Power Plate | Women and Bone Health

Osteoporosis, a degenerative bone disease, occurs in 1 out of 3 women who are of perimenopause and menopausal age. Women diagnosed with osteoporosis are at increased risk of bone fractures due to simple bumps and falling.
To counteract the risk factors, weight bearing exercise is a prescribed antidote to help osteoporotic women. Through the research of Julius Wolff, a German anatomist and surgeon, we learn that the human body can adapt and replace bone tissue through loading. In fact, the biological principle of Wolff’s Law describes that bone remodels along the lines of stress.
But not all ‘loading’ is created equal, and not all osteoporotic women can lift heavy loads to initiate bone remodeling. This is where Power Plate can be a huge benefit.
The rhythmic harmonious vibration of the Power Plate stimulates reflexive muscle activations. Your muscles, attached to your bones via tendons and ligaments, contract and pull on the bones. This pulling force is a stress that helps to initiate bone remodeling.
Reflexive muscle activations happen rapidly on the Power Plate. For example, setting the plate to vibrate at 30Hz for 30 seconds, stimulates 900 potential muscle activations. Compound that with 5-10 movements for 30 seconds each at 30 Hz and a lot of good stuff is happening!
Power Plate is a phenomenal tool to incorporate into a weight bearing exercise program, without requiring the exerciser to lift a lot of extra weight. The vibration increases the load and forces to the bone tissue, without predisposing the exerciser to injury. A win win!

[@sylviepatrick]

love the vibrations effect in that video. I can finally see these vibrations traveling through Hayley's body.

[@timothyalston30]

Good info. This will be beneficial when I recommend this to clients.