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Why choose rebounding?

Dr. Robert G. Frost, who headed the research team, said this about rebounding:

“It improves the performance of the heart, lungs and lymphatic system.  It improves circulation and muscle tone and challenges the skeletal muscles to increase stamina without any of the jarring associated with other aerobic activities.  Gravity-plus rebounding is the single most efficient way to improve health.  No other exercise can match it.”

Researchers also have discovered that on a cellular level, more benefits are realized by rebounders.  Dr. Frost explains, “ Lymph system cleanses out toxic waste and health-threatening bacteria. What bouncing does is improve the body’s own immunological system.”

In other words, those who use a rebounder have bodies more capable of dealing with bacteria, viruses, and toxins produced by these organisms, making the user much more resistant to disease than he would otherwise be.

Rebounding Helps Move the Lymph One of rebounding's special benefits is its ability to improve flow in the lymphatic system. "The lymphatic system is the metabolic garbage can of the body," says Dr. Walker. "It rids the body of toxins, fatigue substances, dead cells, cancer cells, nitrogenous wastes, trapped protein, fatty globules, pathogenic bacteria, infectious viruses, foreign substances, heavy metals, and other assorted junk the cells cast off."

Stagnant or inadequate lymph flow is associated with the onset of many symptoms and illnesses, including bursitis in the shoulders, bunions, joint stiffness or soft tissue spasms, dry flaking skin, bad breath, body odors, lethargy, depression, and cancer. Unlike the circulatory system with the heart as its pump, the lymph system lacks a pump to move the fluid. It is vital that the lymph fluids continue to flow in order to eliminate waste from the body. The flow is dependent on muscle contractions and body movements, massage and other forms of compression, and gravity. One of the best ways to stimulate this flow is by exercising.

The lymph system consists of lymph nodes which are clusters of immune tissue that work as filters or "inspection stations" for detecting foreign and potentially harmful substances in the lymph fluid. Acting like spongy filter bags, lymph nodes are part of the lymphatic system, which is the body's master drain. While the body has many dozens of lymph nodes, they are mostly clustered in the neck, armpits, chest, groin, and abdomen. Lymph fluid (1-2 quarts) accounts for 1-3% of body weight. Exercise can increase lymph flow by 15 times.

"The lymphatic [flow] becomes very active during exercise but sluggish under resting conditions," states Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., chairman of the department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and author of Basic Human Physiology. "During exercise, the rate of lymph flow can increase to as high as 14 times normal because of the increased activity." This happens because the lymph ducts expand during rebounding. The increased lymph flow flushes more toxins through the lymphatic system. Or as Dr. Walker says, rebounding stimulates "an optimum drainage of the lymphatic circulation."

Because rebounding exercise takes place in the privacy of your home, you’ll pocket a lot of ectra cash since you’ll do away with the need to pay membership fees at health clubs as well as the gas and time needed for that long drive to the gym.

Another important aspect – rebounding is fun, and that makes it more likely that you’ll do it.

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