When Dr Patrycja Mrozek, at the Department of Physiotherapy, Medical University of Łódź, began researching the effects of vibration on pain in the lumbosacral spine, there was nothing to predict the surprising discoveries that would take place in the small laboratory of the Department of Physiotherapy Didactics at the Medical University of Łódź. The patients selected for the study, aged between 33 and 85 years, turned up at the appointed time. Each with back pain, some with chronic pain and hoping that the vibration therapy sessions that were about to begin would bring at least temporary pain relief.
A medical experiment conducted in 2010 proved to be a milestone in research into the use of medical vibration therapy for the treatment of back, joint and muscle pain. Ten therapy sessions reduced the intensity of pain in the subjects by 87% !
Faculties of Physiology, Rehabilitation and Cosmetology at the Krakow University of Physical Education, becoming a world leader in medical vibration therapy research.
In another study, conducted at the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków, a team led by Professor Tomasz Pałka investigated the effect of Vitberg vibration therapy, on sacro-lumbar back pain. The study was conducted in Vitberg outpatient clinics throughout Poland.The experiment involved 4278 people over the age of 40. After 5 days of one-hour vibration therapies in the spinal area, as many as 2396 people noticed a significant reduction in pain in this area. A success rate of 56 per cent is more than adequate, especially as this therapy can be used by everyone, also at home.
If you want to slim down effectively, try vibration training. You will be surprised by the results.
At the same university, another team of researchers, led by Professor Wanda Pilch, conducted a number of studies on the use of vibration therapy in cosmetology.It was discovered that an important purpose of using vibration is to shape the figure and improve body composition. The best results are obtained in people with major body composition disorders, where vibration training can be an initial, easy-to-accept form of physical activity.
A team led by Dr Anna Piotrowska has discovered a way to use vibrotherapy to reduce the symptoms of cellulite. The study demonstrated the usefulness of vibration applied generally as well as topically. Research was also conducted using combined therapies, where the vibration stimulus was an enhancement of laser therapy and ultrasound treatments.
The greatest discovery, however, was the use of the Vitberg RS apparatus to improve the absorption and action of cosmetic preparations. This research gave rise to the development of a completely new method of applying medicines and cosmetics through the skin, called vibrophoresis.
Doctoral research, by Dr Alicja Pasterczyk- Szczurek, proves the effectiveness of vibration therapy in knee pain.
Several months of doctoral research, under the supervision of Professor Joanna Golec, conducted at the Vitberg research and development centre, have shed a completely new light on knee rehabilitation. It turned out that just three weeks of vibration therapy was enough to reduce knee pain by 30% and maintain these results for up to a month.
In the course of research, it was discovered that vibrotherapy stimulates blood circulation, improves the ability to exchange nutrients, hormones and gases. As a result, it speeds up the healing process, facilitates post-traumatic tissue regeneration and reduces the number of inflammatory cells and receptors.
Regular vibration therapy treatments help to keep muscles in good shape in people aged 55+
In his paper: “The effect of vibration therapy on human muscle tissue” , Dr Pawel Pogwizd, analysing scientific research in this field, discovered that vibrotherapy improves and even restores lost motor skills also in people aged 55 -85 years.
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