A therapeutic vibration apparatus includes a motor operated vibrator
mounted beneath a vibration platform. The motor drives a drive shaft on
which a fixed weight is eccentrically mounted. Further, a rotatable
weight is eccentrically mounted to the drive shaft. The fixed weight
includes a stop protruding outwardly and the rotatable weight is
positioned on the drive shaft at a location to be caught by the stop when
the shaft is rotating. A controller is used to change the direction of
rotation of the motor so that when the drive shaft is rotated in one
direction, the rotatable weight is caught by the stop on a side aligned
with the eccentric portion of the fixed weight and when the motor is
reversed in direction the weight is caught on the other side of the drive
shaft in opposition to the eccentric portion of the fixed weight.