by chronic conditions like fibromyalgia. Furthermore, this form of treatment promotes bone density growth while aiding weight loss – all while contributing to overall wellbeing.
As people age, their muscles gradually weaken due to sarcopenia. Exercise and vibration therapy can be effective tools in slowing this loss while simultaneously strengthening and increasing flexibility of muscle fibers, improving quality of life as well as decreasing risk for falls.
Vibrations applied to the body produce skeletal muscle contractions that increase blood flow and oxygen delivery to muscles, which in turn speeds healing processes for injuries, relieves inflammation and helps remove toxins from the body while increasing flexibility and movement thus decreasing muscle soreness.
Vibration treatments use mechanical vibrations to stimulate cells to form new bones, helping prevent osteoporosis and other bone issues. Furthermore, vibration treatment stimulates muscle fiber formation to bolster strength and durability of tendons, ligaments and muscles.
Vibration therapy also enhances metabolism, helping individuals burn calories and shed excess weight more easily. It may be an ideal option for individuals looking to enhance their health and fitness without needing to diet or exercise as part of an overall fitness regime.
If you are experiencing joint or muscle discomfort, reach out to our Shelby County chiropractic experts to learn about vibration therapy. We specialize in offering holistic and natural solutions for our patients’ pain issues; from prevention to treatment. Don’t wait – book an appointment now!
Muscle Relaxation
Vibration therapy can be an effective means of alleviating muscle pain and improving performance through increased blood flow to muscles and tendons, the release of endorphins, and assisted relaxation of muscles. When used to promote active recovery or as part of rehab therapy programs as an aid to performance enhancement. If using vibration to reduce or prevent muscle injuries it is wise to consult a certified healthcare professional who can recommend specific frequency/amplitude settings that will work best with individual bodies and needs.
Progressive muscle relaxation is one of the most effective techniques for relaxing and relieving pain, as it involves alternately tensing and relaxing various muscle groups throughout your body. For optimal results, progressive muscle relaxation should be performed in a quiet setting free from distraction and beginning with your head and neck as a part of progressive relaxation. Trigger point pain refers to knotted muscle tissue which may tense and pain other areas in your body causing discomfort or tension in other places.
Once the body has become relaxed, the practitioner can move onto other muscles to tense and relax. They might start with feet before moving onto calves, thighs, abdomen, arms, hands, back, head etc. It’s important not to go too fast as muscles must remain tense for approximately five seconds before being released again; once complete relaxation occurs the patient should focus on how warm their muscles feel once completely untension.
Studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of vibration therapy to relieve low back pain and enhance lumbar function, relieve trigger point pain and post exercise muscle soreness recovery time, ease trigger point pain relief and delay delayed onset muscle soreness recovery time, all making vibration therapy an invaluable resource for muscle injury and recovery. Vibration therapy should generally be safe; however it should be avoided during pregnancy, high blood pressure conditions like epilepsy, fibromyalgia, open wounds or skin rashes or certain cancerous cancers.
