This is an excerpt from Amy Andrews thesis paper for becoming a CHEK Level 4. This entire paper below is referenced from her research and findings.

After twelve weeks of steady use once, twice or three times per week with 20 subjects, including myself, I am happy to share with you the very positive effects my clients and I have enjoyed due to use of the Power Plate:

 

1. Increased endocrine balance:

a.)    improved blood sugar control which may be from reduced insulin resistance

b.)   reduced cortisol response and improved recovery and sense of well-being from overall reduction in stress hormone

c.)   improved anabolic state: cosmetic hair regrowth in eyebrows, lower legs, arms and hands

d.)   no delayed-onset muscle soreness due to anabolic state after challenging strength exercise

e.)   elimination of hot flashes

f.)    restoration of normal female menstrual cycle

 

2. Increased range of motion:

a.)    improved joint range in thoracic spine in all planes of movement

b.)   improved flexibility in all muscle groups stretched on the Plate, and in overall ROM  

performed in gross motor patterns (eg. Squat, lunge)

c.)    improved ability to tolerate new ranges of motion in ideal form

d.)   restoration of normal length tensions (tight muscle groups disappeared)

 

3. Improved circulation and lymphatic return:

a.)    swelling reduced in inflamed joints

b.)   body feels like you’ve done an hour of cardio in 10 minutes

c.)   improved respiration function

d.)   growing hair on lower legs, forearms, hands again

e.)   clients feel better, improved state of endorphin

 

 4. Rapid growth of lean muscle:

a.)    personal records in strength and performance: clients are lifting heavier than ever and able to hit the golf ball in good form further than ever before

b.)   most clients have reduced their clothing by one size while gaining one or two pounds

c.)   clients are and appear visibly leaner

 

5. Improved proprioception, balance, righting and tilting reflexes

a.)    clients with movement processing challenges are able to learn new motor patterns quickly and then are able to perform the new task on the ground in ideal form

b.)   previous processing problems are eliminated by proprioceptive advantages of Power Plate: clients can “feel” the ideal form better and learn more quickly

 

6. Loss of subcutaneous fat:

a.)     cellulite remodeling: dimples are vanishing

b.)    “skin fits better”

 

7. While my clients hope to see, over time, reversal of bone loss, they have baseline bone density measurements to compare to

 

8. Pain reduction

a.)    clients with pain are able to diffuse pain in 30 seconds on the Power Plate, then perform their workout

b.)    stabilizer muscles activate more completely and efficiently: when segmental stabilization is required, clients can “find” the fibers more easily, and stabilization occurs more like a symphony as a result

 

9. Increased energy

a.)    Clients feel better, the report a “spring in their step”

b.)   Clients are sleeping better, reporting less need for sleep aids

c.)   Clients are reporting having the energy to make healthy food choices and are hungry for healthier foods

 

Overall, myself included, all members of the trial feel better each time they use the Power Plate.

 

Study participants include some individuals  with training experience, some with no  exercise training age.  Twelve women participated whose ages range from 16 to mid-forties, fifties, low sixties.  Three men participated whose ages are 19, 44, 74.

 

I believe in vibration exercise as it has helped not only myself but many of my friends and family. I use it for sports training, but my parents use it to help stay fit and build bone mass.

You can see it at - EuroplateVibrationFitness-www.myeuroplate.com

I have also been on a power Plate machine and it was pretty good also.