[Research] Vibration Therapy & Parkinson's Disease

Jay Tang Musculoskeletal Disorders 09/10/2023

The rapidly repeated intensive muscle contraction induced by vibration may offer a practical treatment for chronic muscle injuries. Due to its unique dynamic G-force, vibration intervention may break the scar tissues and restore the muscles in the place. Vibration therapy also improves circulation and influence physiological processes related to cell regeneration.

Due to our natural skeletal muscle's stretch reflex response, we can utilize vibration intervention to induce rapidly repeated skeletal muscle contractions, which effectively activate and exercise our neuromuscular system, improving its functionality and performance.

Through the enhancement of muscle strength, mobility and balance, we can alleviate some symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.

Chronic Muscle Injury & Scar Tissue

Chronic muscle injury is often caused by repeated muscle damage. It's a common injury resulting from our modern lifestyle and work habits, such as repeatedly overusing specific muscles. Often ignored until it evolves into a persistent muscle pain.

Repeated muscle damage leads to the formation of scar tissue within the affected muscle. This is our body's natural mechanism to rapidly repair and heal the damaged area by depositing collagen fibers, resulting in scar tissue.

However, when the fibrous scar tissue displace the original muscle fibers, it impairs the muscle's strength and performance. Muscles with scar tissues can become more easily stressed, resulting in sustained muscle pain..

Scar tissues consist of non-living cells. Once formed, they tend to remain in place permanently.

Recovering from chronic muscle injury is challenging because the scar tissues formed in the damaged muscle tissues are difficult to break down.

Vibration therapy may offer an efficient and effective method to break down the scar tissues and restore the original muscle tissues.

[Scar Tissue Breakdown] Due to the vibration's G-force and high frequency, at a certain magnitude, the dynamic force of rapidly repeated muscle contraction may progressively break down the fibrous scar tissue, physically and physiologically. Scar tissue breakdown brings the opportunity for new living muscle cells to grow back in the plate.

[Circulation Improvement] Through skeletal muscle pump effect, the rapidly repeated skeletal muscle contractions effectively improve the circulation and bring in the oxigen and nuitients needed for muscle growth.

[Celuilar Process] The dynamic mechanical stimuation produced by vibration G-force can effectively signal the production of growth hormore and influence stemcell differentiation for muscle cell regeneration.

With scar tissue gradually replaced by the original muscle tissue, our muscles restore their original quality and performance.

A new dimension

For chronic muscle injury, there is probably no better treatment method than physical therapy. By incorporating the unique vibration intervention through the use of a vibration plate, vibration therapy elevates the physical therapy to a new dimension.

Vibration therapy exercise holds promising potential for muscle restoration. While the process may require an extended period of time, the immediate relief of muscle stress resulting from vibration therapy could motivate users to persist in their efforts, aiming for consistent incremental improvement.

Efficacy of whole body vibration therapy on pain and functional ability in people with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review: 05/27/2020, Weiming Wang, Shuting Wang, Wujian Liu | PubMed.gov

Local low-intensity vibration improves healing of muscle injury in mice: 01/24/2020, Thomas Corbiere, Timothy Koh | The Physiological Society

Muscle Injury

Vibration Therapy for Chronic Muscle Injury