Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Vibration effects By Zosimo T. Literatus, R.M.T. Breakthroughs
“IF words don’t have vibration behind them,” observed French actress Charlotte Rampling, “and a real feeling behind them, then they’re just words.”
For many years, vibration became a tool to serve mankind. And with mankind’s technology, it is no wonder why they can be utilized for to serve human needs.
Vibration exercise (VE) is a new and effective measure to prevent muscular atrophy and osteoporosis. It assumes that an amplitude of 3 to 6 mm and a frequency of 20 to 30 Hz creates muscle contraction comparative to physical exercise. But unlike strength training, it demands less time.
A recent study by a trio of researchers from Koln, Germany, compared VE with strength training on its effect in controlling glucose level in Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent) patients. The team included Klaus Baum, Tim Votteler and Jurgen Schiab. Baum is professor at the Institute of Physiology and Anatomy while Votteler and Schiab are professors at the Training Institute, both at the German Sports University.
The participants in the study were evaluated for fasting glucose concentration (FBS), oral glucose tolerance (OGTT), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), isometric maximal torque of quadriceps muscles, and endurance capacity at the beginning and after 12 weeks of strength training (ST). There were three training sessions per week. HbA1c reflected the blood sugar levels over the preceding two to three months.
Results, published in the International Journal of Medical Science (2007), showed that fasting blood sugar level remained unchanged. Maximal glucose tolerance reduced in both VE and strength training groups. HbA1c values dropped below baseline level in VE and ST. These outcomes, however, indicated the potential beneficial effect of vibration exercise but not so strong as to merit assumption of predictable effects as indicated in advertising materials.
But where VE might have failed somehow, the area of music goes beyond.
American composer Terry Riley noted: “Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature, which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness.”
Music, vibration, and oneness can indeed be quite an interesting combination. (0927-872-3821/ zim_breakthroughs@yahoo.com)
