How does the Power Plate cause muscles to contract automatically?
The physiological principle behind the stimulation of muscles is extremely complicated. Due to mechanical vibration produced by the Power Plate the body will react immediately. While standing on the Power Plate, the natural balance in the human body is disturbed. Many muscles will be activated in order to recover the balance lost. By changing the angles of the joints and the position on the Power Plate the muscles around the joint involvedwill stretch. This stretching is registered by the muscle spindles, which will send a signal through the afferent nerves to the cortex, which in turn will react with signals through the spinal cord and cause a reflex contraction of the muscles involved. The change of position is thus countered as soon as possible.
The physiological principle behind the stimulation of muscles is extremely complicated. Due to mechanical vibration produced by the Power Plate the body will react immediately. While standing on the Power Plate, the natural balance in the human body is disturbed. Many muscles will be activated in order to recover the balance lost. By changing the angles of the joints and the position on the Power Plate the muscles around the joint involved will stretch. This stretching is registered by the muscle spindles, which will send a signal through the afferent nerves to the cortex, which in turn will react with signals through the spinal cord and cause a reflex contraction of the muscles involved. The change of position is thus countered as soon as possible.
