Bouncing for Health

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Bouncing for Health

 

By Scott E. Miners

 

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My sister and I sought every opportunity in our childhood to find a springy bed

and jump up and down upon it. I recently learned that this simple activity,

happy as it was, stimulated and exercised every cell in the body. Not only that,

it strengthens the cardiovascular system and it pumps the lymph system in ways

no other exercises ever do. It does even more. Let's take a look further at this

remarkable, simple and joyful exercise.

 

Trampolinist Albert Carter wrote The Miracles of Rebound Exercise and therein

coined the term reboundology in 1979. Carter had designed a sturdy rebounder for

police departments in Hong Kong, and his design became a standard for quality

rebounders today.

 

One day, my wife purchased a new, professional quality rebounder modeled on

Carter's design. She jumps on it several times a day, enjoys it, and has been

doing so for several years now. At first I wondered about spending that sum of

money for what seemed a toy, but right away she started taking on a very healthy

glow, and felt better, and so I read a little about rebounding in the book she

had.

 

Then I started rebounding on the new rebounder, which is easy to do with little

effort; the mat is firm yet soft and giving, the springs are quality, the frame

is solid, and I didn't get aching legs or a backache, like I did with those

low-quality, inexpensive, stiff mini-trampolines on the market, with their taut

mats and inferior metal frames and legs that break after a few months of use. I

see why even the elderly or those who don't exercise can easily and happily do

rebounding. I, like centenarian Bob Hope, who said, " I keep my rebounder at the

foot of my bed and use it daily, " wanted one for our bedroom too.

 

I start bouncing for health—and I start feeling better right away—even just

doing the " health bounce " 2 or 3 minutes at a time, once or twice a day (I love

it because all you do in the health bounce is stand on the mat and lightly lift

your heels up and down, and the rebounder mat and springs do the bounce for

you—you don't even have to lift your feet off the mat). By the third day I am on

the rebounder 4 or 5 times a day, a few minutes at a time. I find myself

enjoying it. I even jog on it a little after jogging outside. I buy another one

for my office. I notice it gives me more energy after only 2 or 3 minutes of

health bouncing, and I just want to get up from my desk every so often and

jump—for joy. I notice it is uplifting too to play lovely classical, rock and

roll or upbeat, free-style dance music on my radio while I bounce.

 

THE IMMUNE BUILDING AND HEALTH BENEFITS OF REBOUNDING

 

Here is what I learned from reading books about rebounding: When you rebound

lightly, as in the health bounce, you strengthen your body's immune system (the

rebound action increases your white blood cell count temporarily), promote

cellular repair, attain absolute potential of cells, circulate more oxygen to

the tissues, reduce arterial pressure, increase production of red blood cells,

improve transmission of nerve impulses, obtain relief from headaches and neck

and back pain, increase mental performance, slow aging...and much more,

according to Dr. Morton Walker (Jumping for Health).

 

You can also jump, do aerobic exercise, custom jog, run and more on your

rebounder. There are many different, happy ways to move on your rebounder. You

do it silently sometimes; at others you play rhythmic music. Your body moves and

sways in new ways each time. Sometimes you are very tired and you only do the

health bounce, and each time you are buoyed in spirit and energy. You know it is

healthy, and you know your lymph system is being cleansed.

 

It is especially healing for the ankles, knees and low back, without the shock

of regular exercise. Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) cited rebounding as being 68% more efficient than regular

running exercises. Rebounding is more playful than it is a job of exercise.

 

The one feature of rebounding that sets it apart from all other exercises is

that half of the time you use it you are not opposing gravity! When you are

bounced upward by the springs and mat of the rebounder, your body is not being

pulled by gravity. Because of this action each cell in the body and brain

receives a " positive " stress. Vision therapists have long used quality

mini-trampolines to help clients strengthen eye muscles.

 

Each cell in the body receives three natural forces from the rebounding. Gravity

pulls you down from each bounce, acceleration forces you back up, and you are

doing this vertically, as certified reboundologist Linda Brooks (who was trained

by Al Carter) points out in her excellent book Rebounding to Better Health. All

other exercises—running, tennis, swimming, weight training, fitness

exercises—are done on the horizontal plane. In rebounding, " every cell of the

body is being stimulated by the forces of acceleration, deceleration and

gravity, " says Brooks.

 

Your cells experience a " gentle squeezing at the bottom of the bounce, " which

pulls toxins out, and cells become stronger. Brooks cites a study from the

University of Oklahoma: Because the mat of the quality rebounder absorbs 87% of

the shock of the bounce, the exercise is safe and healing to all the cells. A.

L. Cave of Junetson, Oregon, commented that he and his wife had their rebounder

for about 2 weeks and that his " wife's pain in her hips and arms had completely

disappeared. " Why do such dramatic changes occur? One of the reasons is that

rebounding stimulates the cells of all organs, veins, arteries, bones and

muscles, the eyes (which is one of the reasons many people experience vision

improvement with rebounding) and the brain, and it increases circulation and

lymphatic drainage, which is why arthritic conditions heal when rebounding. What

is lymphatic drainage and why is it important to " exercise " the lymph system?

 

THE LYMPH SYSTEM

 

The lymphatic fluid is a clear liquid that contains the body's T- and B-cells.

The lymphatic system, as Dr.Morton Walker refers to it in his book Jumping for

Health, is the " metabolic garbage can of the body. It rids you of toxins, such

as dead and cancerous cells, nitrogenous wastes, fat, infectious viruses, heavy

metals, and other material cast off by the cells. " CJ Puotinen outlined how

modern living and clothing, such as bras, and lack of exercise lead to

constriction of the lymph system or allow it to lag and become clogged.

( " Lymphatic Immune Support, " May/June and July/August 2000 issues of Well Being

Journal.)

 

When you rebound, you are helping your cells metabolize, cleanse and renew, and

you are helping your lymph system to pump and drain out the body's waste. Unlike

the cardiovascular system, with the heart as a pump, the lymph system does not

have a pump. Linda Brooks: " Lymph is moved like a hydraulic pressure system....

The lymph tubes are filled with one-way valves that only open up, or allow

drainage toward the center of the body. When pressure below the valve is greater

than above (as when you are moving downward on the rebounder) the valves are

forced open so the fluid can flow. " There are only three ways for the lymph

system to " pump " and cleanse: exercise, which helps muscular contraction;

massage (via movement) of the musculature or tissues it serves to get it to pump

back into the pulmonary circulation; and gravitational pressure with its

resultant internal massage. Rebounding provides all three ways of removing waste

from the cells.

 

Dr. Walker sums it up: " Then arterial blood enters the capillaries in order to

furnish the cells with fresh tissue fluid containing food and oxygen. The

bouncing motion effectively moves and recycles the lymph and the entire blood

supply through the circulatory system many times during the course of the

rebounding session. " And the joy of it all is that you don't even have to exert

yourself to get these benefits. The eldest of the elderly can do this, as well

as the handicapped person, and the arthritic.

 

http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/bouncing.htm

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