Vibration/Power Plate machine

Cheers for the advice and I know what your getting at, but i'm not looking at one of these as some fad weight loss device. Been advised by physio's and surgeon to use one for recovery purposes.
 
mrthingyx said:
Much cheaper to get a wobble board (having been drubbed and seen drubbings by my own physio).Similar principle; faction of the cost...

I'm assuming you're coming out of some form of lower limb trauma?
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Yes about 18 months ago.

Dislocated my knee
Snapped ACL, PCL, MCL
Tore some tendom
Fractured some bone
and Snapped my peroneal nerve

Had two, five hour operations. One was a nerve graft. I was told using a power plate machine would be beneficial to the nerve recovery, vibration is supposed to stimulate the nerve and muscle?? :confused:

I was using one in the gym when i was on a recovery program but that's ended and the gym is 30+ mile round trip away, hence why i was looking to purchase something.
 
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Yeah it was an incredible amount of damage for such a small accident. :(

I believe I had a weakness there prior to the accident though.

I was recieving physio till around october. I noticed my knee had got weaker by december, so asked my doctor to get me re-assed with the physios.

I started back around a fortnight ago, with a basic at home excercise program, which they will eventually ramp back up to physios in the gym again.

I spoke to my surgeon yesterday, he says the nerve has grown around a foot, so he wants to leave it again for another 9 months and see how its progressing. If there is no change with movement then he will do a tendon transfer to give me lift back in my foot.
 
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