All matter, including the body human, vibrates all the time at various frequencies.  When sounds and music of varying frequencies or vibrations are introduced to the human body, these frequencies can be used to bring the body into a state of an improved and healthier resonance.  When our bodies, which are composed of mostly water, are exposed to certain hertz levels of vibrations, we can experience a reaction to the molecular structure of the water-composed body, creating different physical reactions and leading to a form of communication, causing a harmonic and a healthy resonance to be felt within the body.

When using Vibroacoustic Therapy, specific frequencies are used to obtain specific effects in the body.  According to more than 40 years of research, it is known that low frequencies from 40 Hz to 86 Hz can be used to successfully treat conditions such as circulatory problems and asthma.  It has additionally been proven that frequencies as low as 30 Hz have had a significant impact on patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Vibroacoustics can also be utilized with music and it is this popular format of vibroacoustics that helps to reduce stress, and enhances relaxation and meditation, as well as being used in therapeutic situations for the relief of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s patients and for children with ADHD.  Throughout the years testing has shown that Vibroacoustic music, or VAM, with its varying frequencies can have positive effects in the treatment of  Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, spastic conditions, arthritis, stroke, constipation, neck and shoulder pains, back pains, headaches/migraines, fibromyalgia, kidney stones, autism, menstrual pains, and insomnia, among other health conditions.

Vibroacoustics is much more than just cranking up the volume on a Led Zeppelin song. Vibroacoustic Therapy, or VAT, is administered by using special transducers that convert the sound to an inner body massage.  The transducers are fine tuned to produce vibrations between 20 and 100 Hz that are almost too low to audibly hear but can add stimulation to the brainwaves’ frequencies of 40 Hz, which can then act as a carrier of information to the body that controls movement.  In addition to affecting the brain, vibroacoustic therapy also provides a deep physical cellular stimulation to the skin, joints, and muscles, acting as a deep muscle or body massage, resulting in decreased pain levels and increased mobility when VAT is applied to the body.

Rehabmart offers a number of products that are vibroacoustic in nature and can utilized for a wide variety of therapy applications. The following products are only a few of the many vibroacoustic devices that we carry.

The Resonance Cushion Vibroacoustic Therapy Product is an 11 inch by 11 inch pillow that can offer an up-close vibroacoustic therapy experience when used with any other resonance item. The resonance pillow can assist in calming a child during a “time-out” or when overwhelmed.  

The Resonance Bean Bag Vibroacoustic Therapy Product can turn sitting into an all-over relaxing experience.  To sink deep within the folds of a musically-vibrating bean bag chair can soothe almost any savage beast of emotion within us. The TFH Resonance Range magnifies musical vibrations so that they are felt more easily and acutely.  

Sometimes everybody needs to go to that place which is special to them, a place to be able to temporarily get away from the hustle and bustle of the 21st century lifestyle.  A great addition to this ‘place’ is a piece of furniture called the Resonance Relaxer Vibroacoustic Therapy Product which is formed in a popular reclining shape that distributes the whole body weight evenly, allowing supporting muscles to relax while at the same time enjoying resonating vibrations of vibroacoustic therapy.  This seat of relaxation will provide the place and way to escape the phone calls, yelling children, angry bosses, and loud television shows.  CAUTION:  This chair may cause extreme drowsiness and moments of peace and tranquility.  Do not operate heavy machinery soon after sitting in this chair.

I, like most people, love a good massage, but the problem with a massage is that only one side of a person’s body at a time is receiving muscular therapy, until now.  The Somatron Deluxe Massage Table can offer therapy on both sides of the body at the same time.  Highlighting six separately-volume-controlled, high quality vibroacoustic speakers, with two speakers in the head section and four more speakers in the body section of the table, the client can feel the hands-on manipulations of the massage therapist and the vibroacoustic manipulations from the massage table at the same time, increasing both pleasure and therapy.  Made from solid oak and coming complete with a full-length storage shelf, this table is adjustable in height and has a vinyl covering.

The universe offers many types of natural therapies for the many ailments that affect people, and sound waves, or vibrations, at certain hertz levels or frequencies is one such therapy.  Medicine and medical science of the 21st century is ever increasing and expanding with ingenious ways to decrease pain and suffering while prolonging the quality of life of people, yet the ancient tried-and-true abundance of health-supplying earth remedies are still the building blocks of wellness and good health.  The perfect goal is to be able to combine both the old with the new to create a holistic health program for all people.  A reliance on the predominance of one or the other approach to health can become narrow and limited in its provisions to human health and mind, but the usage of both ‘medicines’ in companionship with each other can assist in the future evolution of worldwide health and the prevention of disease.  

Bill Stock
Executive Editor,
Content & Social Media Services
and
Hulet Smith, OT
Rehabmart Team Leader & CEO