Today, various companies vying to offer vibromassagers for weight loss. Slim girls smile from the screen and claim that they did not change their way of life and lost weight only due to the fact that they used home vibromassazhery . Should I believe in advertising promises and purchase such a device?
Types of electric vibro-massagers
As a rule, advertising offers only three types of vibro-massagers from cellulite and excess weight: hand, floor and belts. In this case, it is the second kind that is usually offered to purchase to solve all weight problems, but few people position the vibro-massage machine for weight loss: it is considered to be a device for relaxing massage of the neck and other places of the body. In this belt-vibromassazher also quite popular in the advertising environment for weight loss.
If everything is clear with a hand massager and belt - they just vibrate, then floor models require more detailed study. They consist of a metal base, which reaches the waist in height, there is a control panel and an electric motor. The power button makes vibrate a special massage tape, which you need to put on the problem area. As a rule, there are different massage regimes, but in general, most of them are like rubbing with a towel. The device can be used as an anti-cellulite vibration massager or for losing weight, choosing a tape with different projections: pimples, rollers, fingers, etc. Although in fact, there is not much difference between the two.
Do vibrating massagers help?
As they say in advertising, massage vibromassazherom within 10-15 minutes replaces a full half-hour training with weights. And the same 10 minutes replace a full session of massage with a specialist. And some "experts" claim that vibrational movements are capable of destroying fat cells! But any person who knows a little about the structure of fat cells immediately understands that this is impossible even from a purely physical point of view.
If we talk about the real benefits vibro-massager, then here can be attributed improvement of blood circulation. However, electronics is not a professional masseur, and it will not stop when needed, and will not be more gentle in the right areas, which can cause a lot of problems (especially with the spine).
As a result, there is no real benefit to weight loss vibro-massager does not carry, and can not bear. Vibration itself does not affect fat cells in any way and certainly can not replace training in the gym or the hands of a professional masseur. The maximum he is capable of is help in eliminating cellulite, but after you see his contraindications, it's not a fact that this will seem like a good idea to you.
Vibro-massager: contraindications
There is also a large list of diseases in which the use of vibro-massager is dangerous for health. Among them:
- uterine fibroids ;
- stones in the liver, kidneys, gallbladder, or other problems with these organs;
- heart and vascular disease;
- hypertension, thrombophlebitis;
- ulcer or a hernia of the stomach, exacerbations of gastritis;
- tuberculosis.
These contraindications are due to the fact that the massage band is superimposed on the area of these organs, and they do not need vibration at all.
For those who still doubt the dangers of vibration, the following information will be of interest. Any self-respecting production company carries interesting information in the rules. People who have to work with a chainsaw or any other thing that gives a strong vibration should make long enough breaks every 15 minutes, since the vibrations in general have a very negative effect on the body. It is so negative that it is even taken into account by state companies in relation to workers. Should I expose myself to this risk voluntarily?