30 Medical Benefits – Townsend Letter for Doctors, 1995
The following is a list of 30 medical benefits you can expect to receive from participating in rebounding classes on a consistent basis. This list was compiled by Dr Morton Walker and published in the Townsend Letter for Doctors 1995.
Rebound Exercise will:
- Increase the capacity for respiration
- Circulate more oxygen to tissues in the body
- Establish a better equilibrium between the oxygen required by the tissue, and the oxygen made available
- Cause muscles to perform work in moving fluids through the body to lighten the heart load
- Tend to reduce the height to which the arterial pressure rises during exertion
- Lessen the time during which blood pressure remains abnormal after severe activity
- Hold off the incidence of cardio-vascular disease
- Increase the functional activity of the red bone marrow in the production of red blood cells
- Aid lymphatic circulation as well as the flow in the veins of the circulatory system
- Encourage collateral circulation
- Strengthen the heart and other muscles in the body so that they can work more efficiently
- Allow the resting heart to beat less often
- Lower elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels
- Stimulate the metabolism
- Promote body growth and repair
- Tone up the glandular system, especially the thyroid to increase its output
- Add to the alkaline reserve of the body which may be of significance in an emergency requiring prolonged effort
- Chemically attain absolute potential of the cells
- Reserve bodily strength and physical efficiency
- Expand the bodies capacity for fuel storage and endurance
- Improve co-ordination through the transmission of nerve impulses and responsiveness of the muscle fibres
- Afford muscular vigour from increased muscle fibre tone
- Offer relief from neck and back pain, headache, and other pain caused by lack of exercise
- Enhance digestion and elimination processes
- Allow for better and easier relaxation and sleep
- Result in a better mental performance with keener learning processes
- Curtail fatigue and menstrual discomfort for women
- Minimize the number of colds, allergies, digestive disturbances and abdominal problems
- Tend to slow down aging
- Reduces the likelihood of obesity