For those of you looking for a resource to teach patients, clients and customers the why and how of Power Plate, we created this guide for you. (Link to share, text is below)
Over 20,000 research studies have been published on Whole Body Vibration. In recent years most of the research is conducted on Power Plates. Studies are being conducted on Power Plates because we've become the global standard in Whole Body Vibration.
So there's a lot that can be written, literally a large book, on all the ins and outs of how Power Plate benefits people.
One of the primary ways that Power Plate helps people, is that it helps people experience the benefits of exercise, even intense exercise, especially when they are not able to move well.
Because each Power Plate vibrates on average 30 times a second (comfortably) this creates a reflex response in the muscles. 30 vibrations per second equal 30 muscle contractions. Each muscle contraction pulls on connected bone-- enough to generate new bone building cells and proteins!
For athletes and active people, Power Plate helps people warm up, perform and recover. Power Plate began as a tool to help elite athletes perform better than other elite athletes.
The 30 vibrations per second move through the muscles, through the tendons and ligaments. Into the central nervous system. Eye- hand coordination improves, flexibility improves, ability to perform without injury improves.
The same technology is now used to help people of all ages recover their ability to move, be flexible and regain their athletic nature.
The people who most need the health benefits of exercise are not able to exercise. There's no exercise pill.
Power Plate is the closest thing that exists to an exercise pill and it quite literally solves the problem of people who need exercise, but are unable to do it.
The unique power of Power Plate comes from the engine itself. There are cheaper whole body vibration machines out there that work with teeter totter technology.
How this works: two pistons move up and down and shake a board. This shakes a person.
This can be somewhat effective, but it's incredibly uncomfortable. It's the difference between riding in a motorboat on choppy water vs smooth early morning water.
What made Power Plate the gold global standard, was a unique and multi-patented engine that moves in three dimensions at once. The engine is advanced, and is expensive and time consuming to manufacture.
How this works: If you can visualize a machine that when in motion moves almost in a sphere, pushing out in all directions simultaneously at once. The key to this multi-dimensional movement is that it creates harmonic vibration.
These harmonic waves are very comfortable for people to absorb and use. The different wave intensities from a Power Plate are powerful and a person can only comfortably absorb this power if it's comfortable.
Power Plate became Power Plate because of this ability to deliver very consistent, harmonic vibration.
These waves are so consistent that when you measure them, they appear as sine waves that you can actually see on an ultrasound machine.
When you have somebody step on a Power Plate, and you turn it on at 30 Hz, 30 vibrations per second, that's going to trigger a reflex response in the body.
That's going to trigger the muscles to contract at 30 times per second. That energy is going to flow through the tendons, helping them to loosen up and muscle is connected to bone, so bones are going to get stimulated at the exact ratio that muscle is.
And this is the key to the whole thing, when muscle is activated 30 times a second, that starts to really work the muscle, and bring it to life. Even the best athlete can't do that themselves.
Then those 30 vibrations per second are going to flow through the tendons, which help to loosen them up. Remember that it's easy to massage a muscle, but you can't easily or comfortably massage a tendon.
1. So, there's an immediate metabolic benefit from using a Power Plate. Just by standing on it you stimulate the muscle and you open up the cells to absorb insulin for example.
When cells are able to use more sugar for energy, you almost instantly solve metabolic problems. Sugar gets used as energy instead of being stored as fat.
There is new research out from Japan, showing how even the simplest movements on a Power Plate, consistently used for six weeks, can almost permanently alter somebody's metabolic health.
The metabolic benefit is a huge motivating factor for people to start the Power Plate habit. With these really destructive alternatives out there, Power Plate becomes the most humane way of helping somebody lose weight, by meeting them where they are. Power Plate combined with resistance training and smart nutrition is likely the best long term metabolic fitness strategy for many people.
The key to behavior modification is that the modifications need to be doable.
Power Plate forms an almost essential component to any long-term behavior modification program that leads to lasting fat loss and metabolic health.
Power Plate is easy to use for almost everyone who can stand. This cannot be understated. As long as somebody can stand on a Power Plate for nine minutes at a time, and do some simple, up-and-down movement with their legs and body. they can start to experience the benefit.
2. The second big thing that Power Plate helps people with is whole body chronic pain. From a clinical standpoint, chronic pain is the number one problem in the healthcare system that there is no easily identifiable solution for.
With chronic pain, Power Plate helps to provide both immediate and long-term benefit. This makes people feel better quickly, which enables compliance, and make it easy to build the habit.
As we have mentioned, when somebody steps on a Power Plate those vibrations go through the body 30 times a second. The harmonic vibrations are going into the tendons, and helping to loosen them up.
Tendons are composed of intricate collagen strands. Vibration loosens these up and people can experience some relief quickly, because when the tendons relax, the muscles can often relax. Tendon and muscle work hand-in-hand.
The 30 vibrations every second also help to overwhelm the pain signals in the central nervous system, interrupting them for a period of time. Vibrations will help to interrupt the pain signals from the brain to the body.
Nearly everyone with long-term chronic pain can benefit from regular whole body vibration use, and one of the most basic ways of helping people is having them "put their pain on the plate."
3. The third major benefit of Power Plate is with bone. As muscle gets stronger, bone gets stronger at almost the exact ratio for many people.
The intense harmonic vibrations are enough to stimulate new bone growth. This has been well documented in research studies. Consistent Power Plate use increases bone density, especially over time.
This has been measured with DEXA scans. It's not uncommon for people who have used Power Plate for a couple years to have their bone density return to what it was decades earlier.
The other very powerful side benefit of standing on a Power Plate for nine minutes three to four times a week is that balance improves. If somebody has better balance and stronger bones, their odds of falling down, breaking something, and having a catastrophic outcome are much lower.
When it comes to osteoporosis prevention and recovery, generating impact is at the root of everything. If you look at the medical literature, things like running, jumping, dancing, tennis, these all help to stimulate the bone to stay strong and become stronger.
But what if you can't move your body that quickly to generate the necessary impact?
Again, that's where Power Plate provides a very unique value.
4. The fourth big area that Power Plate helps with is in the area of brain health. There is a lot of new research that keeps coming out that shows the direct link between Power Plate and brain health. (source) (source)
When somebody walks or runs, their foot strikes the ground. This helps to push blood through the arteries up through the body and into the brain.
This delivers oxygen and nutrients and all sorts of great stuff, which keeps our brains healthy and sharp. Additionally, when your muscles are activated, this helps to keep the brain active, helping prevent cognitive decline.
But again, what happens when you can't move so well as you get older, and you're not able to generate the impact to push the blood into your brain?
There's been some very interesting new research out of Japan, conducted on Power Plate Pro5 machines, which actually shows the impact of the brain when somebody is standing on a Power Plate.
Using MRI technology, the Japanese researchers were able to show an immediate increase in blood flow all the way to the prefrontal cortex.
And not only did the benefit happen immediately, but there was also long-term brain benefit with long-term use, because with the 30 vibrations every second, you're going to move a lot more blood throughout your body.
5. The benefits keep extending from there. There's also a lot of research that links whole body vibration use to significantly increased levels of natural growth hormone in the body.
Again, intense exercise and intense physical activity helps generate growth hormone, which in turn generates stem cell activation. This helps to turn on all the key longevity hormones, increases collagen, and tells your body to get back to work. Often the way it did decades esrlier.
Nitric oxide production increases, heart health can increase, skin tightness can increase with increased collagen production.
There is very clear literature linking increases in natural growth hormone to increased internal collagen production. (source)
The benefits of Power Plate are almost endless, because it's simply a delivery mechanism for therapeutic doses of exercise.
Nobody needs to be convinced that exercise is highly therapeutic. Teaching people the Power Plate habit, whether they use it in your clinic, business, gym, or at home, that's going to be a valuable addition to their life.
Read more of the Science Behind Power Plate here.
Learn more about the Power Plate pro5 here.
The my7 is currently the best value. It is used for both home and commercial settings
If you want to try powerful vibration for just $99, our DualSphere is a fantastic product. It can help upper cervical neck area, lower back, shoulder- really anywhere on your body.
The Power Plate DualSphere is perfect for effective, concentrated massage. It is especially useful for tight muscles around the neck and shoulders that are hard to otherwise target.
This peanut shaped device can be used while you are relaxing on a couch or in your bed.
You simply turn it on, put it behind your neck and shoulders and lay down for a few minutes.
The 3000-4000 vibrations per minute flow into your neck and shoulders.
If you have a tight back, you'll feel the vibration flow down and give you relief in a wide area. Read the tech specs at the bottom of this page.
It's an incredibly useful tool. It's easy to put on and under any part of your body that needs some TLC.
The fast vibration is ideal for your feet, neck and back to help relax and rejuvenate tight and sore muscles, release fascia and promote blood flow.
You can achieve the same benefits of a deep tissue massage with this easy-to-use, portable massage ball.
Weighing in at under 2 lbs with a 3 hour battery life, and featuring four vibration intensity levels, the Power Plate DualSphere is the perfect portable muscle recovery tool.
This must have tool pairs well with the Pulse massage gun, allowing for effective myofascial release for all major muscle groups.
New: The link between Whole Body Vibration and brain health continues to be clearer and better understood.
We already know that Whole Body Vibration helps to increase blood flow to all areas of the brain. This has been proven using MRI images of people before and after using a Power Plate pro5.
Research published in May 2024 shows that then you combine Whole Body Vibration with resistance exercise, brain activity "distinctly" improves.
It makes sense even without all the new research. When you move your body, blood flow increases to all parts of your body. You feel this, and you already know this. When you activate your muscles, you also feel better.
This is a one page summary of an important piece of research conducted on Power Plate pro5 machines.
Using brain imaging technologies, researchers were able to see more blood flow in the frontal region of people using Power Plate Whole Body Vibration.
==>>When you take a step while walking, that helps drive blood through your arteries, into the brain.
When you are on a Power Plate, the blood pumps much more quickly.
Especially for older people who can't move as quickly, using a Power Plate each day will help keep your brain sharp.
Scientists from two of Japan’s leading medical institutes have published exciting new research concluding that whole body vibration, delivered by Power Plate, increased cerebral blood flow and enhanced cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment, a pre-clinical stage of dementia.
The average rate of progression of dementia is 5-15% each year. Using advanced brain imaging technologies, these researchers discovered increased regional cerebral blood flow ratio (rCBF) in the parietal and occipital lobes.
The authors assert that due to the lack of effective drug therapies for Alzheimer disease, “preclinical and non-medical interventions are essential for preventing and treating cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment."
This suggests that Power Plate can be a critical tool in mitigating the progression of cognitive decline."
Read more of the Science Behind Power Plate here.
Learn more about the Power Plate pro5 here.
The my7 is currently the best value. It is used for both home and commercial settings.
Parents Of Athletes:
Did you know that the top strength and conditioning coaches for college/pro sports teams use Power Plate with their athletes?
94% of pro football teams, 87% of pro baseball teams and 70% of pro basketball teams use Power Plate. Many top Division 1 football coaches use Power Plate. Sports training center IMG has dozens of Power Plates throughout their campus. Top soccer teams throughout Europe use Power Plate. (read the full list of teams here.)
Why do they use our technology? Keep reading here.
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-Jackie
Power Plate