Admit it, we all love jumping up and down. Be it on the ground, a bed, or a moon bounce at a party, there is no denying the fun of bouncing, which actually has many health benefits. When used as a form of exercise, the act of bouncing is called rebounding and is usually done on a small trampoline or exercise ball.
Rebounding has the power to help circulate blood and lymph flow, which is essential in delivering oxygen and nutrients into cells and tissues. It removes metabolic waste products and toxins out of tissues and ultimately eliminating the poisons out of the body through the immunctories- excreting organs such as the kidney, liver and bowels. An activity like rebounding helps pump the lymphatic system vertically in both directions, which usually runs in one-way vessels up the arms, legs, and torso. It has been said that rebounding can increase lymph flow by 15-30 times. Without proper lymph flow cells become stagnant and malnourished, and build up of wastes and toxins can ultimately cause headaches, nausea, joint pain and arthritis, and even cancer.
Among its many additional benefits, including stabilizing blood pressure, increasing aerobic activity for the heart, and stimulating the metabolism, rebounding is a simple activity you can do from your own home. You can get a mini trampoline or exercise ball and plop it down in front of the television or near your radio with some good music to keep you going. Trampolines are easy to use, start slow, stand on it and bounce up and down for five minutes. Exercise balls needs to be medium to large in size and pumped with enough air so you can sit on it and bounce with out losing balance. Rebounding also detoxifies the body by increasing sweating mechanisms, and in my opinion, it is a great pre-sauna workout!
References:
http://www.healingdaily.com/exercise/rebounding-for-detoxification-and-health.htm
