Fw: [] Good vibrations may make for good bones

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen. Thought this might be of interest to you.

Blessings

Donna

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From: Draper

Beck blood electrification

Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:47 AM

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http://www.newsday.com/news/health/sns-health-osteoporosis.story

Good vibrations may make for good bones

By Cooke

Staff Writer

August 9, 2001

Giving some sheep the shakes is producing new evidence that people's

bones may be strengthened by short, daily doses of vibrational energy,

scientists report in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.

After a year of mild, daily shaking episodes, they said, the hind leg

bones in the animals showed almost 35 percent better bone density,

compared with untreated sheep. Nine ewes got daily 20-minute doses of

mild vibrations; their hind quarters were placed in a little chute, and

a vibrator plate on the floor provided a barely discernible stimulus.

Researchers concluded, according to the report, that some form of

regular vibrations " might help to strengthen the bones in osteoporosis

sufferers, without the side-effects " that come from drug treatments.

Experiments with human volunteers are underway.

" We're looking for a nonpharmacological intervention for osteoporosis,

and we know that bone is very sensitive to mechanical stimuli, " said

Clinton Rubin, a bio-engineer at the State University of New York at

Stony Brook. " But what is it about mechanical stimulation that bone is

sensitive to? "

Rubin said the resulting 35 percent increase in mineral density shows

that it doesn't take much, in terms of strain, to stimulate bone growth.

" I think this is the most exciting thing to come around in a long time, "

said Dr. Cliff Rosen, president-elect of the American Society of Bone

and Mineral Research. " It is non-invasive. It stimulates new bone

formation. And it can prevent bone loss from things like immobilization,

space flight " and, he joked, " couch-potatoism. "

Rubin noted that the problems caused by bone-thinning are enormous, and

enormously expensive: " It's a $15-billion-per-year problem which affects

20 million people in the United States. "

He said he envisions patients standing on a vibrating plate each morning

while brushing their teeth.

The scientists took this mechanical approach because it has long been

known that regularly stressing an animal's bones causes them to grow

stronger and thicker. An example of bone stimulation is seen among

professional tennis players; their " playing arm " generally has 35

percent more bone, in terms of bone density, than the other arm.

Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc.

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't those portable vibrating foot baths work? Am thinking of my MIL

who is

in a nursing home recovering from a broken hip. She's healing as far as bone

recovery but they've stopped therapy. Thought rebounding (trampoline) at first

but she's not stable enough for that.

Wanita

[Guest guest]

-Hi Wanita,

Trampolines don't have to be jumped on to work. A person can sit in a

chair and simply bounce their feet up and down on one. I would think

the trampoline might be sort of big to have in a nursing home room. I

don't know how heavy the are or if they are difficult move around?

My husband has a vibrating foot massager, that looks a lot like a

foot bath without the place for the water, but about the same size.

I have never heard of a vibrating foot bath?I guess anything is

possible!

It might be easier to use the foot massager than a trampoline.

Sheila

-- In , Wanita Sears <wanitawa@b...>

wrote:

> Wouldn't those portable vibrating foot baths work? Am thinking of

my MIL

> who is

> in a nursing home recovering from a broken hip. She's healing as

far as bone

> recovery but they've stopped therapy. Thought rebounding

(trampoline) at first

> but she's not stable enough for that.

>

> Wanita

[Guest guest]

I was wondering about one of those pads that you put in a chair and it vibrates

the whole body or sections of the body. I would think that would work. Just

guessing tho.

Blessings

Donna

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From: Wanita Sears

Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 4:39 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Fw: [] Good

vibrations may make for good bones

Wouldn't those portable vibrating foot baths work? Am thinking of my MIL

who is

in a nursing home recovering from a broken hip. She's healing as far as bone

recovery but they've stopped therapy. Thought rebounding (trampoline) at first

but she's not stable enough for that.

Wanita