Power Plate my3 User Manual

Instructions For Use

my3TM Model

English

Contents

Introduction

Correct Use Is Essential For Optimal Results

Medical Indications

Important Safety Instructions

Health Warnings
Set-up And Handling
Operation
EMC Warning

Using The Power Plate® my3™ Model

Operating The Power Plate® my3™ Machine
Varying The Intensity
Personal Adaptation

Technical Specifications

Maintenance
Troubleshooting

Contact And Support

Warranty

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Introduction

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Power Plate® machines use the principles
of Acceleration Training™ to stimulate the
body’s natural response to vibration. Power
Plate® machines create vibrations that
cause instability throughout the body. As
these vibrations transmit waves of energy,
a variety of muscles subconsciously
contract to stabilise the body. This
rapid cycle of muscle contraction and
release is what makes training with
Power Plate® equipment so effective.
Acceleration Training™ was discovered
in the former Soviet Union, where it was
found to effectively combat the negative
effects of the zero-gravity environment
in space. Cosmonauts were faced with
considerable loss of muscle strength and
bone density from their time in space, and
Acceleration Training™ exercise apparently
helped reverse these effects. However,
this new form of training was unknown
in Western Europe until after the fall of
the Iron Curtain, when the Dutch sports
expert Guus van der Meer introduced the
technology, resulting in the development
of the first Power Plate® model in 1999.
Since then, Power Plate® technology has
been adapted for the masses and is now
possible for everyone to enjoy training on
Power Plate® machines. That means you
can strength train without the need to add
extra weights, thus without overloading the
body and its joints. Power Plate® machines
are used by everybody from high-level,
high-performance athletes, to the elderly,
to those simply wishing to improve their
general health and fitness levels.

Correct use is essential for optimal results

In theory, the Power Plate® machine can
be used by almost everyone. You can
adjust training to your own level and
reduce any burden on your joints, tendons
and ligaments. As with every form of
training, the correct use of exercises,
adjusted to your personal abilities, will
determine the benefits and effects of
completing a training session on the
Power Plate® machine, while at the same
time avoiding risks of injury or damage to
the body.

Body posture, muscle stiffness and
muscle tension (i.e. how contracted your
muscle is) are important contributing
factors to your training session. If muscles
are tensed, or contracted, they will absorb
vibrations to help strengthen and tone
those muscles. Passive exercises, such
as stretch and massage on the Power
Plate® machine, don’t absorb as much
vibration and can therefore be performed
on a more frequent basis.

This is why Acceleration Training™
exercise should be used on a regular
basis, starting with low intensity, which
means low frequency settings for short
sessions. The body should be gently
stimulated in a way that will allow you
to adjust to vibration training, but will
not overload your body. Over time, the
intensity and duration can be increased
in the same manner as other progressive
training programs. Once the body has
adapted to vibration, the training can be
changed or intensified to keep improving
performance, whether this improvement is
desired for sports or daily life goals.

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Medical Indications

Claimed medical
indications include
use in relation to the
prevention, treatment
and/or alleviation
of disease.

Fall Prevention

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention for the elderly
population to prevent falls.
Definition: Fall prevention is defined as
a variety of actions to help reduce the
number of accidental falls suffered by
older people.

Muscular Strength and Power

Claim: Power Plate® training can be
a beneficial tool/intervention to help
increase strength and power to improve
daily life performance, both acute
and structural.
Definition: Physical strength is the ability
of a person or animal to exert force
on physical objects using muscles.
Increasing physical strength is the goal of
strength training. Power is the amount of
work done or energy transferred per unit
of time.

Pain

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to reduce
and/or alleviate (chronic) pain.
Definition: Pain is an unpleasant sensory
and emotional experience associated
with actual or potential tissue damage, or
described in terms of such damage.

Cellulite

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to diminish the
appearance of cellulite.
Definition: Cellulite describes a condition
that occurs in men and women (although
much more common in women) where
the skin of the lower limbs, abdomen and
pelvic region becomes dimpled
after puberty.

Weight Loss

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to lose weight
and specifically lose body fat.
Definition: Weight loss, in the context of
medicine, health or physical fitness, is a
reduction of the total body weight, due to
a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose
tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone
mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and
other connective tissue.

Bone Density/Bone Mineral Density

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to increase
bone density and prevent bone mineral
density loss related to ageing.
Definition: Bone density (or bone mineral
density) is a medical term referring to the
amount of matter per cubic centimetre
of bones.

Circulation and Cardiovascular

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to improve
and increase circulation and improve the
function of the cardiovascular system.
Definition: The circulatory system is
an organ system that moves nutrients,
gases and wastes to and from cells,
helps fight diseases and helps stabilise
body temperature and pH to maintain
homeostasis. Two types of fluids move
through the circulatory system: blood and
lymph. The blood, heart and blood vessels
form the cardiovascular system. The lymph,
lymph nodes and lymph vessels form the
lymphatic system. The cardiovascular
system and the lymphatic system
collectively make up the circulatory system.
Pulmonary circulation is the portion of the
cardiovascular system which transports
oxygen-depleted blood away from the
heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated
blood back to the heart.

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Flexibility/Range of Motion

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to improve
flexibility and range of motion.
Definition: Flexibility is the absolute
range of movement in a joint or series of
joints and muscles that is attainable in a
momentary effort that could involve the
help of a partner or piece of equipment.
The flexibility of a joint depends on
many factors, particularly the length and
looseness of the muscles and ligaments
due to normal human variation, and the
shape of the bones and cartilage that
make up the joint.

Pathology Studies

Claim: Power Plate® training can be a
beneficial tool/intervention to improve
general wellbeing, fitness and daily life
functioning in patient populations. The
Power Plate® training will (probably)
not have any influence on the state of
disease or injury but it will have a positive
effect on general fitness, muscle strength,
daily life performance and wellbeing
that can improve the quality of life of
these patients.
Definition: No definition possible for this
very diverse group. Examples of patients:
Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease,
Fibromyalgia, Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord
Injury, Diabetes, Cardiac Rehabilitation.

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