Vibration therapy is done standing on a platform that shakes gently while you hold the rails. Your technician coaches your posture and balance the whole time. After a crash, the small muscles that hold your spine and joints steady often switch off, and bigger muscles tighten to cover for them.
Your physician orders this treatment and sets how strong it is. You only get it if it is ordered for you.
What is vibration therapy?
Vibration therapy is done standing on a platform that shakes gently while you hold the rails. Your technician coaches your posture and balance the whole time.
How does it help?
After a crash, the small muscles that hold your spine and joints steady often switch off, and bigger muscles tighten to cover for them. The vibration makes those small muscles fire again, which is why this is called neuromuscular re-education.
What does it feel like?
A fast, gentle buzzing through your feet and legs. You keep your knees slightly bent. You can stop at any time.
One-on-one. Your technician stays with you for the whole treatment and writes down the exact start and stop times.
Who should not have it?
- Pregnancy
- A pacemaker or other implanted device
- A blood clot in the leg, or a recent surgery or fracture
- A seizure history
- Recent eye surgery or a retina problem
- Kidney stones or gallstones
- Feeling dizzy or off balance that day
Before every visit, your technician asks safety questions out loud. If anything has changed, the physician decides before the treatment starts. You can ask to stop at any time.
How long does it take?
About 10 minutes, in short sets with rest in between.
What to remember
- Knees slightly bent, hands on the rails.
- It wakes up the small muscles that hold your spine and joints steady.
- Stop and speak up if you feel dizzy.
Show us you have it: Show us your standing position before the platform starts. We go over it again at your next visit, and you can ask us to explain anything a second time.
Read more: whiplash injuries.
Other treatments in the program
- Heat and cold therapy
- Traction chair
- Neck decompression
- Laser therapy
- Shockwave therapy
- TENS (gentle electrical stimulation)
This is part of our physician-directed physiotherapy program, where a physician orders and supervises every treatment and no treatment starts unless a physician is available right away.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP. Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Interventional Pain Management, Addiction Medicine, and Obesity Medicine. Last reviewed October 18, 2026.