Vibration Therapy

Hyper gravity

The rapidly accelerating platform creates a hyper gravity effect. The body is then challenged to work harder to counter the increased gravitational loading. So successful were the Russians in training their cosmonauts using Whole Body Vibration that they set all longevity records in space.

As the story goes, Whole Body Vibration was developed by the Russians in the 1970’s to combat the problems of bone and muscle wasting in their cosmonauts as a result of spending time in zero gravity. The rapidly accelerating platform creates a form of hyper gravity that challenges the body to work harder. The result is a more effective and efficient physical training program.

Impressed by the speed with which the cosmonauts regained their strength, Russian athletics trainers saw the potential for their athletes and used Whole Body Vibration to gain a competitive strength advantage over those outside the Eastern Bloc.

Upon the fall of the Berlin Wall the West became aware of Whole Body Vibration and a German company commercialised its production. Since that time Whole Body Vibration has been used by elite sports clubs, world class athletes, hospitals, gyms and physiotherapy centres.

Galileo Whole Body Vibration

Galileo was the first "Whole Body Vibration" training and rehabilitation machine commercially produced. The tilting principle, with physiologically- appropriate frequency settings (from 5 to 30 Hz) and variable amplitudes (from 0 to over 13 mm), of the Galileo offer training and therapeutic applications and effects that differ considerably from what are called the "vertical vibration plates" that have followed. Galileo Whole Body Vibration offers a broader range of applications and superior results.