Get Smarter with Whole Body Vibration

Exercise Builds your Brain

  • In Jogging Your Brain, a New York Times magazine article published on April 22, 2012, the author, Gretchen Reynolds, states unequivecally, “For more than a decade, neuroscientists and physiologists have been gathering evidence of the beneficial relationship between exercise and brainpower.  But the newest findings make it clear that this isn’t just a relationship; it is the relationship…. Exercise, the latest neuroscience suggests, does more to bolster thinking than thinking does.”
  • “Exercise seems to slow or reverse the brain’s physical decay, much as it does with muscles.” (ibid.)
  • And Whole Body Vibration is intensive exercise: 10 minutes of WBV = 1 hour of conventional weight lifting.

How exercise stimuates growth and protects the brain:

  • Neurogenesis, the creation of new brain cells, was once thought to only happen before birth. It is now known that, at a slower pace, neurogenesis does continue throughout life.
  • Exercise triggers neurogenesis by prompting the production of brain-derived neurotropic factor, B.D.N.F.
  • B.D.N.F. strengthens cells and axons, strengthens the connections among neurons and sparks neurogenesis.

Could you use some Brain Simulation?

  • Beginning in their late 20′s, most people will lose about 1 percent annually of the cells in the hippocampus, a key portion of the brain related to memory and certian types of learning.
  • Are you reaching your potential?  Who even knows what their potential is. I believe it is often much greater than we realize, but that life, poor health and environmental factors, and our own negative thinking often gets in our way.
  • Exhibit A: Becca Chambers.  I spent 40 years telling people that I couldn’t write, that I had terrible writer’s block, and I was too repressed to write. It was all true, at that time. Writing was a nightmare most of my life, to the extent that I dropped out of high-school because I had to write a term paper, and I majored in Biology at college partly because you didn’t have to write papers. But from when I started vibrating daily with a Body Vibe four and half years ago, plus taking many high-potency homeopathics which release negative repressive energy, my writing began changing dramatically. I have since then written a book, Beyond the Great Abyss, that has gotten me lots of publicity including an interview on National Public Radio. And now there are two more books on the way.  Turns out I’m a writing demon!

 

 

 

 

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Detoxing with Whole Body Vibration

 What is detoxing and why do you need it?

  • Our environment is loaded with thousands of toxins, including heavy metals, environmental toxins, prescription medications and antibiotics.  It is estimated that there are over 30,000 chemicals in common usage today in the US.
  • As much as we try to avoid them, if you eat, drink and breathe you will have built up levels of all sorts of toxins in your body as well. In an PBS TV special several years ago Bill Moyers, as a typical healthy person, had his blood tested at Mt Sinai School of Medicine.  84 different and highly toxic substances were found in his blood and body.
  • Toxins have been linked to many chronic diseases.
  • Detoxing is the process of your body ridding itself of toxic substances. Your body has natural methods and systems to do this, but with the build up of toxic levels that happens over time, and the consequent breakdown of health it often becomes critically important to support and aid your body in this process.

Why Whole Body Vibration is a powerful detox system:

  • When vibrating all your muscle fibers will involuntarily tense and relax at the same rate the machine is vibrating, 20-80 times/second, which creates a powerful massage for your lymph system.
  • The lymph system is one of the body’s primary natural detoxing systems, and it is designed to move the lymph fluids through muscle contractions. So the intensive workout provided by WBV naturally leads to an increase in detoxing.
  • This detoxing effect is so powerful that it is the major limiting factor for most people using Whole Body Vibration.  I advise starting with just one minute of WBV and working up slowly as your body strengthens and your health improves. Healthy people can tolerate more, but if your health is poor, be cautious as detoxing can be difficult for already stressed systems.
  • Increased circulation of blood during vibration also delivers more nutrients and oxygen to all cells stimulating increased dumping of toxins into the lymph.

Tips for detoxing with WBV:

  •  Start with just a little vibration (1 min. at the slowest speed) and slowly work your way up, first increasing the time and eventually the frequency. Every time you use the vibration you will get stronger and able to handle more detoxing the next time.
  • If you start to feel an increase in symptoms this may be due to detoxing. As with detoxing from a massage or sauna you may see such common detox symptoms as exhaustion, digestive problems, or headaches, but any problem can temporarily increase with detox overload.  This is because a “weak link” in your system is a likely area for stress to show up.
  • If you are in detox overload you should slow or stop the vibration and help your body to handle this extra stress.  Drink extra water and get plenty of sleep.  Additionally you can try any of the following:
  • Take activated charcoal, 2-6 capsules 2-3 times/day, but be sure to take this product on an empty stomach (2 hrs after food and 1 hr before food) as it will absorb nutrients as well as toxins.
  • Take PectaSol-C (modified citrus pectin), 1-3 times/day.  This is a great product that will be absorbed into your bloodstream, go everywhere in your body, and absorb only toxins.  Can be taken with or without food.
  • Try Protoclear, an excellent liver support nutritional powder that combines many detox support nutrients, herbs and PectaSol. You can buy this product through my account with Emerson Ecologics (or any other product on their website) and you will receive a 15% discount.  Register (create your account), then plug in my name:  Becca Chambers, my code: BCHAMB, and my zip code:  02420
  • Consult with naturopath Becca Chambers for your specific situation. Sometimes additional products and/or homeopathics are needed to resolve a situation.
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Energy and Whole Body Vibration

Physiological changes seen with WBV that increase energy levels:

  • WBV has been show to increase testosterone levels which is linked in both men and women to their energy level, mood and libido, as well as sexual performance in men.
  • As men get older their testosterone level gradually declines — typically about 1 percent a year after age 30. Women have testosterone levels about 10% of men’s to begin with and their testosterone levels drop rapidly at menopause.
  • WBV increases circulation bringing additional oxygen and nutrients to all cells providing the fuel for cellular metabolism, which creates energy.
  •  WBV raises serotonin – a major antidepressant effect which can dramatically affect energy levels (see blog post Powerful Antidepressant).
  • Increased muscle strength (see blog post Muscle Strength).

Vibrational energy (chi) is unblocked and balanced:

  • A different energy, your vibrational energy field, is a “living matrix” with several electromagnetic characteristics. One of these characteristics is piezoelectricity, the ability to turn mechanical vibration into electrical vibration. (Source is researcher James Oschman, in Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.’s Soul Medicine, p. 212.)
  • Therefore, when you stand on the mechanically vibrating plate of a Body Vibe machine you instantly turn the mechanical vibration of the plate into all the different electrical energy vibrations you need to help heal, balance and unblock all parts of your energy system.
  • Since your Chi energy is what powers and guides your whole system, free-flowing, vibrant energy will result in many mind and body benefits including more physical energy with which to heal your body and enjoy your life.

Evidence of vibrational (chi) energy changes: 

  • The dramatic decreases in pain that are often seen with Whole Body Vibration are most likely due to chi balancing effects as they happen so rapidly and dramatically that only  vibrational Chi energy can explain it. (Similarly, the traditional Chinese energy medicine of acupuncture can lead to rapid and powerful pain decreases. For example, I once had a tooth extracted painlessly with only acupuncture as the anesthesia, and I am generally very sensitive to all pain including dental work.)
  • I have seen hundreds of people step on a Body Vibe in pain at the natural health expos where I exhibit, and get off 1-2 minutes later with much or all their pain gone.
  • I also have many clients whose chronic pain disappears or decreases with regular WBV use. (see the Physical Therapy page of Vibrant health’s website for testimonials).
  • When people who are “energy sensitive” get on a Body Vibe they report feeling energy shooting around in their bodies, their energy meridians unblocking, and their chakras spinning faster.

Anecdotal evidence of mental and physical energy increasing:

  • In my experience of using Whole Body Vibration with thousands of people, most report increased energy and well-being. Below are two particularly amusing and dramatic cases.
  • A woman in her late 50′s came to see me. She had very low energy to the point where she would use a shopping cart at the grocery store even if she only needed one item, just so she would have something to lean on while walking around.  After one week of vibration she was no longer using a shopping cart as a walker.  After 3 months of twice weekly vibration, she came in late one day after a big snowstorm… she had shoveled not only her own driveway, but also her elderly neighbor’s.
  • Another true story:  A woman in her 40′s came to see me complaining of low energy and general malaise.  After 2 weeks of twice weekly vibration sessions she told me she went home after the last session and scrubbed the kitchen floor by hand.  When she finished the floor she started in on the walls.  Her husband, sprawled on the couch where they normally would both be sacked out after a long day, exclaimed, “What has gotten into you!”

 

 

 

 

 

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Physical Therapy and Whole Body Vibration

WBV is increasingly being used for physical therapy:

  • Sports franchises and top athletes use WBV for athletic training but also because the athletes heal faster from injuries, and are less likely to be injured in the first place as their joints are stronger.
  • Top physical therapy centers use WBV in addition to other modalities.
  • Vibrant Health has seen many dramatic and rapid improvements using WBV with clients with a wide range of joint and movement issues including arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, pulled and strained muscles, weakness, range of motion, flexibility, and other issues. See Vibrant Health’s website for testimonials.

Why Whole Body Vibration is effective physical therapy

  • Research has shown that Human Growth Hormone (HGH) levels increase with WBV up to 150%.  HGH levels typically fall with age and it is your major anti-aging, regeneration, repair and regrowth hormone. In fact, higher levels of HGH help your body to heal all sorts of health issues as well as joint issues. This is also the hormone that athletes will sometimes break laws to increase.
  • Pain and inflammation levels often drop rapidly using WBV, sometimes from one session. Such rapid reductions in pain and inflammation are likely due to the “energy” or chi balancing effect of WBV as it is too fast to attribute to other causes.   I have often had people try WBV for one minute and report that their pain is gone or decreased.  Most cases, however, will require regular WBV to acheive lasting pain reduction.
  • Vibration training is an effective way to strengthen muscles, tendons and ligaments without stressing them, as you do not need to move to work your muscles, only to hold a position.
  • Flexibility and range of motion increases at the same time as strength. Muscle fibers are stimulated to tense and relax at the same rate as the vibration, 20-50 times/second. The relaxation phase of this automatic response rapidly but gently increases flexibility.

One Vibrant Health success story:

  •  I am a 57 year old tradesman. After a lifetime of hard physical work I had come to expect arthritic pain as a normal part of my workday. My ankles, knees, hips, and lower back jabbed at me constantly and my response had been to tough it out. It was a losing proposition and it appeared that hip replacement was inevitable.
    When a friend offered to let me try her vibration machine, the skeptic in me thought “yeah, right.” That was  weeks ago. This morning I scampered down the stairs like a teenager. The remarkable thing is that I felt relief after the first 5 minute session. Now, I simply stand on my Body Vibe for 5 minutes each morning and then head off to work with a happy song in my heart. The pain has gone. Imagine that.     Wayne Young
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Losing Weight with Whole Body Vibration

How whole body vibration (WBV) helps you lose weight:

  • WBV is an intense workout (see earlier post Increase Explosive Muscle Strength, April 4, 2012) and like any workout this will increase your metabolic rate so you burn more calories and lose weight more easily - but the time required to achieve the same results is much less. Ten minutes of WBV = one hour of conventional weight training.
  • WBV raises serotonin levels in your brain, a powerful antidepressant effect (see post Powerful Antidepressant! April 12, 2012). With your mental state happier and calmer it is much easier for you to eat properly and exercise.  Everybody knows what they should do to lose weight, the problem is actually doing it. WBV helps you be in that calm and relaxed, but energized mental state where you can achieve your goals.
  • WBV gives you strength (increased muscle power) and energy (future blog post).  So when you do go out to exercise, now more often, you will work harder, burning more calories.
  • WBV lowers cortisol levels.  Cortisol is a major stress and aging hormone that promotes fat production and storage.

Research Results:

  • Research conducted at Sanaderm health clinic in Germany on the effects of vibration enhanced exercise training for cellulite reduction and fat loss demonstrated that six months of training a maximum of 11 minutes on the vibration platform reduced cellulite by 25.68 %. In addition when Vibration was combine with aerobic activity for 40 minutes they experienced a 32 % reduction cellulite. (Sanaderm Health Clinic Germany)
  • Another study evaluated the effect of vibration training in comparison to traditional training methods over a period of 6 weeks. Body fat % was reduced by 11.2 % compared to 10.6% in the traditional training group. Body fat reduction was greater in the vibration group and the total exercise time considerably less. (Pneumex and S.Sordorff.PT, Sandpoint Idaho)
  • A study evaluating the effects of vibration training on weight loss: In this study the vibration training group had a net increase of 12 % in their resting metabolic rate after 3 months. Consequently, WBV can allow one to burn more calories compared to non-active individuals. (Slim & Shape Centers Inc., Windsor Canada)

How to get the best results:

  • Gradually build up to 10-30 minutes (depending on which model you are using) of exercises.
  • Start slow – probably with just one minute.  Too much, too soon can lead to detox overload (future blog post) which could end up causing you to temporarily gain weight instead of losing weight!  Why?  WBV is a powerful detox and too much too soon can stress your body and cause a temporary flare up of Candida Albicans yeast in your gut.  This can cause bloating and water retention (see Candida Yeast Appendix).  Additional unhelpful effects often caused by yeast include depression and sugar cravings.
  • To be evaluated for issues like Candida yeast and hormonal imbalances that can make it hard to lose weight contact naturopath Becca Chambers. She will assess your health status and design a personalized holistic approach including nutrition, nutritional supplements and homeopathy in addition to WBV.
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Increase Explosive Muscle Strength

The workout of champions:

  • Whole body vibration (WBV) was originally developed for Olympic athletes  in Russia in the 1970′s.
  • Numerous research studies have shown that on a powerful vibration machine 10 minutes of whole body vibration = 1 hour of conventional weight training in terms of increasing explosive muscle strength, bone density, metobolic rate (weight loss), flexibility, balance and coordination.
  • Now used by most professional sports teams and elite competitors around the world. For examples check the “Whole Body Vibration Users” section of Vibrant Health’s WBV page.
  • Almost anybody can use WBV. It is very easy to adapt workouts to any level, in fact if you just stand on the machine, which feels like a massage, you will still be getting stronger.

How WBV rapidly increases explosive muscle strength:

  • WBV is an intensive workout. Vibration rates for exercising are usually 20 – 40 times per second.  Involuntarily all your muscle fibers will tense and relax at that same rate. This creates 2-3000 tiny but effective reps/min.
  • Holding weight against vibration increases the gravitational forces.  Effectively your muscles will be holding 2-3 times your body weight (depending on the amplitude of the vibration).
  • 100% of the targeted muscle fibers will be activated, because 100% of your neurons will fire.  Usually only a fraction of the targeted muscle fibers will activate, for example in a squat only about 40% of your leg muscles are actually working.
  • The neurological stimulation causes the rapid growth and connections of neurons to more muscle fibers. After three weeks of vibration training more muscle fibers will respond when those muscles are used.

How to get the best results:

  • Use a Body Vibe machine.  All Body Vibes are designed with a holistic perspective to best support all aspects of your system (mind, body and spirit): muscular/skeletal and physical body, nervous system, and energetic fields.  Consult with naturopath Becca Chambers for the best model and program for you. Other more powerful machines should be avoided. They achieve more power by using two motors.  Two motors are desynchronizing for your nervous system and your energy field – very detrimental, especially long-term.
  • Target different muscle groups by changing positions on the Body Vibe. For example, a squat position will cause the leg muscle to work, while a push-up position with one’s hands on the vibration plate and feet off, will work the arm and shoulder muscles.
  • Do one minute intervals in different positions.  In ten minutes you will have gotten a full-body workout.
  • Use a holistic approach incorporating nutrition, nutritional supplements and homeopathy, as well as lots of WBV.

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Powerful Antidepressant!

Whole Body Vibration (WBV) is a natural, safe, rapid, non-addictive and legal way to increase serotonin levels:

  • What is serotonin? A critical neurotransmitter in your brain that makes you calm and happy and helps you to sleep. This is the same neurotransmitter that prescription antidepressant drugs effect, as well as illegal drugs such as Ecstasy.
  • Research studies measuring increased serotonin levels have only been done in animals because brain tissue samples must be taken.
  • Anecdotal evidence for humans is very strong.  Hundreds of my clients report very rapid and dramatic improvements in mood, energy, and sleep within days of beginning regular vibration sessions.
  • Thousands more report immediate mood improvement (as well as pain reduction which will be covered in a future blog post) after free demos at health shows where I exhibit Body Vibes.

How to get the best results:

  • Start with only a very small amount of vibration and increase slowly. Vibration is has powerful effects on every aspect of your system as well as your brain. One of these effects is detoxification which is good for your health (a future post), but too much too soon can cause the common but uncomfortable state of detoxification overload. To avoid this start at 1 min. at the lowest speed setting and increase just 30-60 seconds/day. Later you can try increasing faster. I usually give people at shows only one minute of vibration (conservative but safe) and they still end up laughing, smiling and reporting an improved mood and sense of well-being.
  • Use whole body vibration every day.  Initially the antidepressant, well-being, and pain reduction effects will usually only last a day or two, though some people report long-lasting effects from just one or two sessions.  After continued use, and as you work up to longer sessions, the effects will last longer.
  • Use a Body Vibe machine.  Dr. Keith DeOrio, a medical intuitive M.D. who uses only natural methods, and also my doctor and mentor for the last 20 years, has worked with Body Vibe International to develop a machine that is optimized for all aspects of your health including mind, body and spirit. Most whole body vibration machine manufacturers are exercise equipment companies (WBV was first developed for Olympic athletes).  They have an athletic training mind-set and know very little about holistic natural health.
  • Use whole body vibration with a personalized holistic approach including nutrition, nutritional supplements and homeopathy, designed for you by naturopath Becca Chambers. Especially for chronic and/or severe depression this will be necessary.

 

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Increasing Bone Density

Whole body vibration has been proven in numerous research studies to increase bone density:

  • Studies on mice, sheep and turkeys have shown dramatic results increasing bone density up to 30%  from 6 months of daily vibration (with simultaneous corresponding decreases in fat).
  • Studies with people have shown slower but steady rates of bone density increases.
  • A likely reason for this difference in results is that the animals are usually young and healthy (able to respond and heal faster) and eating controlled diets with all the proper nutrients and minerals included.  Human studies focus on older people where there is a high incidence of osteoporosis or osteopenia, and people often do not eat optimum diets.

How vibration works to increase bone density:

  • It is the contraction of muscle fibers where they attach to bone that signals your body to build bone.  When your muscles contract they quiver and it is that low impact, high frequency quivering (similar to Body Vibe vibration machines) that is the signal your bones are responding to.
  • Vibration causes all your muscle fibers to contract 20-80 times per second, depending on the speed and type of machine, resulting in a massive signal to your bones.
  • You might think such a powerful vibration would be uncomfortable but the vast majority of people report comfort and pleasure, often saying it feels like a massage.

How to get the best results:

  • Use the proper Body Vibe machine for your situation.  All Body Vibes are designed with a holistic perspective to best support all aspects of your system (mind, body and spirit): muscular/skeletal and physical body, nervous system, and energetic fields.  Consult with naturopath Becca Chambers for the best model and program for you.
  • To increase bone density, slowly (to avoid detoxing problems) work up to at least 10-30 minutes/day of vibration depending on which Body Vibe machine you are using.
  • Use a holistic approach incorporating nutrition, nutritional supplements and homeopathy, as well as lots of whole body vibration.
  • Vary your position on the Body Vibe to target your weak areas.

My client’s results:

  • Using a holistic approach I have had dozens of people  reverse bone density loss.
  • My most dramatic case: A 70 year old woman with an initial T-score of -3.9 (lower score is more severe) and a situation described as “you could have a crushing fracture of your vertebrae from coughing hard or going over a bump in the road.” Four bone density tests over four years document the complete reversal of her bone loss, without the use of any prescription drugs.  Her final T-score: +0.5  - “the bones of a healthy young woman.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The BTGA Workbook

This workbook is now complete.  It was designed to help readers of my book, Beyond the Great Abyss, to apply the ideas in the book to their own lives.  In each chapter there is a highlighting of a main theme in the narritive and how that might apply to your life, an intuition development exercise, the homeopathic of the week, and a natural health tip.

Suggested usage is to start at the beginning with the Intro post and work your way through all the chapters in conjunction with reading Beyond the Great Abyss.

 

 

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Wookbook Chapter 29: The Ecstasy of Love

In the last chapter of Beyond the Great Abyss there is love, resolution and truth for Becky. A bright future beckons.

Do you feel bright and full of hope?  Life is a process, so don’t worry if you’re not there yet. You have grown and learned through your experiences with this workbook, in your abilities and power, and of many powerful methods to help you build the life you want.  It is always your choice where you go in life; delve more deeply, exploring whole body vibration, homeopathy and your intuitive powers further, or try something else, either way, I wish you a safe and joyful journey. (See Workbook Introduction for how to use this workbook). Continue reading

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