Better stop sneering at those body vibration machines
Researchers at U of C believe machines can help treat blood-flow, balance issues
Research technician Jordyn Vienneau monitors Jay Bauman on the Total Body Shaper vibration platform at the University of Calgary’s High Peformance Lab on Oct. 16, 2013.
Photograph by: Gavin Young , Calgary Herald
Admit it. Every time you hit the gym, you cast a sideways glance at the sci-fi-looking platform collecting dust in the far corner and give it a moment’s consideration.
You’ve yet to actually see anyone hop on board, probably out of fear of how the high-frequency vibrations this piece of equipment delivers makes both one’s face and booty look to passersby. Frankly, that’s one of the main reasons you haven’t tried it out, either. That, and the fact that you are a serious gym-goer. What could that oversized shake-weight possibly have to offer?
According to new research coming out of the University of Calgary’s Human Performance Lab, more than you might expect.
Six years ago, Don Hartwell, owner of Calgary’s Total Image Fitness, was about to give up on exercise. “I was at the point of giving up almost all physical activity. I’d had four lower back operations and was told by my neurosurgeon not to lift more than 10 pounds,” Hartwell says.
As if that wasn’t distressing enough, while Hartwell was loading a tractor onto a trailer, the tractor rolled on its side causing his leg to bend 45 degrees the wrong way, snapping his knee ligaments and destroying his anterior cruciate ligament.
You’ve yet to actually see anyone hop on board, probably out of fear of how the high-frequency vibrations this piece of equipment delivers makes both one’s face and booty look to passersby. Frankly, that’s one of the main reasons you haven’t tried it out, either. That, and the fact that you are a serious gym-goer. What could that oversized shake-weight possibly have to offer?
According to new research coming out of the University of Calgary’s Human Performance Lab, more than you might expect.
Six years ago, Don Hartwell, owner of Calgary’s Total Image Fitness, was about to give up on exercise. “I was at the point of giving up almost all physical activity. I’d had four lower back operations and was told by my neurosurgeon not to lift more than 10 pounds,” Hartwell says.
As if that wasn’t distressing enough, while Hartwell was loading a tractor onto a trailer, the tractor rolled on its side causing his leg to bend 45 degrees the wrong way, snapping his knee ligaments and destroying his anterior cruciate ligament.
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