{"title":"Andullation: mechanical vibration and infrared heat","seoTitle":"Andullation: mechanical vibration and infrared heat | PES Luxembourg","metaDescription":"HHP andullation: mechanical vibration and infrared heat for comfort and relaxation, as an adjunct to physiotherapy in Bascharage.","content":"**Andullation (HHP) is a mattress that combines a mechanical vibration (about 5–40 Hz) and infrared heat. Lying down, dressed, you have no effort to provide. At Pôle Equilibre & Santé, in Bascharage, it is a comfort and relaxation tool — it does not repair a disc or osteoarthritis.**\n\n## Vibration and heat, without exercise\n\nThe HHP device produces a vibratory wave along the body, associated with infrared heat. The frequencies usually described sit around **5 to 40 Hz**. The mechanisms invoked (sensory modulation of pain, muscle release, vasodilatation) are those, known, of [thermotherapy](/bascharage/equipement/thermotherapie) and of vibrations. The device does not act on a precise organ. No particular breathing instruction.\n\nThis is not an equivalent of localised [percussion](/bascharage/equipement/percussion), nor a treatment for a hernia, sciatica or osteoarthritis.\n\n## Comfort indications\n\nChronic back pain, tensions, fatigue, people for whom a firmer massage is poorly tolerated. A calm time before or after exercises, when relaxation truly serves the session.\n\nThis is not a slimming bed, nor a single treatment of a joint or disc pathology.\n\n## Evidence: a study without a control group\n\nParras-Moltó and Ribas-Serna (*Dose-Response*, 2019) observed, after **five 30-minute sessions**, a drop in perceived pain, an improvement in well-being, a slight decrease in blood pressure and in leg volume. **There was no control group.** These results do not allow one to conclude a specific effect superior to lying rest. We do not over-interpret them.\n\nThere is no corpus of robust trials comparable to that of exercise. Andullation is presented as a **comfort tool**. If pain or stiffness change nothing after a few trials, we stop the device.\n\n## How it goes\n\nDressed (soft clothing, without a belt that is too tight or objects in the pockets). Lying down, progressive heat, diffuse vibrations. A sensation close to a gentle massage. Duration often **15 to 25 minutes**. We adapt if discomfort, nausea or heat that is too strong.\n\n## Preparation\n\nClean skin, no thick cream. Mention pregnancy, thrombosis, an infection, a wound, a pacemaker, epilepsy, a progressing tumour. If lying on the back wakes the back, we wedge a cushion or we choose another tool.\n\n## After the session\n\nUsual activities are generally possible. Slight drowsiness is possible: wait to be well awake before driving. Maximal sport on a still-unstable lesion is not indicated.\n\n## Contraindications\n\nPregnancy, a recent thrombosis or phlebitis, a febrile infection, a wound or cutaneous inflammation, a pacemaker or an electronic implant (case by case), poorly controlled epilepsy, a recent haemorrhage, a progressing tumour according to medical advice, a major sensory disorder, very hot acute joint inflammation.\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n\nIs it painful?
\n\nNo. Gentle vibrations and heat. We adapt immediately if discomfort, nausea or heat that is too vivid appears.\n\n \n\n\nDoes it replace my rehabilitation?
\n\nNo. Exercises and manual therapy remain the heart. Andullation sometimes frames them, at the start or at the end of the session.\n\n \n\n\nHow long does a session last, and at what rhythm?
\n\nOften 15 to 25 minutes. This is not a compulsory daily care. We use it when relaxation truly serves the work of the day.\n\n \n\n\nAre there contraindications?
\n\nPregnancy, a recent thrombosis, an infection, a wound, certain electronic implants, very hot acute inflammation: say so at the assessment. We then choose another means, or we abstain.\n\n \n\n\nHow should I dress? Is a shower needed afterwards?
\n\nCome dressed comfortably. No need for sportswear or a shower: you do not sweat as in effort. Remove a tight belt and objects from the pockets.\n\n \n\n\nIs it reimbursed?
\n\nPhysiotherapy is provided on medical prescription so that it can be reimbursed by the [CNS](https://cns.public.lu/fr/assure/remboursements/prestations-remboursees/prestations-paramedicales/kinesitherapeutes.html). The practice handles the paperwork. Details: [The Consultation](/bascharage/kinesitherapie/consultation-kine).\n\n \n\n\nHow can I book an appointment?
\n\nVia [Doctena](https://fr.doctena.lu/cabinet/Pole_Equilibre_Sante-281318) or on +352 26 65 28 42. Practice at 20B Rue du Bois, 4912 Bascharage — see [Contact & access](/contact).\n\n \n\n## Find out more\n\n- [Percussion](/bascharage/equipement/percussion)\n- [Thermotherapy](/bascharage/equipement/thermotherapie)\n- [The technical platform](/bascharage/equipement)\n\n","image":"https://pes-luxembourg.lu/bascharage/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Andulation-HHP.png"}