Difference between OSFLOW® and other vibration devices

The OSFLOW® vibration platform can not to be compared with conventional vibration devices, because it is not primarily about muscle strengthening or relaxation.

Vibration devices cause a loss of balance through their uncoordinated vibration and thus a compensatory counter-tensioning and counter-working of the muscles.

The muscles are trained, but strong muscles become even stronger and the weak ones remain weak. The imbalance of the musculature remains – as do the incorrect postures, relieving postures, evasive movements etc.

Only the ability to compensate is increased in order to replace the non-existent natural flow balance through an increased use of force.

Here is an example:

Assume you have parked your car and firmly applied the handbrake. After a while you drive off but forget to release the brake. You notice that your car moves sluggishly and lacks power.

The principle of the vibration devices is that you simply accelerate more …
You will not be able to do this with your car for long, because it will cause considerable material damage in a very short time – until it comes to a standstill.

However, our body is often expected to “step on the gas more” and unfortunately it can withstand this for a long time. The wear and tear, as well as the overloading of individual structures in the entire chain of movement, however, take their toll, but without us really being aware of it at first. “The car is running!” But at some point, when the body can no longer compensate, the weakest link in the chain breaks. You then wonder about the slipped disc, the cartilage baldness in the knee, or the complete degeneration and arthrosis of your body and then think that this is “normal”. After all, (almost) everyone feels this way. From the “professional” corner you then hear the encouraging sayings: “That is normal at your age!”, “You have to live with it!

This may indeed be “normal” by now because it is the way of the masses, but it is not natural. Nature always tries to balance forces and bring them into equilibrium, this is called homeostasis or equilibrium of flow.

With the OSFLOW® vibration platform we take the natural route

With OSFLOW we follow this natural path. We want to open the “brakes” to release the joints and evenly distribute the tension in the entire muscle and fascia network and make it flow so that the “wagon” runs more easily.

The OSFLOW does not produce a vibration, but a precisely circular oscillation. This vibration in the alpha frequency creates a spiral vortex effect around the standing person on the OSFLOW. This promotes balance and stabilises the biomechanical centre.

The musculature and the fasciae regulate themselves into a state of well-being. The joints become looser with improved stability.

Dexterity and balance improve significantly, as has already been proven in studies in the USA.

The idea for the OSFLOW vibration platform comes from the practical teaching of the Asian movement and martial arts Taijiquan and Qigong and the natural movement principles associated with them.

Of course, the OSFLOW is not meant to replace movement. Rather, it promotes awareness and trains perception, thus making it possible to perceive and implement subtle differences in posture and movement, in order to then in turn sustainably change habitual patterns in a way that is conducive to everyday movement.