TikTokers are touting vibration plates for health benefits, but do they work?

The purported health benefits of using vibration plates range from helping with weight loss to improving circulation. But what does the evidence actually say?

“Do you vibe?” 

It’s a question that’s been reverberating around TikTok as users flood the platform with videos of themselves balancing on shaking vibration plates, bodies quivering, often in an attempt to hawk the devices as the latest cure-all.

Their efforts have certainly made waves. Online searches for vibration plates — which look like a hybrid between a griddle and a trembling surfboard — have sharply increased since April, and products on TikTok Shop have racked up tens of thousands of sales.

People use them in different ways. Some focus on standing upright while the plate shakes them; others go further and engage in various exercises like squats or pushups.

The purported health benefits of whole-body vibration range from weight loss and increasing bone density to promoting lymphatic drainage, improving circulation and beyond.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/vibration-plates-health-benefits-tiktok-rcna169816

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