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Drug free Osteoporosis therapy.
Osteoporosis is a growing problem, especially for post-menopausal women. The good news is that whole body vibration offers an effective drug-free therapy.
Some estimates are that 28 million people in the U.S. are affected. Approximately a million osteoporosis related bone fractures occur per year with around 50,000 deaths related from post-bone fracture complications.
The traditional ways of treating bone density loss involve medication using pharmaceuticals and calcium supplements. This approach generally treats the symptoms, rather than the causes.
Holistic therapies tend to treat causes, rather than symptoms, in the belief that by treating the cause, you will effectively remove the symptoms.
Whole body vibration has been used as an effective therapy for osteoporosis because it provides the replacement for load bearing physical activity necessary to maintain bone density and muscle mass. In layman’s terms, osteoporosis is combated by muscle stimulation exerting stress on the bone. When normal physical activity proves inadequate due to factors such as inability to exercise, leaching of calcium from bones through diet or hormonal changes, intervention is necessary.
Whole body vibration has been proved to provide safe and effective intervention when properly used.
Some studies indicate that the triangular oscillation type whole body vibration has a more beneficial effect than the linear, or vertical only vibration.
For further details on this you may download a scientific study published by the Journal for Rehabilitation Research and Development here. On the home page are videos that also provide anecdotal case history information.
