Johan came into contact with Vibrosphere® 1½ years ago, at Bosön in Stockholm. But it wasn’t until he came to Lund and the basketball club EOS in March 2007 that he seriously started to look for information on the product. In April 2007 the club bought its first Vibrosphere®, when the club was heding at elite level. Today they use Vibrosphere®, primarily at the elite level, both for men and women.

- It is a perfect complement to regular training. Our players use Vibrosphere®, for example when warming up in order to get the circulation going before regular training. The players stand on one or both legs for 2x1 minute at 40-45 Hz.

Great risk for injury

Basketball is a sport which requires hard training. Basketball players, just like other elite-level athletes, are therefore prone to injuries. The most common types of injuries are ones from the hips and areas below. Primary concerns are ankle distortions, knee injuries as well as muscle injuries due to over exertion. It is vital that the players get back to full strength as quickly as possible.

- As an elite-level athlete, you cannot recover by resting after a sports injury, says Johan. The most important thing is not to lose that which has already been won when undergoing treatment. Simply put, the way back must not take too much time. For a player, an injury can mean the end to a season, or in a worst case scenario, a career. It is therefore just as important that injury-prevention be a part of the rehabilitation training. Injuries are unavoidable within sports, especially at the elite level. Therefore it is natural to try to prevent this as much as possible.

Rehabilitation of injuries

Vibrosphere® is also used in injury rehabilitation.

- One of the players on the women’s team injured her ankle. Previously she wouldn’t have trained as much as all the others. But I think that the injury period is a perfect opportunity to build up the injured part as well as other body parts. She trained on Vibrosphere® while the others had their regular training.
Injured players who used Vibrosphere® say that the pain lessens for a period. You can then go through rehabilitation at an earlier phase than what you previously could due to the decreased pain level.

- Another of the girls sprained her foot during training. We used the regular procedure with ice and elevation the first two days. On the third day she began to lightly use Vibrosphere® and on the fourth day she was back to regular training. This would have taken a few more days with normal rehabilitation.

Preventive training on Vibrosphere®

Johan applies the MAQ method during training. MAQ is a method which states that quality of training is the most important thing, not just intensity, tempo and duration. EOS combines the MAQ idea with training on Vibrosphere®. Johan has developed certain basketball specific exercises on the Vibrosphere® based on MAQ.

- Vibrosphere® is used during each training session for the elite players. With Vibrosphere® the possibilities are endless. It can be used for the entire body, only imagination set the limits. I personally feel limited by only having one Vibrosphere®, having two of them would further increase our potential.

The women’s team has been able to increase weight training with Vibrosphere®. A third of the team warms up on Vibrosphere® before training. Certain players (both women and men) also use it for upper-body and core exercises in the gym. Others use it for interval training in pairs with one sprinting and the other ”resting” with upper-body exercises on Vibrosphere®. Ankles and knees are the most exposed body parts for basketball players, good core stability is therefore essential in avoiding injuries.

- I believe that we will see further results when we have begun using Vibrosphere® to its fullest extent. However, players and trainers need to accept this new idea, primarily with injuries. But I believe that, after four months’ of use it will be accepted. I have already seen that certain players have made physical and technical improvements.

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