I've been seeing more and more of these things. I guess you stand on a plate that vibrates and you end up losing weight (claims of 1 pound per 20 minutes) because it works muscles that are trying to balance your body. Do they work? I'm thinking about buying one.

Here is a demo:
http://www.fbespa.com/gallery/vibration_ machine_los_angeles.html

Therapeutic Fusion: Physical Therapy and Wellness LLC will offer the latest in “body vibration therapy” this Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9 to 11 a.m. during their free open house in its Wailea Suites’ office. Physical therapist and Therapeutic Fusion owner Heather Ardoin is excited about offering the new “amazing technology” TurboSonic to the public. The “Whole Body Vibration Therapy” initiated from the notion of “human body movement under the influence of the Earth’s gravity, in a vertical direction.” This form of movement stimulates the growth plates, improves circulation, and is said to energize the lymphatic system, as well as prompting other improvements. The therapy is alleged to benefit anyone from a child to a senior. Aromastone—located across the hall—is also offering massage sessions by donation that same day. Therapeutic Fusion is located at 161 Wailea Ike Place, Suite A-105, within the Wailea Suites of the Wailea

Neck agony combined with arm suffering among skilled drivers of forest machines and the connection with whole body vibration uncovering

From: Ergonomics. 2009 Oct;52(10):1240-7

The view of this look at was to scrutinize the life of neck affliction and arm distress among excellent forest motor car drivers and to find out if disquiet were cognate to their whole body vibration unveiling. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to 529 forest tool drivers in northern Sweden and the comeback was 63%. Two anguish groups were formed; 1) neck depress; 2) neck cut to the quick combined with arm injure. From whole body vibration unmasking information and from the self-administered questionnaire, 14 different whole body vibration laying open/quantity measures were adjusted for each driver. The pervasiveness of neck distress reported both for the earlier 12 months and for the one-time 7 d was 34% and more than half of them reported neck travail combined with soreness in one or both arms. Assay showed no informative group between neck injure and anticyclone whole body vibration expos; however, cases with neck discomposure more often sophisticated shocks and jolts in the mechanism as uncomfortable. There was no pithy tie between the 14 whole body vibration measures and quintessence of neck trouble (neck nuisance vs. neck grief combined with arm suffering). It seems as if characteristics of whole body vibration revealing can legitimate neither creature nor the model of neck sadden amongst masterly drivers of forest machines. The logging hustle is powerful for several industrialised countries. Drivers of forest machines again description neuromusculoskeletal ass effort from the neck. The specimen of neck trial is prominent for the decisiveness of treatment modality and may be associated with unveiling characteristics at vocation.

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