vibration mahcines

healthygrlnj3

lol....I'm not if they work,but i bought a groupon for it. Great deal!!(love groupon)

healthygrlnj3

I herd some heath insurance pays,looking into it.

BBehnke84

Lol, dang my mind went straight to the gutter! I thought this was gunna be a discussion on the best brands or something.

Bahahaha *shakes head*

bobbiebearden

My chiropractor has something like that, but he had me use it to help with muscle soreness...

are you seeing him professionally or personally, or both. both is good too :P

Hmmm... I like the way you think!

BenChase

my now 82 year old granny used to use one in the 1980's. I remember seeing her at a "womens" health club in the mall that had one. I think it was called gloria vanderbilts or something.

Wow thanks for the memories. I wouldn't think they wouldn't do much for the body. Maybe soothing or something.

since it'll be locked anyway i might as well share that thanks to all you previous posters i was thinking of vibrators when i got to this story and now i won't sleep tonight....or probably the rest of the week :laugh:

WeekndOVOXO

DrJanet98

Science perspective here. There was a study recently which did show one potential benefit for these vibrating platform gizmos, but it wasn't for weight loss. They found that when sheep were placed on a vibrating platform for 20 minutes per day, their bones were stronger. The proposed mechanism was that it would trigger stem cells to turn into bone cells. There was a subsequent study on MIR where cosmonauts used an exercise machine where one foot pedal vibrated and the other didn't, and they found no bone loss on the side with the vibrations, but only in the lower leg, not as far up as the hip.

Since bone marrow stem cells can also transform into fat cells, someone theorized that vibrations might lead to fewer going the fat cell route. However, they also turn into immune cells and other things, so figuring out what's going where gets complicated. Also note that the vibrations used in the experiments were a lot gentler than those used in many commercial fitness platforms, so who knows whether they'd even have the same effect?

And now, for those of you who prefer the other interpretation.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWjxdvArPE :-)

Fozzi43

They do work providing its a proper one, not one of those silly ones you can buy at 3am on a shopping channel for £200...

They are great for strength and if you have osteoporosis it's fantastic. I've built strength up and reduced cellulite using this machine at work.
Don't knock it till you try it....coz yes, it doesn't make you lose weight, but for squats, lunges, ab work and arms ...it's excellent.

Sarauk2sf

Science perspective here. There was a study recently which did show one potential benefit for these vibrating platform gizmos, but it wasn't for weight loss. They found that when sheep were placed on a vibrating platform for 20 minutes per day, their bones were stronger. The proposed mechanism was that it would trigger stem cells to turn into bone cells. There was a subsequent study on MIR where cosmonauts used an exercise machine where one foot pedal vibrated and the other didn't, and they found no bone loss on the side with the vibrations, but only in the lower leg, not as far up as the hip.

Since bone marrow stem cells can also transform into fat cells, someone theorized that vibrations might lead to fewer going the fat cell route. However, they also turn into immune cells and other things, so figuring out what's going where gets complicated. Also note that the vibrations used in the experiments were a lot gentler than those used in many commercial fitness platforms, so who knows whether they'd even have the same effect?

And now, for those of you who prefer the other interpretation.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWjxdvArPE :-)

That video is hysterical.

Oh, and interesting information re bone density.