Causes and symptoms of osteoarthritis.
Power plate exercises for arthritis.
However a recent stud y in physical medicine rehabilitation found that in a group of asymptomatic middle aged wo men with risk factors for knee osteoarthritis the addition of wbv to a 12 week exercise program didn t offer additional benefits in terms of lower limb strength or power.
Share in a nutshell this study investigated the effectiveness of whole body vibration therapy in females with active rheumatoid arthritis.
6 the paper s lead author didn t rule wbv out as.
You may find a whole body vibration machine at a local gym or you can buy one for home use.
The authors concluded that this therapy can improve functional ability preserve bone mass and decrease fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
At the same time exercises done on a vibration machine may be an effective and safe low impact solution for reducing the pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
By far the most popular new addition to the passive exercise category is whole body vibration or wbv also known as power plate exercise.
An outgrowth of a program used to train russian.