As National Osteoporosis Awareness Month approaches in May, a revolutionary fitness and wellness method that’s become the method of choice with global celebrities and elite professional athletes is showing itself to be a formidable weapon in the prevention and treatment of Osteoporosis. Acceleration Training™ (vibration training) is providing individuals with an effective method in the ongoing fight against Osteoporosis.

Although Power Plate North America has never marketed its products as medical devices (specifically marketed for fitness and exercise), the company is seeing its products bring compelling results to individuals and professionals dealing with Osteoporosis. Both published research and a host of anecdotal, first-hand experiences by doctors, therapists and Osteoporosis patients are supporting the use of Acceleration Training™ via Advanced Vibration Technology™. These products, like the popular Power Plate® product line, are backed as a highly-effective method of preventing and treating this condition that affects 44 million Americans at a cost of $17 billion in treatment annually. Kay Smith, a personal trainer and Pilates instructor from Colleyville, Texas, has experienced significant and compelling results with her Osteoporosis, utilizing Acceleration Training™.

“I have never had results like this even with weight training, which I had done for more than 15 years,” said Smith. “Even my doctor is amazed that after the huge drop in my bone density when reaching menopause, I am now building bone in my spine and hips without taking drugs or estrogen.” To date, resistance training and pharmacology have been the most common methods of treating Osteoporosis. However, conventional resistance training and its high-impact nature often present considerable challenges to the mature adult and elderly audiences that are facing the condition. Acceleration Training™ is now offering a proven solution, virtually custom-made for this audience.

“Conventional resistance training methods can create challenges for a wide range of the population either reluctant to, or unable to, engage in the time consuming and high stress obstacles associated with them,” said Scott Hopson, Director of Research, Education and Training for Power Plate North America. “Acceleration Training™ provides an exciting and holistic alternative, using the natural forces of gravity, in a significantly lees stressful and time consuming environment – as little as 20 minutes 3 times per week.”

In 2004, the American Journal of Bone Mineral Research published the results of a six-month study conducted with 70 post-menopausal woman, comparing bone scan results of those utilizing Acceleration Training™ (via Power Plate® equipment) over a 24-week period with those utilizing conventional resistance training over the same period. Bone scan results for the Acceleration Training™ group revealed a 1.5 percent bone mineral increase at the hip, while the resistance training group revealed no significant increase. As a bonus, the Acceleration Training™ group revealed significant improvements in postural control and balance, critical components to reducing falls which commonly result in fractures and significant injuries among those living with Osteoporosis. What is equally critical to note is that the Acceleration Training™ group achieved its results in half the time and with significantly less effort as those that utilized conventional resistance training – three 30-minute sessions per week for the Power Plate® exercise group compared to three 60-minute sessions per week for the resistance training group. In addition to this published research, a host of medical and therapy professionals including doctors, physical therapists, wellness & longevity therapists and chiropractors are reporting positive and compelling stories of success with their own patients. “At Pilates Central, we’ve been using Acceleration Training™ as a key adjunct to Pilates resistance training for a number of our clients managing their Osteoporosis,” said Donna Parise Byrne, a licensed physical therapist and owner of Pilates Central in Wilmette, Illinois. “Over the past 9 months, since we have incorporated the use of the Power Plate pro5 model into our therapies targeting Osteoporosis, we have documented a noticeably faster and substantial increase in bone density.”

Acceleration Training™ via Power Plate® equipment exploits the body’s innate reflexive response to disruptions in stability in order to stimulate a wide array of benefits including; but not limited to, increases in muscle strength, flexibility, hormonal release, lymphatic drainage, bone density and metabolic rates. Just as the leg kicks forward involuntarily when the doctor strikes the lower knee to test reflexes, the body’s muscles engage in an involuntary reflexive muscle contraction in response to the vibration stimulus from Acceleration Training™.

Acceleration Training Emerges as Formidable Weapon in Fight Against Osteoporosis is a post from: Vibrating Exercise Machines

Power Plate & Osteoporosis

Culver City, CA – March 22 – A recently completed six-month study at Leuven University in Belgium, now available on-line and slated for
publishing in the March issue of the Journal of Bone & Mineral Research,
confirms that The Power Plate® and the body vibration® technology at its core, can substantially increase bone mineral density, providing an effective method in the prevention of Osteoporosis, regardless of one’s physical limitations or disabilities.

Furthermore, Power Plate North America, LLC., the only mass distributor
of a body vibration® mechanism in North America, announced a strategic
partnership with American Health Sciences (AHS), developer of
Clinician’s Choice™ Osteo Guard, a leading over-the-counter supplement
assisting in Osteoporosis prevention. Currently 10 million Americans
suffer from Osteoporosis, particularly women who comprise 80 percent of
this group, with an additional nearly 34 million Americans already displaying low bone mass levels, placing them at increased risk for osteoporosis. One in two women and one in four men are at risk for osteoporosis by age 65. However, while often assumed to only effect the elderly, Osteoporosis can strike at any age.

“Yet again, science is supporting and reinforcing the incredible benefits of

the Power Plate and body vibration® that we’ve been championing in this country for nearly two years,” said Jerry Beckman, president and CEO of Power Plate North America, LLC. “It’s no secret that we are an aging population with an increasing focus on longevity and maintaining a high-quality active lifestyle on into our later years. To that point, it’s our utmost commitment to continually educate the public regarding
body vibration® and the wide variety of ways it can bring health and wellness to individuals young and old regardless of potential disabilities or physical challenges.”

The Leuven study compared the results of three specific groups of healthy postmenopausal women over a six-month period to assess the effects of body vibration training on bone mineral density, in comparison to those of conventional resistance training. The “vibration” group utilized the Power Plate and its body vibration® technology as its sole training method three times a week for sessions lasting a maximum of 20 minutes. The “resistance” group exclusively utilized conventional resistance training also three times a week but with sessions lasting a maximum on one
hour, and the “control” group did not engage in any training regimen whatsoever.

The study measured bone mineral density effects on the total hip and revealed a significant net increase of 1.51 percent in the vibration group in comparison to the resistance group who revealed no increases in bone mineral density whatsoever. In addition to measuring the effects of body vibration® on bone mineral density, the study also measured the technology’s ability to improve balance and reduce the frequency of falls among seniors that so often can result in serious injury, as well as its
ability to increase muscle strength. Dynamic balance capability increased significantly by within the vibration group, with no increases shown among the resistance group. Furthermore, the vibration group saw a significant 16 percent increase in muscle strength, identical to those of the resistance group; however, achieved in a fraction of the time and without the rigorous and potentially degenerative effects of higher impact
conventional resistance training.

The positive results of this study underscore the strategic partnership with AHS as it combines two proven weapons in the fight to prevent Osteoporosis. AHS is in the early stages of its own research to validate the absorption enhancement abilities of the Power Plate, and to measure the combined effects of these two preventative methods. The results of these studies will be publicized later in 2004.

”Based on anecdotal research and first-hand experiences, all signs point toward the Power Plate’s ability to enhance the body’s absorption capabilities and actually increase the effects of pharmaceuticals and supplements such as Osteo Guard, which directly led us to this partnership,” said John Mamana, M.D., CEO of American Health Sciences
(AHS) “We believe that Osteo Guard, an effective and proven supplement in helping prevent osteoporosis, in combination with the Power Plate and its revolutionary body vibration® therapy, will become the standard for the millions of Americans, particularly women, intent on maintaining healthy levels of bone mass and preventing the onset of this crippling disease.”

Power Plate employs a 20-by-32-inch body positioning plate housing a driving mechanism that evenly distributes vibrations throughout the body, accelerating and magnifying the same contraction and relaxation muscular reflexes employed when performing traditional weight training exercises. However, whereas traditional resistance training methods only provide resistance on a single linear axis, resistance effects of Power Plate occur on multiple axis stimulating the entire body of fibers within a given
muscle group, taxing and conditioning the muscle group to its most substantial extent.

Developed by Russian scientists for use with elite Olympic athletes during the 1970s, the dramatic effects of whole body vibration were evidenced by the Russian’s dominant Olympic run during this period. Identifying these incredible results, the Russian space program turned to whole body vibration with Russian cosmonauts to combat the degenerating effects of zero gravity on bone and muscle tissue. These discoveries, along with several studies since, are further reinforcement of body vibration® as an effective preventative method against osteoporosis.

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