Whole body vibration platform

[Kelrjd]

Has anybody used a whole body vibration platform? Did it help your PD?

[Cbgs]

I use a vibration plate at the gymThe wall is plastered with claims that it MAY help with sooo many issues ...

I haven’t noticed anything ... except of course the fat giggling !!

🤣🤣

[Kelrjd in reply to Cbgs]

LOL 🤣It sounds like a tonic, too good to be true. I still have one coming in the mail we'll see if it works

[Propertytyphoon]

Hi I have wondered if this might help so asked these guys, charconeurotech.co.uk/ who I have been working with on their device ( Contact me if you would like to know more and I will gladly pass on your details)

They said "When we researched the whole body vibration stimulation we found a meta-analysis from 2012 concluding that the benefits if statistically significant would be modest. I have added the link to this here:-

cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/do...

It has links to 10 studies, 6 specific to Parkinson’s, which they reviewed. Importantly the interventions seemed to be safe though they suggested more was done to report this too."

Hope it helps

[Kelrjd in reply to Propertytyphoon]

Thank you for all the info!

[kgold]

Dr. Terry Wahls, who has MS, recommends a vibration plate as part of therapy for not only MS but also PD. We just bought one so the jury is out.

[faridaro in reply to kgold]

Can you please update us on your experience with the vibration plate?

[Kelrjd]

I'm actually reading her book right now. I have MS and PD too. I bought one also, I should get it on the 16th. Let me know if you feel any different

[faridaro in reply to Kelrjd]

Can you please update us on your experience with the vibration plate? I would like to try it for PD and osteoporosis, but not sure if it's worth buying.

[Kelrjd in reply to faridaro]

Absolutely! I try to use it for 15 minutes at least 5 days a week, first thing in the morning. No matter how sore or stiff I am, it really works all the kinks out. I have lost about 3 lb so, not too concerned about the weight loss though, that's an added bonus. I am definitely glad we bought it, we got ours from walmart.com. I know they can range in price from $300 to $4,00 0, we bought ours for $300. I used it out about a 26 mph speed, I know it can go higher, and there's a lot of programs thatI haven't even looked at yet. I would say it's definitely worth it, especially for easing my sore muscles. And I think the cheaper one works just as well as the expensive one

[Kelrjd in reply to Kelrjd]

Not sure if I'm getting new synapses, but I'm pretty much the same as I was a year ago with my PD

[Propertytyphoon in reply to Kelrjd]

possibly a daft question, but what do you do on it?

Just stand or a range of exercises.

I actually have one but seldom use it however thinking that's a bit daft on reflection, thanks

[Kelrjd in reply to Propertytyphoon]

Me personally, I do a few different exercises on it. I know there's a lot of programs on it already that I haven't looked at yet. I usually use it at a 30 speed, stand on it for half the time, sometimes my arms out to the side to control my balance. And the other half I kneel on the ground and put my hands on it. It's a good massage for my upper shoulders and neck which need it the most

[Kelrjd in reply to faridaro]

Walmart.com

Whole body vibration platform

[faridaro in reply to Kelrjd]

Thank you for sharing your experience! I am going to look into buying one.

[Kelrjd in reply to faridaro]

I wish you all the best! Let me know how you like it

[House2 in reply to faridaro]

I personally know 2 people who increased bone density with whole body vibration, neither had PD,however.

[faridaro in reply to House2]

That's encouraging, thanks for sharing.

[deedee777 in reply to Kelrjd]

Has the Vibration Plate Machine helped you? If so, in what ways?

[Kelrjd in reply to deedee777]

I've had it about a year now, and I feel it does help a lot. It's my go-to when I'm just feeling off. It helps take care of my tremors, my pain from the dystonia, and the anxiety. I guess you could call it my little injection of dopamine, 😂And just like everything else we do, the effects don't last long, but I'd say it gives me at least a couple hours of feeling so called normal. I've increased to a 40-speed and I still only do it for 10 minutes

[Propertytyphoon]

Keep us posted if you start to feel different.And for those with PD or carers keen to know more, there is a group with PD who are sharing info on all sorts of topics that might help. It's on the App Slack, so feel free to join, contribute/ share where you are comfortable to do so.

This is a link - all free and just another forum to share anecdotal info

Sign up here, from any device:

join.slack.com/t/nosilverbu...

[Kelrjd in reply to Propertytyphoon]

Thanks ☺️

[catodd]

I have one. It doesn't help me much with tremors, but it helps a lot with muscle soreness.

[Kelrjd in reply to catodd]

Thank you for responding! Right now my tremors are okay, I can deal with them. I'm glad it helped with the muscle soreness, that's my biggest complaint right now

[Propertytyphoon]

Can I ask for an update from people using these Vibration plates?

I have a "Power Plate My5" which I have yet to use on a regular basis and would like some guidance.

It has 3 settings, ( 30hz 35hz 40hz) and I wonder what people feel is the best setting, for how long and how best to use it ( ie simply sitting on it or standing on it, and if the latter with straight legs of bent knees/ ankles- I ask the last bit as how you stand on it seems to determine how 'sever' the vibration feels through your whole body, etc

There seems to be a couple of papers on this but nothing too recent (other than my post earlier for a paper in 2012) that I can find and not particularly long studies, so if anyone has come across more information pls share.

Thank you

[Farooqji]

Excerpt from the book "Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease"

By the 1880s, thanks to his extensive clinical research at the Salpêtrière, Charcot had essentially completed the clinical picture of Parkinson’s disease, at least when it came to the motor symptoms. He would have had little difficulty distinguishing those of us at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal who had Parkinson’s from those who didn’t. And in addition to becoming an expert at diagnosing the condition, he started treating patients’ symptoms, like tremor, with plant-based formulations that he came up with by trial and error. He prescribed hyoscyamine—an extract of jimsonweed—in pill form rolled into bits of white bread. Other medicines were derived from belladonna (deadly nightshade).

Charcot developed other intriguing therapies. Having observed that the symptoms of Parkinson’s patients appeared to improve after long rides in carriages, in trains, and even on horseback, he speculated that the vibrations might be therapeutic. So Charcot developed an electrically powered “shaking chair,” or fauteuil trépidant. One of his students, Gilles de la Tourette, refined this concept into a portable shaking helmet that vibrated the brain. His therapeutic vibration concept was recently tested in a controlled trial using commercially available massage chairs. Patients were assigned to one of two groups: one cohort had daily sessions in a vibrating chair for one month; the other had the same number of sessions in the same chair but with the vibration switched off. Both groups were exposed to relaxing natural sounds, such as ocean waves. The researchers concluded that what Charcot observed was largely a placebo effect, in which perceived benefit had more to do with the patient’s and the clinician’s wishful expectations of improvement than the vibrational therapy.

Vibrating chair