HyperVibe whole body vibration

Weight Bearing (Resistance) Exercise - Don’t be overwhelmed trying to understand Whole Body Vibration (WBV), WBV is simply an alternative, and more efficient form of weight bearing exercise, just like lifting weights and doing push ups etc.

Stimulation - One of the key elements of WBV is to stimulate one of the body’s natural defensive mechanisms, the stretch reflex. This reflex stimulates the nervous system, and as a result a number of the other body systems are stimulated.

Movement - It’s such a simple concept, but from the time we are rocked as a baby, movement plays a very important role in our health. WBV creates movement which creates response, adaption and awareness.

Backed by decades of research WBV provides numerous health benefits, and is ever increasing in popularity. Just 10 minutes a day, 3-4 times a week on the HyperVibe Performance machine is all you need to get you on your way to achieving your health and fitness goals. HyperVibe WBV machines have been designed and developed in AUSTRALIA by a team of health and technical professionals, and offers you a machine with features not previously available. HyperVibe WBV is a revolutionary way to stay healthy and fit.

There is a use for HyperVibe for almost anyone. HyperVibe machines are currently being used by:

• Universities such as James Cook University, and Victoria University
• Physiotherapy and Chiropractic centres such as Riseley Physiotherapy and Peak Potential
• First grade sporting teams, such as the West Tigers and Gold Coast United
• Weight loss clinics and retreats such as Hypoxi Studios and The New Me
• Gyms such as Your Fitness and EFM Health Clubs
• Medical Centres such as Positive Health and Claremont

The first applications of vibrations for the improvement of human performance were developed in ancient Greece; a saw covered in cotton was used as a tool to transmit mechanical vibrations to the part of the body that was not functioning properly. The immediate predecessor of the modern vibration training is rhythmic neuromuscular stimulation (RNS). In former East Germany, Dr. Biermann was experimenting with the use of cyclic oscillations and their effects on the human body back in the sixties. In that same era, the Russian scientist Nazarov translated these findings to practical uses for athletes. He observed a substantial increase in flexibility and strength in the athletes he studied after the application of vibrations (Kunnemeyer & Smidtbleicher, 1997).

The Russians also performed experiments with "Biomechanical Stimulation" for the benefit of their athletes as well as their space program. Unlike WBV devices on which the user stands Biomechanical Stimulation uses vibration stimulation directly on muscles or tendons. RSI, the Russian Space Institute as well as ESA, the European Space Agency and NASA are experimenting with various types of Vibration Training Systems in order to get the ultimate benefits from the vibration stimulus. Due to the lack of gravity in space, astronauts and cosmonauts exhibited muscle atrophy (muscle impairment) and bone loss, which forces them to return to earth rather quickly.

For rehabilitation after elongated space flights Russian scientists experimented with Biomechanical Stimulation. Once the Iron Curtain had been dismantled, the West could finally profit from the information and experience that had been gathered in the previous years.