About Vibroacoustic Guide -- Mission, Editorial Independence

An education-first site for a niche modality

Vibroacoustic Guide exists to give vibroacoustic therapy the careful reading it deserves. It is an education site, not a clinic site, not a product site, and not a membership site. Its primary job is to present the clinical and mechanistic literature accurately, point readers to certified providers, and offer a curated list of tools for home or clinical use.

The site is run by Michael Hummel, NMD, a naturopathic physician in Ashland, Oregon, with support from a small editorial team. It is funded out of practice revenue and does not accept advertising or sponsored content. The site owner owns one of the apps listed in the Apps directory (Hummed Sound Therapy) and the featured clinic listing (Hummel Medical). These relationships are disclosed openly on the relevant pages.

Editorial independence

Every page on this site is written evidence-first, with two explicit editorial choices that are disclosed here and at the point of use:

On the Apps and Tables page, Hummed Sound Therapy is listed first in the apps list because it is owned by the site's founder. Remaining apps are in no particular order. No app is endorsed; each is described neutrally.
On the Find a Provider page, Hummel Medical is featured first, with disclosure, because it is owned by the site's founder. All other clinics are listed alphabetically by state, with no preferential treatment of any kind.

The Research page is written without any commercial consideration. Claims are graded by evidence strength. Where the literature is thin or contested, the site says so.

The site does not accept advertising. The site does not publish sponsored content. The site does not earn affiliate commissions on linked products. If this ever changes, it will be disclosed here and on the relevant page before any such content is published.

About Dr. Michael Hummel, NMD

Michael Hummel is a board-certified naturopathic physician and the founder of Hummel Medical in Ashland, Oregon, a regenerative wellness and longevity practice. He also sees patients one day per week via telemedicine through Denver Naturopathic Clinic. He practices alongside his wife Mary Hummel, MS, the practice's nutritionist.

He holds bachelor's degrees in chemistry and biology from Northern Arizona University and earned his naturopathic medical degree from Sonoran University of Health Sciences. He completed a three-year residency, one year at Cameron Wellness Center in Salt Lake City and two at Envita Medical Center in Scottsdale, followed by five years of intensive integrative oncology training. His clinical specialties include integrative oncology, chronic infectious disease (including Lyme), bioidentical hormone therapies, botanical medicine, naturopathic physical medicine, and healthy aging.

He is the creator of the Bountiful Herbs Botanical Medicine Database and has co-authored dietary books and medical studies on COVID-19 and Lyme disease. He co-hosts the SpiritRx Podcast and writes essays and interpretations of classical wisdom texts at venturesinwisdom.com.

He developed Vibroacoustic Guide because the modality sat in a frustrating in-between space in the literature... real enough to respect, niche enough to be buried, and easy enough to dismiss that almost no one had built a serious educational home for it.

Why a niche modality deserves serious treatment

Vibroacoustic therapy is easy to dismiss. It does not have the cultural visibility of yoga, the FDA-clearance momentum of neuromodulation devices, or the celebrity endorsement engine of cold plunges and red-light panels. It has a small community of researchers, a smaller community of certified practitioners, and a sprawling consumer wellness edge that sometimes makes claims the literature cannot support.

That is exactly why the careful middle is worth building. A modality that works for some conditions, does not work for others, and is very unlikely to hurt anyone when properly screened deserves an accurate accounting rather than either amplification or dismissal.

Most plants require both light and dark to meet their furthest growth potential. So it is with a clinical literature. Honest acknowledgment of the gaps is what makes the real findings worth trusting.

If you work in this field, if you deliver this therapy, if you study it, or if you are considering it as a patient, this site is for you. If something here is wrong, tell us. The intention is that this page is more accurate next year than it is today.

Best,
Michael