Bones & Joints

Be good to your joints!

It may be time to branch out to new forms of exercise that will help keep you flexible and fit without adding impact or stress to your joints.

Hello Rebounding! The action of bouncing (on proper equipment) gets your joints and muscles working with and against gravity. This gives you the workout you've been looking for, without the force and impact on your body. And, rebounding creates an exercise synergy. Not only do your joints and muscles get a low-impact, vigorous workout (and your joints get lubricated), but you rev up your heart and lymph system, too.

Hinge, ball and socket, pivot, gliding – these are four major types of joints in the human body. These fascinating ‘attachments’ are necessary to assist and support every movement we perform – from crawling, to standing to walking to running, climbing, lifting, to simply sitting. Joints are the lynchpins for our sense of vigor and well-being. Because healthy, flexible, responsive joints are so crucial to all our activities, they need to be exercised just like our other physical systems, muscles and organs. Fortunately, bouncing exercises them all!

If you try to regularly minimize movements or immobilize a joint because it feels uncomfortable, you could, over time, decrease your natural range of motion. Dramatic reduction of movement/motion is not necessarily the answer for joint discomfort. Movement – exercise – is important to keep the joints healthy and active.

Stay mobile – keep moving! Try bouncing to keep your joints in jolly-good form.

NOTE: Always check with your doctor or a medical professional before beginning a vigorous exercise regimen.