[This post covers how rebounding on a trampoline builds muscle, strengthens bone, circulates our lymphatic system, improves our immune systems, promotes brain health, and gives us energy. YT videos linked at end]
Rebounding, or “health bouncing” on a trampoline has two huge effects on the body: pumping your lymphatic system and strengthening unused bone and muscles.
Rebounding for skeletal and muscular strength
Strength is built when we fight gravity. Nasa did studies on using trampolines to rebuild bone and muscle density as a way of staying fit in space because the lack of gravity caused deterioration in astronauts bodies. Not using your body makes it less usable.
Rebounding is using a trampoline to fight gravity. It’s used to improve balance, posture, and put unused joints and muscle back into use.
Rebounding for lymphatic system
Our lymphatic systems are responsible for cleaning out our bodies from toxins, bacteria, and dead or abnormal cells. It plays a vital part in our immune system by filtering these pollutants out of our lymph fluid through our lymph glands. And our lymphatic systems deliver needed fats, water, and minerals to our bloodstream. Those natural fats are burned as one of our main sources of energy, or used to repair skin and joints, promote hormone production and brain function. Barbara O’Neill calls the lymph system your body’s “vacuum.” It does the house cleaning by picking up and putting away, keeping us from filling up with germs and dead cells.
Without lymph fluid moving around we become more susceptible to illness. Extra water becomes stagnant in limbs, causing mild to severe swelling, and we struggle to have any energy because the fuel isn’t being delivered. Skin pores are also more likely to become clogged because the lymph fluid isn’t being moved around to clean up your body.
Our blood stream is pumped around by our hearts and muscle-lined blood capillaries, but our lymphatic systems don’t have their own pumps. It requires manual movement to keep from becoming stagnant. Lymph fluid sits mostly dormant in between the lymph vessels “gates” until we move around enough for gravity to open and close those gates. Our calf muscles are our second hearts. Manually using these muscles pushes lymph fluid throughout our bodies, and what uses our calf muscles the most? Rebounding.
When you accelerate upward while jumping on the trampoline, you're pushing all your lymphatic fluid up with you, and as you hit the peak of your jump gravity begins its tug and all the fluid is pulled downward. The plasma-like fluid is circulated both by gravity and the intense use of your calf muscles, flushing out your lymph nodes, delivering liquid, and sending around fats to be burned for all that energy you’re suddenly feeling.
How long do we need to rebound?
It's recommended that we do it for five minutes every day, two minutes solid at the very least. For someone dealing with swollen legs and varicose veins you could do the health bounce for a couple minutes every hour if wanted.
“Movement is life. Strength comes by exercise, there is no other way. Stagnant pools breed disease and stagnant bodies breed disease. Exercise is vital.” -Barbara O’Neil
If you struggle with Restless Leg Syndrome, try rebounding. I’ve taken supplements, bought a pricey weighted blanket and compression socks, but the only thing that’s actually made a difference is daily use of the trampoline to circulate my lymph. I believe that it’s the stagnant fluid in my legs that causes the vibrating-like itchy feel that makes you want to kick around at night.
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YouTube video links on Rebounding:
https://youtu.be/Jrtwq60n-Ds?si=o4AAmLJX1ktGNa7F Dc. Eric Berg
https://youtu.be/70AUAI4iuHY?si=C9hBVZ6gFVb2UbZ2 Barbara O’Neill
(On exercising) https://youtu.be/BnruA38SSco?si=yRnPTr-E_rqc3g6g Barbara O’Neill
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