"I was diagnosed with D-cell Lymphoma. I tried chemotherapy but it did not cure me of the cancer. It was then that I began searching for alternative methods of getting healed of cancer. I found out about rebound exercise and once I tried it, I started to feel much better.
"I knew I had to exercise, I found exercising boring. I also knew that jogging on hard surfaces could harm my joints and bones. Having a rebounder was fantastic because I could exercise right in my own apartment and it was so much fun! I started to enjoy it greatly. I also found out that after I started rebounding for 20 minutes a day I could do more push-ups and pull-ups than before.
"When I started using the rebounder I couldn't even see my feet. This was very disturbing for me. A roll of fat on a person is trouble waiting to happen and I was very uncomfortable. Within 3 months I had lost 25 pounds. That was amazing to me, as if I had accomplished a miracle.
"Since I began rebounding, the cancer has stopped its progress. Rebound exercise has made a drastic improvement in my health. It's unbelievable!"
Thousands of people can testify to the health benefits of rebound exercise. Those suffering from arthritis, varicose veins, constipation, digestive problems, excess body weight, cancer, failing eyesight, back pain, osteoporosis, and numerous other conditions have found relief through rebound exercise.
What's so special about rebound exercise? The answer is that rebounding is a cellular exercise. It works by strengthening the cells and improving cellular function. All illness, no matter what it is, starts at the cellular level. In other words, for disease to develop, your cells must first become diseased. When enough cells are affected, the health of the entire organ and body is consequently affected.
Degeneration and death is the accumulation of diseased and dying cells in the body. If the cells in the body, however, were able to better withstand disease causing factors and become more efficient in their biological processes, the body, likewise, would be much more efficient and healthy. In other words, if all the cells in your body were strong and healthy, you too would be strong and healthy.
Rebound exercise is the only exercise that can strengthen the cells throughout the entire body. So what exactly is rebound exercise?
Rebound exercise is simply jumping up and down on a cushioned surface -- like trampolining. You don't need a full sized trampoline to do rebound exercise. Today there are mini-tramps or "rebounders" readily available.
Research over the past 20 years has demonstrated that rebound exercise is the most efficient, most effective form of exercise ever devised by man. Why is it so efficient and so effective? Because rebound exercise doesn't just exercise muscle tissue like traditional forms of exercise, it exercises all the cells of the body.
When you rebound, all cells of the body become stronger. This includes all the cells in the muscles, bones, skin, all connective tissues, all vital organs, muscles of digestion and elimination. Even the cells of the eyes are strengthened by rebounding.
It is the only exercise in existence that can strengthen internal organs. No other exercise can make that claim. If you want to strengthen the liver and make this organ more effective and better able to resist disease, rebound exercise is what you should do. If you want to strengthen the colon, rebound exercise is necessary. Rebounding will strengthen and improve the efficiency of the pancreas, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, brain, bones, and every other organ in your body.

How can rebound exercise accomplish this when other forms of exercise can't? The key is gravity.
The common denominator of all exercise is the opposition to gravity. When we do push-ups we fight against gravity. When we lift weights we are working against gravity. Even running is dependent on gravity.
With rebound exercise you oppose gravity, but you also utilize two other forces in nature. These two forces, for the most part, have been overlooked by other exercise methods. These forces are acceleration and deceleration. When you step on the gas peddle of your car, your body is pushed backward. That is the force of acceleration working on your body. When you step on the brake, or the "decelerator", your body is thrust forward. This is the force of deceleration working on the body.

In rebound exercise the forces of acceleration, deceleration, and gravity are aligned and all working on your body as you accelerate and decelerate in an up and down motion.
The cells of our body do not recognize the three different forces but simply accepts the combination of the three forces as an increase in the gravitational pull of the earth. In essence, as we perform rebound exercise our bodies are subjected to an increase in a total gravitational force. All of the cells of the body are subjected to this increase of gravity and consequently they adjust by becoming stronger.
The stronger the cells become, the better able they are to withstand stress and the more efficiently they are able to function. Disease cannot affect a strong cell as easily as it can a weak one. This is why rebounding can help prevent disease and deterioration as well as reverse the effects of these conditions. People who are troubled with weak and diseased cells can strengthen them through rebounding, and in doing so regain much of their health.
Rebound exercise can be gentle enough for those with serious health problems, yet can be intense enough for professional athletes. The reason is that each person determines the intensity of the workout by how hard and how vigorous he or she bounces. The bounce doesn't have to be high to provide benefit. Your feet don't even need to leave the mat. Even people who need assistance to walk can, with the aid of a specially designed stabilizing bar, get on the rebounder and jump, strengthening the legs and improving health. Many arthritis sufferers have regained the use of their legs through rebound exercise.
Because the cushioned surface of the rebounder absorbs nearly 90 percent of the impact, rebounding is very gentle on the joints and connective tissues. There is much less chance of injury in rebounding than there is with jogging, aerobics, and even vigorous walking. In terms of health benefits, NASA scientists have shown that rebound exercise is 68 percent more effective than jogging, yet it is no more strenuous than walking.
Since rebounding is extremely efficient, you will find that you will get more aerobic exercise in less time, but since it is less traumatic than jogging on a hard surface, you will not feel the after effects of exercising such as fatigue. Most people experience an increase in energy after rebounding -- just the opposite from other forms of exercise.
Exercise, in most any form, is one of the most important things you can do to improve your level of health. Rebound exercise has been proven to be the safest and most effective form of exercise available. All you need is a rebounder and a commitment to use it a few minutes each day. Start with a maximum of 10 minutes a day for the first few weeks and gradually build up to 20-30 minutes a day.
If you are serious about improving your health, you should consider rebound exercise as a part of your wellness program.

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