Rebound Therapy is the therapeutic use of the trampoline. Rebound can be used for people with a wide range of abilities and needs.
Benefits of Rebound Therapy include: Provide sensory-motor experience Improve coordination skills Build Confidence/self esteem Alter and affect muscle tone Improve Balance Strengthening Increase exercise tolerance Improve communication skills Provide social/group participation Provide opportunity to work on other skills e.g. Attention/educational/eye contact etc. Improve body and spatial awareness Fun and Enjoyment They take part in both passive and active bouncing in a variety of positions including lying, . They take part in both passive and active bouncing in a variety of positions including lying, sitting, kneeling, or standing. This is not gymnastic trampolining, but one method used to improve motor skills and help to meet other needs. It�s main aim is therapeutic and not sporting or competitive. Rebound therapy is not used in isolation but forms part of an integrated program. It is not a substitute for existing therapies but complements them. Provided there is no physical reason why the individual is not allowed to participate and the therapist knows what they are doing it is great fun! There are as you can see a large number of pros, you would however need to have at least 2 trained members of staff on the tramopoline with you and 2 responsible individuals on the sides to help push you back onto the trampoline if anything unforseen should occur! We had to go on a training course to ensure that we were equiped with the techniques required to 'dampen' down overexcitable kids and learn techniques for working with kids with special needs on the trampoline (included manual handling techniques for dealing with hoists, etc.) Good luck! Veronica pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is rebound therapy? It sounds like something I might like to try. My group is adults only, and during the 8 hour day they are doing a LOT of structured exercise. I am the only employee that is with them for 20 hours a week. Except for the counselors, the other employees that work directly with the patients are contracted two days a week and do yoga, pilates, tai chi, and other structured exercises and activities with them. What I want to achieve, for at least 30 -45 minutes a day (sometimes more, depending on what else they have done that day) is pure and simple active fun. They work on specific goals more than seven hours a day and need a respite from that. I only work with people who have physical disabilities, so the activities need to fit a range of abilities and/or be able to be done from a chair for some of the patients. Pat At 02:55 AM 2/18/2005, you wrote: >I'm in the great position of working with groups of children. Myself and >a Physio colleague tend to run a number of groups together (actually a >great way of learning eachother's roles and working very well!) and focus >on children with both gross and fine motor difficulties. We have found >that by focusing more on what we are wanting to achieve by running the >group we can encorporate a wide range of activities including movement. > >More recently we've been looking at the advantages of Rebound Therapy with >our kids and are planning to run a group with them... Should keep us >hopping (literally). But I do agree that you need to keep chaging >activities, especially with children where activities very quickly become >'boring' and need to be adapted! > >Veronica > >pat wrote: >I see your point... but I'm not the one who is tired of doing the same old >things. I could do the same thing indefinitely if I am doing with >different people, or even the same people, and they are *enjoying* >it. It's the patients who want new things. Remember, they are there 8 >hours a day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. 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