12 Apr Vibration Therapy for Spine Rehabilitation
To relieve pain, you might think you need a “solid” platform on which to treat and rehabilitate your body, but at Mile High Spine & Pain Center, a “shaking” platform might actually be the key to resolving your spinal pain. Vibration therapy has popped up on the scene as a successful technique for pain relief and spine rehabilitation. It consists of delivering intense vibrations to areas of the body in pain or in need of repair. These painless vibrations speed healing and deliver nutrient-rich blood to the affected area of the body. Muscles will tense and relax up to 12 times per second, allowing muscles to gain more flexibility and range of motion in just a few minutes. Patients will experience relief for their symptoms and will gain improved balance, range of motion, flexibility and improved bone mineral density. Your Mile High Spine & Pain Center specialist will help realign your spine through vibration therapy, allowing you to enjoy better athletic performance and a better quality of life overall. Call today if you are suffering from pain and complications with the spine!
Spine Rehabilitation
One of our main goals is to get you back to your regular activities pain free and as soon as possible. We specialize in many areas of spine rehabilitation such as chiropractic care, dry needle therapy, trigger-point therapy, neuropathy treatments and more. We know how important the spine is to carrying your body properly and allowing you full range of motion and performance of everyday activities. A treatment we absolutely love is vibration therapy to relieve pain and rehabilitate your body. Why? Because it is a treatment that is very easy on you, but highly effective with producing results in very little time. Treatments don’t need to be lengthy or time-consuming to be effective. We search for the best treatments that work efficiently at helping your body naturally rehabilitate itself.
Vibration Therapy: What Is It?
Vibration therapy is a therapeutic, non-invasive and non-narcotic method for promoting pain relief and healing throughout the body in your tissues, joints and muscles. We use vibration therapy to repair damage to soft tissues in your discs, ligaments and muscles. How do we do this? Our rehabilitative vibration therapy is done through the use of a vibration machine that produces strong vibrations to contract and relax your muscles dozens of times per second. The light shaking and strong vibrations promote increased blood flow all throughout areas of your body for healing and correction from injuries. Patients only need to be on a vibration machine for a few minutes each session, as the muscles are worked intensely even though it is a relatively passive exercise on your body. Unlike a routine workout session, you won’t feel fatigued after vibration therapy, but your body will feel noticeably better and stronger.
The rehabilitative effects of this therapy happen so quickly that patients only need to be on the machines for a few minutes. With this powerful technology, treatments don’t need to be lengthy or time-consuming to be effective. Treatment sessions are customized for your unique body and needs to give you the best possible results. Tendons, ligaments, muscles and discs can all reap noticeable benefits from vibration therapy.
The Origin of Vibration Therapy
Did you know that the actual origin of vibration therapy came directly from research from Russian and American scientists trying to help their astronauts in space? Because of the lack of gravity in space, scientists began to see serious muscle atrophy in their astronauts in zero gravity. They had to come up with ways to strengthen and repair the muscles that would be able to be done in space but with strong results. They found that vibration therapy was a way to keep the muscles working as well as speed healing to muscles that experienced atrophy. That same rehabilitative technology is used today at our facility.
Spine Rehabilitation Benefits with Vibration Therapy
Not all who are injured use vibration therapy. Vibration therapy is used to help rehabilitate astronauts in space, but it is also used for the everyday athlete to keep their muscles toned and strong. We use this therapy to rehabilitate our patients after injuries or those with spinal conditions and pain. With any spinal injury, the recovery process time can be slow, but with vibration, that time could naturally be sped up. When vibrations are sent through to your muscles at such a fast rate, nutrient-dense blood flow is also going to your muscles. More nutrients means all the good stuff is going to your muscles for faster healing. Additional benefits we have seen in our patients are improved balance (especially in older adults), greater flexibility and greater range of motion in the body because of that rehabilitated flexibility. Because of the nutrient-dense blood rushing to your muscles and joints, we also see improved mineral density in the bones, which can reduce the likelihood of breaks. Some studies also show that vibration therapy can help promote weight loss, as it keeps your muscles working and active, burning more energy.
Your Mile High Spine & Pain Center specialist will help realign and heal your spine through vibration therapy, allowing you to enjoy better athletic performance or a better quality of life overall. If you are suffering from pain and complications with the spine, call our office today at (720) 507-0080 for a spine rehabilitation consultation.