- Increased muscle strength
- Increased bone strength/density
- Increased explosive power
- Increased tendon strength
- Up to 460% increase in growth hormone production
- Up to 7% increase in testosterone production
- 100-150% increase in peripheral blood flow
- Increased balance control in the elderly and post ACL repair
- Increased jump height ability
- Cortisol levels decreased by 30%
- Decreased low back pain
- Decreased diastolic blood pressure
- Treatment of stress incontinence
- Muscle lengthening
- Neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s
- Increased lumbar proprioception
FORGET “GOOD” VIBRATIONS…GET “IDEAL” VIBRATIONS!
Whole Body Vibration (WBV) was originally proposed as a means to build bone density for astronauts in space, and like other weight-bearing physical activities, it causes muscles and bones to work against gravity. The T-Zone works by tilting on a central axis and producing a tilting, or “oscillatory”, action as it vibrates. The frequency of the tilt can be adjusted dictating desired physiological response. Low frequencies are used for balance control, medium low for circulation and higher frequencies for muscle strengthening. Low amplitude is best for bone strengthening and less strong individuals and higher amplitudes for stronger individuals.
OSCILLATORY WHOLE BODY VIBRATION BENEFITS:
IDEAL BONE STRENGTHENING
By increasing the gravitational loading in a functional manner, oscillatory WBV has been proven to stimulate bone growth. The T-Zone can be useful for stress fractures, bone healing, osteopenia, osteoporosis and bone pain. By strengthening muscles this creates a greater pull on the bone again assisting with bone strengthening. The increase in bone density is thought to occur through one or more mechanisms. First, the vibration signals transmit and amplify into bone tissue, directly activating mechanorceptors in bone cells. Other studies have demonstrated that vibration increases the anabolic (bone building) activity of bone tissue and increases bone density. And yet another hypothesis suggests that whole-body vibration, like other weight-bearing exercise, improves muscle strength and power by increasing neuromuscular activation. Combining the T-Zone therapy with a complete nutritional supplementation program you can rest assured that you are doing all that you can to restore and protect the strength of your bones.
IDEAL BALANCE THERAPY
At low frequency the body has to react to the tilting action of the T-Zone and hence work hard as one leg goes up while the other goes down, as in walking. Uses include falls prevention, balance retraining in sport specific positions and in rehabilitation after knee and ankle injury or surgery. Combined with Postural Rehabilitation using CBP® chiropractic methods, this is the “Ideal” protocol to help restore balance.
IDEAL WEIGHT LOSS
The way we look, feel, and function all relies on strong muscles. Even at rest of muscles burn calories at a rate based on our metabolism. The more lean muscle mass we have-the more calories we burn! Vibration Training can give a sluggish metabolism just the boost it needs…up to an 18% increase from 10 minute sessions, just 3 times a week over 6 weeks. (Bonner Physical Therapy, 2003). So even when relaxing , you’ll be burning through considerably more calories with Vibration Training! Combined with Ideal Protein and a light cardio routine you have the complete package – firming and toning and optimum weight loss!
IDEAL FIRMING AND TONING
Lost a lot of weight? Then you’ll know how difficult it is to maintain muscle tone. The fact is…weight loss does not discriminate between fat and muscle. So if you lose 10lbs/kgs of fat you may lose 1lb/kg of muscle-and lean muscle is very hard to replace. The only way to preserve muscle is through resistance exercise. And with WBV, this can be accomplished far more efficiently than conventional weight training in the gym.
IDEAL MASSAGE EFFECTS
More than just an exercise and rehabilitation machine, WBV technology offers the luxury of whole body massage and relaxation. Massage also benefits overall health and has been shown to improve physical performance, prevent and eliminate injuries, and reduce stress.
IDEAL REHABILITATION
WBV may prevent injuries, but just as important, it can also help in the rehabilitation and healing process. Professional sports teams, physiotherapists and chiropractors around the world have found WBV to be an invaluable tool to strengthen muscles without the usual strain on joints and ligaments. Incorporated into rehab, this really is “Ideal” rehabilitation.
IDEAL ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING
Flexibility and strength…it’s what every golfer must possess to achieve greatness! WBV delivers these benefits. As it stimulates muscles, there is a dramatic increase in explosive strength, motor learning, muscular endurance and overall agility. When using the T-Zone the patient’s muscles are stimulated to work by the stretch reflex. This is the same as the patella reflex, which we see when the doctor taps the patella tendon below the kneecap and the lower leg moves upwards without the brain being able to prevent the movement. Because the muscles are activated with the stretch reflex we get a number of benefits not seen with regular exercise. Under normal circumstances we do not use all our muscles for standing or moving. The stretch reflex ensures that all muscle fibers being stimulated are working at one time. For this reason exercising using the T-Zone is much more time efficient than dong normal exercise. The stretch reflex also gives benefits to the user by stimulating a movement without the brain being involved in planning and executing the activity. The brain still receives information about the activity and so can learn from the experience. This can be highly useful when trying to rehabilitate after an injury or to change old movement patterns, which may not be an ideal movement pattern for that person. Because the exercises are all functional and we can move on the plate, it is easy to strengthen through range for activities we do in daily living or in sporting pursuits. Usually sports people have to train using weights in high load non-functional positions and hope for functional carryover resulting from on field practice. Using the T-Zone strengthening can be very sport specific.
