Vibration Training: A Treatment For Osteoporosis?
Vibration training has become more and more popular over the last year or so and is now receiving a huge amount of interest and discussion. It’s now suggested that vibration exercises could be used to increase circulation, muscle strength and weight loss, whilst decreasing cellulite and recovery time after injuries.
A lot of people now think that utilising a vibration exercise machine can hugely increase BMD (bone mineral density), whilst also increasing leg strength and general power. Some people also claim that these machines can increase a persons’ vertical jump height (although i can’t imagine too many applications for this).
Increasing bone mineral density suggests that vibration training may potentially being an excellent resource for improving osteoporosis, which is a genuine problem both internationally and in the United Kingdom.
Osteoporosis is a deficiency in BMD, causing an irregular loss of bone tissue. This results in very fragile, porous bones (in very bad cases becoming compressible), which makes them far more likely to fracture or break.
Osteoporosis is particularly prevalent in the elderly, meaning only extremely low-impact rehabilitation techniques can be employed. By allowing bone mineral density to increase through low-impact fitness techniques, vibration training has become a primary treatment for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis.
Since it has been demonstrated that vibration exercise can increase bone mineral density, NASA have begun looking into the use of vibration training to reduce bone loss in astronauts, adding more weight to the consideration of vibration machines as genuine and appropriate treatment for osteoporosis.
If you have (or are worried about) osteoporosis, talk to your physician who will be able to tailor a course of action to your own personal situation. Mention vibration training and look into the possibility of purchasing one of the many vibration machines available on the current market, you never know, you could drastically improve your quality of life with a relatively small investment.
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