The scientific evidence behind vibration therapy for cellulite reduction

We all get excited about a new tool for our body contouring tool box, right?  And perhaps especially when it comes to the hard to treat issue of cellulite.  Well we have a new tool, that’s not really new. We’ve used it for years.  What Is it?  Vibration Therapy.  Vibration therapy for cellulite to be specific.  This clinical research (and there's a lot of it) shows us time and again just how great vibration therapy is for cellulite. Body contouring professionals add vibration therapy to their fat reduction protocols to speed up and optimize results, but not many use it for cellulite.  And they should.  And you should consider it too. You’ll see why in this episode as we explore the research that shows us how vibration therapy not only enhances the results of cellulite treatments like cavitation and lipo laser, but it also provides direct cellulite minimizing benefits.  So get in the science mode and stay tuned to hear all the ways vibration therapy technology defeats cellulite.

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You’re listening to The Body Contouring Academy’s Proven Profits Podcast 

Where you’ll learn simple actionable strategies from real world successful body contouring professionals to help you generate more revenue, realize the profits you want and create the life you desire. 

Hi I’m Shannon and I’m Kay and we’re your hosts of The Proven Profits Podcast

Hi there healthcare professionals, business owners, body contouring technicians and beauty professionals!  Welcome everyone!   Kay here. Shannon and I want to thank you for being here too!

We’ve discussed this before  Successful body contouring professionals utilize vibration therapy to augment fat reduction treatments.  But not nearly as many providers use vibration therapy for cellulite.  Well, based on our twenty years of medspa clinical experience and our knowledge about the ample scientific data, we believe they should…and that includes you!

In today’s episode we show you why.  We’ll explore the science-based evidence demonstrating how vibration therapy not only enhances the results of cellulite treatments like cavitation and lipo laser, but it also provides direct cellulite minimizing benefits.  

We’ll discuss the four causes of cellulite, vibration therapy technology and we’ll go through a lot of the scientific evidence demonstrating exactly how vibration therapy itself reduces cellulite.  And as a bonus, we’ll end by giving you steps to implement vibration therapy as a part of your cellulite protocols in your business.

First, let’s go through a quick review of cellulite.

 I. 

How does cellulite form?

The 4 causes of cellulite 

Cellulite reduction can be challenging due to the necessity to treat its multiple causations.  

How cellulite is formed

There is no agreement about exactly how it all happens - the order of the 4 causes of cellulite, but most medical scientists agree that the changes in skin happen first.  It’s likely that it’s really quick domino effect, but we don’t know for sure yet.

Here are the 4 causes of cellulite.  

The skin cells become malnourished and/or damaged;

Small bands of fibrous tissue (collagen) are damaged and become hard and rigid;

Both blood and lymphatic circulation has slowed down; and

Fat cells have begun absorbing excess fluids and enlarging.

Now let’s look at how cellulite develops anatomically

In other words why does it look the way it does

Here's the how and the why

Dimples

As the skin weakens or becomes damaged (#1 above), it cannot 

withstand the pull of each of the hardening collagenous fibrous bands (connective tissue) (#2 above).  

This pulling on the skin creates the dimpling appearance. (#2 above)

Bulges

Excess fluids collect within the interstitial space as a result of the slowing of the blood and lymphatic circulation (#3 above).  

Subcutaneous fat cells absorb the excess fluids, which causes the fat cells to  

swell and enlarge.  This creates the ‘bulge’ of the dimples (#3 and #4 

above).  

Bulges and Dimples

These conditions worsen and become more pronounced as the fibrous bands become increasingly rigid and the skin becomes increasingly weakened, as the fat cells continue to expand and as the circulation continues to slow (#1,2,3 and 4 above).

That’s it for our cellulite review!

Next, a quick review of vibration therapy technology.

Let’s first explain What Whole Body Vibration Therapy is

Its is a holistic technology that applies mechanical vibrations affecting the entire body in multiple positive ways.  

Patients simply stand on the vibration machine platform for ten to twenty minutes and enjoy getting ‘their exercise.’ 

This ‘passive exercise’ technology delivers vibrations that work in three ways:

FORCE (Gravity)

The whole body vibration machine vibrates three different ways.  It produces a vibrating up-and-down, side-to-side and back-and-forth motions generating a lot of force upon the body.

MUSCLE MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS

When your patient stands on the vibration machine, every muscle in her body is forced to react in a continuous flow of micro-adjustments...contracting...then relaxing...rapidly, repeatedly and reflexively. There’s no pain or discomfort, she’s likely not even aware this is occurring.

NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION

The rapid-firing of your patient’s muscles causes a neuromuscular response that flows through her entire body, which leads to multiple beneficial physiological changes.  And we’ll discuss some of these changes next. 

Coming up the clinical research and the science showing how vibration therapy addresses each of the four cellulite conditions, as well as studies showing the efficacy of vibration therapy as a standalone treatment for cellulite. 

Listen to just some of the science behind vibration therapy for cellulite: 

And learn how vibration therapy minimizes cellulite

 Vibration therapy provides multiple benefits that together, lead to cellulite reduction. Multiple benefits to address multiple causes.       

Let’s start with this.

Vibration Therapy increases circulation 

The 3-way oscillating motions stimulate circulation, which assists in healing damaged skin cells and tissue.  

The increased blood flow brings more nutrients and oxygen to the skin and all the underlying tissue.  

The science: 

Studies have shown that vibration therapy increases peripheral 

blood flow in healthy adults. 

Other researchers looked specifically at blood flow to the skin and found that vibration therapy significantly increases blood flow to the skin. 

What about the other circulatory system, the lymphatic system?

Vibration Therapy increases lymphatic flow.

The mechanical vibrations of vibration therapy stimulate lymphatic flow assisting the body to more efficiently eliminate excess fluids, toxins and other debris.  

 This action, in turn, assists in decreasing the size of the fat cells by reducing the amount of fluids the fat cells can absorb. 

The science: 

In this study, vibration therapy sessions were added for patients with lymphedema who were already receiving lymphatic massage treatments.       

The researchers found that the addition of vibration therapy brought about improvement in lymphatic drainage.  

What about the skin?  And the fibrous tissue?  Does vibration therapy strengthen the skin and fibrous tissue?

Vibration Therapy stimulates collagen production.

The oscillating force of vibration therapy boosts collagen synthesis.  

In turn, this increased collagen synthesis leads to stronger, more elastic skin. The increased collagen production also strengthens the fibrous tissue.  

The science:

In a study focused on examining how to speed healing in injured achilles 

tendons, researchers discovered something unexpected.  They found that vibration therapy stimulated collagen synthesis and it also brought about an increase in collagen expression.

But what about the fat component of cellulite?  Can it help shrink those fat cells?  

Vibration Therapy increases fat metabolism 

The vibrations can lead to fat reduction all over the body, including the area 

affected by cellulite.

The science: 

Studies have concluded that vibration therapy is 54% more effective in causing reduction of visceral fat than aerobics and strength training. 

Other published studies have shown vibration therapy sessions lead to a reduction in fat mass.  

Studies have also shown that after just two weeks, those who participate in whole body vibration sessions burn more calories.  

So these studies looked at individual body systems, each of which problems with lead to cellulite.  Now let’s take a look at some studies that reach the conclusion: Vibration Therapy reduces cellulite

In other words, these researchers evaluated their specific hypothesis that vibration therapy technology is effective for treating cellulite, cellulite reduction. 

The science:   

A recent study looking at changes in skin temperature caused by vibration therapy, found that vibration therapy sessions led to a significant decrease in the grade of cellulite.  

Another study revealed a 26% reduction in cellulite after participants used vibration therapy 2 to 3 times a week, for a period of six months.

Other researchers noted that vibration therapy reduces fat tissue, enhances blood flow and improves lymphatic drainage, and concluded saying that vibration therapy played a large role in diminishing cellulite.  

Between our experience and all of this science, by now you should be convinced.  So you’ll want to hear what’s next.  

Our advice on implementing vibration therapy for cellulite in your business.

First of all, this kind of knowledge gives you expertise.  But to really become the cellulite expert in your market, you should get certified in Vibration Therapy, then add it to your cellulite protocols!

You may already know that we’re faculty for the Body Contouring Academy, but do you know we offer a course on vibration therapy?

We do.  A great course.  quick and to the point.  And super affordable.

And in it you’ll learn not only how to implement vibration therapy but also how to profit from Vibration Therapy.

Check it out.  You can get the details of our online Vibration Therapy certification course just by going to our show notes and clicking on the link

Tips to implement vibration therapy for cellulite in your practice

Vibration therapy versatile treatment to add to your cellulite treatment protocols.  You can

(1) to augment results and (2) to extend results by stretching the time period needed for maintenance treatments.  

Cellulite affects 85-98% of women over the age of 20.

And body contouring providers know cellulite can be stubborn to treat.

Adding vibration therapy to your cellulite protocols helps you deliver better results.

Plus, after a series of cellulite treatments from technologies like cavitation, lipo laser, radiofrequency or vacuum therapy, a Maintenance Program is a must.  

That’s because results will not be maintained without continued treatments.

Which is costly and time consuming for patients. 

Whole body vibration therapy for cellulite provides a great solution.

Here’s why…

Vibration therapy is an affordable add-on to augment your cellulite protocols.

And it’s an affordable way to extend time between treatment series while maintaining results. 

Plus! It's easy for you…and your patients.

No need to block out your treatment room for a Whole Body Vibration Therapy session.  

You can simply allow sessions on a ‘walk in’ basis.

Vibration Therapy sessions are short, just ten to twenty minutes…and do not require the privacy of a treatment room or a block in your schedule.

And here’s an added benefit…

By encouraging your patients to come in as often as possible,  

Not only will you get better cellulite results, but the frequency of these visits allows you to build stronger patient relationships.  

That makes your patients happy…and builds your business!

3 ways to use vibration therapy for cellulite in your business

Vibration Therapy for cellulite can be used as 

A single therapy 

To incorporate in your cellulite protocols to enhance results

     and/or 

To extend results of your cellulite protocols, thereby stretching the time needed for  maintenance treatments (and saving your patients time and money).

Get started now!

We’re sharing some of our secrets.  And we’re giving you the STEPS in our walkin vibration therapy program:

Educate your patients about the benefits of the use of the total body vibration platform following a non-invasive body contouring treatment. - cellulite or fat reduction - even skin tightening.  

When you are educating your patients, follow your education with a ‘rather insistent invitation’ to drop by anytime, as often as possible, to use one of the total vibration platforms at your business. 

Remind your patients to drop during your follow up calls the next day.

And then remind them again with an email a few days after their treatment.

Finally, take advantage of any follow up appointments and discuss it again.

Pretty straightforward, right?  You’ll get the full, detailed protocol for this in our vibration therapy course as well as the consent form and other forms you’ll need.  We share it all with you.  

So to sum up what we’ve covered today.  We’ve learned that 

The cellulite condition arises from multiple systems: skin, fibrous tissue, detox overload and fat.   

So Body contouring providers’ cellulite treatments should address each of these issues. 

And we’ve learned that Vibration Therapy does.  You’ve heard the science. 

That’s why we recommend using vibration therapy to augment your cellulite treatments by adding it to your cellulite protocols, plus using it after and between treatment series to extend results.

Adding vibration therapy for cellulite to your treatment menu will not only bring you better results, it will save your patients time and money,...plus grow your business!  

Take a look at our online Vibration Therapy course and implement vibration therapy.  It’s worth the time and you’ll recoup your investment so fast.  

That is it for today.  Until next time, Beautiful Wishes.

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