BioAcoustic Mat®
BuyNow
At Richway, we want to help people reach goals. After many years of research and developmental challenges, Richway Fuji Bio is excited to show our new key product, the BioAcoustic Mat™. This product can be used in conjunction with the BioMat® or by itself. The BioAcoustic Mat™, a revolutionary, lightweight, vibroacoustic therapy device, is soft and inflated by air. It is designed to make relaxation easier and more convenient.
We know music can do wonders for health. It lifts our mood, reduces our stress, and increases our endurance. With the right melody, tempo and beat, music can bring forth euphoria. But, can music and sound treat our bodies?
Vibroacoustic therapy is a form of treatment that involves employing sound to produce vibrations to the body. This emerging type of therapy is simple and non-intrusive, making it popular with many health centers. It was first thought to have been introduced sometime between 1970 and 1980, pioneered by Norwegian therapist, Olav Skille. After having experimented with vibroacoustic extensively, Skille found that this therapy was beneficial for many different symptoms, such as the management of pain and relief from tension. Vibroacoustic therapy uses two principles to restore the body. First, it stimulates the body with mechanical vibrations produced by music to deliver a deep massage. The second principle is entrainment and refers to how one rhythm tends to influence another rhythm. Our moods are largely determined by the state of our brain waves and certain music can influence our brains to be in another state.
Our brainwaves, delta, theta, and alpha, exist in a few states that can be described as ranging from slow and loud to fast and complex. The brain does not operate in any single frequency. It is a complex organ. The full spectrum of brainwaves are always functioning. It is the dominant brainwave that determines your mental state. These brainwaves are associated with feelings, ranging from a deep meditative state, to conscious information processing.
There’s a phenomenon called Frequency Following Response, where a living thing will tend to sync its function or actions to another periodic source of sound. Imagine being in bed, minutes from sleep, when suddenly, hearing “tik, tik, tik”, the sound of water drops dripping in the sink. Then slowly drifting to sleep, but to be awakened by a cricket’s “chirp, chirp, chirp.” You try to ignore it, closing your eyes. However, you notice the drops of water and calls of the crickets coalesce. You realize the two sounds are syncing.
Brainwave entrainment techniques are dated and found as far back as the bronze age. Chambers were found to be acoustically tuned to specific frequencies. Certain cultures used flickering sunlight shining through a spinning wheel in an attempt to induce different altered states.
Technology provides us with a means to understand the world. Vibroacoustic therapy is on the path to becoming an important option in treating certain health concerns in the future. The low vibrations promote movements, thus increasing blood circulation. Music enables people to achieve heightened relaxation. While researchers are rediscovering techniques to combine vibrations and music to promote health, continued research and development of the applications and protocols involving vibroacoustic therapy is essential in reaching the technology’s potential.
History and Process
The collaborative efforts of chemists, biologists, and other researchers have helped advance society with the creation or discovery of various medicines and techniques. Brand new types of treatment are still being explored and discovered.
Since 1997, Richway has offered health technologies to help people live their best lives. Richway’s brand new product, the BioAcoustic Mat™ uses sound vibrations to heal. This non-intrusive sound technology stimulates the body with deep massage and influences the body’s brainwaves to sync with the specifically designed rhythms to boost mood and enhance the body’s own healing potential.
Imagine a massage that could reach your deep tissues, muscles, organs, and even cells. This form of massage, vibroacoustic therapy, is real. The BioAcoustic Mat provides a new treatment process to explore music and vibrations that can be used to improve our health.
How does vibroacoustic therapy work? At its core, music is just sound, and sounds are just vibrations. Vibroacoustic therapy uses speakers or transducers placed inside a mattress. The speakers produce vibrations applied directly to the body to ease certain symptoms.
Because the human body is over 70 percent water, sound travels very efficiently. Water particles are close together and serve as a great medium for vibrational energy to travel. The vibrations travel through the body to deliver a deep cellular massage, which provides a multitude of positive affects on the different systems of the body.
Technology designers and researchers note that relaxation is a significant outcome from the use of vibroacoustic technology. At the 1994 National Association of Music Therapy conference in Los Angeles, California, George Patrick Ph.D., Chief of Recreation Therapy at the National Institute of Health (NIH) presented the theory that vibroacoustic therapy triggered a relaxation response.
Vibroacoustic therapy also helps in the management of, and relief from pain. Dr. Patrick’s NIH program found that those who listened to music while feeling the vibrations experienced a greater reduction in pain than those who were in the placebo group, or only listened to music. The reduction in perceived pain suggested that the pain relief was relaxation induced.
The BioAcoustic Mat™ uses three powerful speakers to send vibrations deep into the body to induce relaxation and reduce stress levels. The first speaker, in the middle, delivers a low frequency to the larger muscles. The two smaller speakers play higher frequencies that easily target smaller muscles. Twelve audio tracks were specifically designed by Dr. Lee Bartel, a leading expert in the research of vibroacoustic therapy. Songs range from digital instruments to soothing nature sounds.
Vibroacoustics and Physical Therapy
Vibroacoustics have a long-standing relationship with physical therapy. Patients' treatments using vibroacoustic therapy increased their range of motion, and sustained muscular stimulation. Research at Duke University Medical Center used Selective Low Frequency (SLF) physio-acoustic treatment on patients following total knee replacements. These patients showed greater range of motion during their physical therapy sessions.
The practice of using music or sound in medicine is not new. Ultrasound or high frequency sound is used while imaging bodies, and music is used to soothe emotional burdens. Music has always felt more purposeful than only a form of entertainment. Most ancient cultures discovered the healing power of sound. The Aboriginal people, a tribal group from Australia, are the first known culture to re-purpose music as a healing tool. The yidaki, known commonly as a didgeridoo, has been used as a healing tool for over 40,000 years. The didgeridoo is a man-made wind instrument that produces very deep sounds and vibrations. It is played primarily for dancing and singing. These were commonly used for recreational purposes. When they weren’t being played for ceremonies, the aboriginal healers would use the instruments to create deep sounds and vibrations to tend to the ill. The sounds were used to treat infliction ranging from repairing damaged muscles and bones, to stabilizing the mentally ill by attempting to soothe their minds.
Pythagoras - Father of Music
In ancient Greece, Pythagoras, a famous philosopher was credited as being the father of philosophy, mathematics and music. Pythagoras applied mathematics to subjects ranging from art and architecture to handling relationships or running a government. Pythagoras discovered that musical notes carried mathematical properties that can be translated into mathematical equations.
Music as Medicine
Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School of Mathematics, and made numerous contributions to mathematics. He was one of the earliest to prescribe music as medicine. At Pythagoras’ school, the flute and lyre were taught as healing instruments. To aid in healing, the Greeks also used healing temples as incubation chambers. The patients underwent a process called “dream sleep,” in which music was used therapeutically. The chambers were designed to enhance the reverberant spaces of the temple to induce the curative aspects of the music.
Emotional and Physical Ailments
Healing techniques using vibroacoustic principles offer an effective form of treatment for both emotional and physical ailments. The deep vibrations that massage the body have been found to stimulate blood circulation, allowing it to heal faster. The increase in circulation results in improved management of and relief of pain.
Vibroacoustic therapy is typically accompanied with soothing music. The music is composed in a way that complements the frequencies of the vibrations. The principle behind vibroacoustic therapy is named brainwave entrainment. Brainwave entrainment is a method described as stimulating the brain into certain states by using sound, or lights.
In summary, what does altering brain waves have to do with health? Brain waves are the root of all thoughts and emotions. They are the electrical pulses that facilitate communication between neurons. The state of our brainwaves, and how our day is going, is deeply connected and inseparable. Research has shown that irregular brainwaves are associated with a wide variety of emotional and neurological conditions.
The BioAcoustic Mat™ Includes
BioAcoustic Mat™
Controller
Air Pump
12 specially designed audio tracks to re-energize or relax, designed and composed by vibroacoustic therapy expert Dr. Lee Bartel
Specific frequencies to encourage brain entrainment
BioAcoustic Mat™ Benefits
Stimulates nerves in the spine, deep tissue, and lymbic system
Activates emotional response to energize or relax
Encourages a happy, relaxed, focused, or sleepy mood
Pain management and relief from tension
Entrainment
The BioAcoustic Mat’s™ music is embedded with specific frequencies to coax the brain into different states of mind. The carefully constructed soundtracks encourage healthy neural activity. Relax or energize your body as your mind synchronizes with the rhythm.
Convenient
The BioAcoustic Mat™ is lightweight and simple to use. Simply fill with air and plug it in. It stores away quickly, just unplug and deflate.
Use It With Your BioMat®
Combine the BioAcoustic Mat™ and the BioMat® to maximize your experience. Using the two together will give far infrared heat, negative ions, and vibroacoustic sound. The BioAcoustic Mat™ Professional's design allows the Amethyst BioMat® Professional to fit comfortably on top. They both are a perfect fit for a massage table.
BioAcoustic Mat™ will only ship to the US and Canada.
Specifications
BioAcoustic Mat™ Professional
73" x 28" x 3" (1850 x 700 x 80 mm)
Price: $3,000
US Standard Shipping: $60
CAN Standard Shipping: $80
BioAcoustic Mat™ Single
79" x 39" x 3" (2000 x 1000 x 80 mm)
Price: $3,500
US Standard Shipping: $100
CAN Standard Shipping: $130
BuyNow
At Richway, we want to help people reach goals. After many years of research and developmental challenges, Richway Fuji Bio is excited to show our new key product, the BioAcoustic Mat™. This product can be used in conjunction with the BioMat® or by itself. The BioAcoustic Mat™, a revolutionary, lightweight, vibroacoustic therapy device, is soft and inflated by air. It is designed to make relaxation easier and more convenient.
We know music can do wonders for health. It lifts our mood, reduces our stress, and increases our endurance. With the right melody, tempo and beat, music can bring forth euphoria. But, can music and sound treat our bodies?
Vibroacoustic therapy is a form of treatment that involves employing sound to produce vibrations to the body. This emerging type of therapy is simple and non-intrusive, making it popular with many health centers. It was first thought to have been introduced sometime between 1970 and 1980, pioneered by Norwegian therapist, Olav Skille. After having experimented with vibroacoustic extensively, Skille found that this therapy was beneficial for many different symptoms, such as the management of pain and relief from tension. Vibroacoustic therapy uses two principles to restore the body. First, it stimulates the body with mechanical vibrations produced by music to deliver a deep massage. The second principle is entrainment and refers to how one rhythm tends to influence another rhythm. Our moods are largely determined by the state of our brain waves and certain music can influence our brains to be in another state.
Our brainwaves, delta, theta, and alpha, exist in a few states that can be described as ranging from slow and loud to fast and complex. The brain does not operate in any single frequency. It is a complex organ. The full spectrum of brainwaves are always functioning. It is the dominant brainwave that determines your mental state. These brainwaves are associated with feelings, ranging from a deep meditative state, to conscious information processing.
There’s a phenomenon called Frequency Following Response, where a living thing will tend to sync its function or actions to another periodic source of sound. Imagine being in bed, minutes from sleep, when suddenly, hearing “tik, tik, tik”, the sound of water drops dripping in the sink. Then slowly drifting to sleep, but to be awakened by a cricket’s “chirp, chirp, chirp.” You try to ignore it, closing your eyes. However, you notice the drops of water and calls of the crickets coalesce. You realize the two sounds are syncing.
Brainwave entrainment techniques are dated and found as far back as the bronze age. Chambers were found to be acoustically tuned to specific frequencies. Certain cultures used flickering sunlight shining through a spinning wheel in an attempt to induce different altered states.
Technology provides us with a means to understand the world. Vibroacoustic therapy is on the path to becoming an important option in treating certain health concerns in the future. The low vibrations promote movements, thus increasing blood circulation. Music enables people to achieve heightened relaxation. While researchers are rediscovering techniques to combine vibrations and music to promote health, continued research and development of the applications and protocols involving vibroacoustic therapy is essential in reaching the technology’s potential.
History and Process
The collaborative efforts of chemists, biologists, and other researchers have helped advance society with the creation or discovery of various medicines and techniques. Brand new types of treatment are still being explored and discovered.
Since 1997, Richway has offered health technologies to help people live their best lives. Richway’s brand new product, the BioAcoustic Mat™ uses sound vibrations to heal. This non-intrusive sound technology stimulates the body with deep massage and influences the body’s brainwaves to sync with the specifically designed rhythms to boost mood and enhance the body’s own healing potential.
Imagine a massage that could reach your deep tissues, muscles, organs, and even cells. This form of massage, vibroacoustic therapy, is real. The BioAcoustic Mat provides a new treatment process to explore music and vibrations that can be used to improve our health.
How does vibroacoustic therapy work? At its core, music is just sound, and sounds are just vibrations. Vibroacoustic therapy uses speakers or transducers placed inside a mattress. The speakers produce vibrations applied directly to the body to ease certain symptoms.
Because the human body is over 70 percent water, sound travels very efficiently. Water particles are close together and serve as a great medium for vibrational energy to travel. The vibrations travel through the body to deliver a deep cellular massage, which provides a multitude of positive affects on the different systems of the body.
Technology designers and researchers note that relaxation is a significant outcome from the use of vibroacoustic technology. At the 1994 National Association of Music Therapy conference in Los Angeles, California, George Patrick Ph.D., Chief of Recreation Therapy at the National Institute of Health (NIH) presented the theory that vibroacoustic therapy triggered a relaxation response.
Vibroacoustic therapy also helps in the management of, and relief from pain. Dr. Patrick’s NIH program found that those who listened to music while feeling the vibrations experienced a greater reduction in pain than those who were in the placebo group, or only listened to music. The reduction in perceived pain suggested that the pain relief was relaxation induced.
The BioAcoustic Mat™ uses three powerful speakers to send vibrations deep into the body to induce relaxation and reduce stress levels. The first speaker, in the middle, delivers a low frequency to the larger muscles. The two smaller speakers play higher frequencies that easily target smaller muscles. Twelve audio tracks were specifically designed by Dr. Lee Bartel, a leading expert in the research of vibroacoustic therapy. Songs range from digital instruments to soothing nature sounds.
Vibroacoustics and Physical Therapy
Vibroacoustics have a long-standing relationship with physical therapy. Patients' treatments using vibroacoustic therapy increased their range of motion, and sustained muscular stimulation. Research at Duke University Medical Center used Selective Low Frequency (SLF) physio-acoustic treatment on patients following total knee replacements. These patients showed greater range of motion during their physical therapy sessions.
The practice of using music or sound in medicine is not new. Ultrasound or high frequency sound is used while imaging bodies, and music is used to soothe emotional burdens. Music has always felt more purposeful than only a form of entertainment. Most ancient cultures discovered the healing power of sound. The Aboriginal people, a tribal group from Australia, are the first known culture to re-purpose music as a healing tool. The yidaki, known commonly as a didgeridoo, has been used as a healing tool for over 40,000 years. The didgeridoo is a man-made wind instrument that produces very deep sounds and vibrations. It is played primarily for dancing and singing. These were commonly used for recreational purposes. When they weren’t being played for ceremonies, the aboriginal healers would use the instruments to create deep sounds and vibrations to tend to the ill. The sounds were used to treat infliction ranging from repairing damaged muscles and bones, to stabilizing the mentally ill by attempting to soothe their minds.
Pythagoras - Father of Music
In ancient Greece, Pythagoras, a famous philosopher was credited as being the father of philosophy, mathematics and music. Pythagoras applied mathematics to subjects ranging from art and architecture to handling relationships or running a government. Pythagoras discovered that musical notes carried mathematical properties that can be translated into mathematical equations.
Music as Medicine
Pythagoras founded the Pythagorean School of Mathematics, and made numerous contributions to mathematics. He was one of the earliest to prescribe music as medicine. At Pythagoras’ school, the flute and lyre were taught as healing instruments. To aid in healing, the Greeks also used healing temples as incubation chambers. The patients underwent a process called “dream sleep,” in which music was used therapeutically. The chambers were designed to enhance the reverberant spaces of the temple to induce the curative aspects of the music.
Emotional and Physical Ailments
Healing techniques using vibroacoustic principles offer an effective form of treatment for both emotional and physical ailments. The deep vibrations that massage the body have been found to stimulate blood circulation, allowing it to heal faster. The increase in circulation results in improved management of and relief of pain.
Vibroacoustic therapy is typically accompanied with soothing music. The music is composed in a way that complements the frequencies of the vibrations. The principle behind vibroacoustic therapy is named brainwave entrainment. Brainwave entrainment is a method described as stimulating the brain into certain states by using sound, or lights.
In summary, what does altering brain waves have to do with health? Brain waves are the root of all thoughts and emotions. They are the electrical pulses that facilitate communication between neurons. The state of our brainwaves, and how our day is going, is deeply connected and inseparable. Research has shown that irregular brainwaves are associated with a wide variety of emotional and neurological conditions.
The BioAcoustic Mat™ Includes
BioAcoustic Mat™
Controller
Air Pump
12 specially designed audio tracks to re-energize or relax, designed and composed by vibroacoustic therapy expert Dr. Lee Bartel
Specific frequencies to encourage brain entrainment
BioAcoustic Mat™ Benefits
Stimulates nerves in the spine, deep tissue, and lymbic system
Activates emotional response to energize or relax
Encourages a happy, relaxed, focused, or sleepy mood
Pain management and relief from tension
Entrainment
The BioAcoustic Mat’s™ music is embedded with specific frequencies to coax the brain into different states of mind. The carefully constructed soundtracks encourage healthy neural activity. Relax or energize your body as your mind synchronizes with the rhythm.
Convenient
The BioAcoustic Mat™ is lightweight and simple to use. Simply fill with air and plug it in. It stores away quickly, just unplug and deflate.
Use It With Your BioMat®
Combine the BioAcoustic Mat™ and the BioMat® to maximize your experience. Using the two together will give far infrared heat, negative ions, and vibroacoustic sound. The BioAcoustic Mat™ Professional's design allows the Amethyst BioMat® Professional to fit comfortably on top. They both are a perfect fit for a massage table.
BioAcoustic Mat™ will only ship to the US and Canada.
Specifications
BioAcoustic Mat™ Professional
73" x 28" x 3" (1850 x 700 x 80 mm)
Price: $3,000
US Standard Shipping: $60
CAN Standard Shipping: $80
BioAcoustic Mat™ Single
79" x 39" x 3" (2000 x 1000 x 80 mm)
Price: $3,500
US Standard Shipping: $100
CAN Standard Shipping: $130
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