Low Hertz
Vibration Therapy
7 November 2016 Version
Robert M. Hartranft
Simsbury CT 06070
Mechical vibration of the author in the low Hertz range produces
remarkably wide-ranging, local and systemic, functionally significant
results: eliminated severe edema in both
legs; increased local fexibility; increased strength system-wide; increased
endurance; improved cognition; increased libido; and even improved visual
acuity. After four years of treatment,
the effects continue, still sustained even without vibrating for a day, and
still free of any apparent side effects.
The vibration is done by a bed “massager”,
$72 from Amazon as shown. Initially the
individual vibration heads were held in close contact (one to three cloth
layers) with my legs using Velcro strips, rather than beneath the mattress.
Later, I had one set duct-taped to my bed frame, and another set duct-taped to
the frame of my wheelchair. In the current arrangement, there are three
vibration heads in each sock, wiuh the seventh in my left hand. Based on experience, some of the
connections are now strenghened with
duct tape.
The heads are small, eccentric-mass units, a technology which is simple,
reliable, and easily modified for amplitude and frequency in the low Hz
range: for example, I have used a much
larger version on an 800 ton nuclear component.
The most credible explanation I can offer is that the low Hz mechanical
vibration may mix the chemicals in the inter-neuron areas, causing a prompt
(under one second) increase in the neuron-to-neuron electrical
conductivity. Sustained shaking produces
a longer term effect (“half life” of perhaps five hours), perhaps caused by
increased chemical transport across cell walls.
Design history and
considerations: About four years
ago, I had a Medtronic Baclofen pump implanted in my abdomen. When it was turned on two weeks later, it
started pumping at 50 RPM. In the
“fundamental” frequency mode – one cycle of pump rotation produces one
vibration cycle -- that meant
50 Revolutions per Minute / 60 Seconds per
Minute
= 0.83 vibrations per second
which by chance, is relatively close to the resonant frequency of my
brain, which I estimate to be about 7 Hz.
In under a second, I had increased cognition and greater visual
acuity. The attending osteopath, Dr.
Matthew Raymond, of Southington CT, stated that about one quarter of his pump
patients report similar experiences. It
took me a week to realize this had to be a mechanical effect. I then showed that I could duplicate or
amplify the effect with a simple bed massage shaker.
That unit transmitted enough power down the legs of the bed and into the
floor that I felt the effect even sitting in my wheelchair. That allowed a series of planned and
accidental experiments demonstrating immediately beneficial effects for a
resident with a nearly immobile leg, a resident with a broken hip, and a
resident with significant dementia.
Most comparable work has used kilohertz or megahertz electromagnetic
stimulation, often introduced using conductors placed deep in the brain. The method here is far quicker, easier,
cheaper, and less risky. I believe its effect is similar to that produced by
light exercise like walking.
Calculation of
payback period: Depending on the
specific equipment configuration selected and the payback methodology used, payback period is a matter of single-digit days. It is inefficient to calculate how many
days: just buy one and try it.
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