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CELLULAR EXERCISE AIDS IN ANTI-AGING AND DISEASE PREVENTION

Science has long proven that aging and disease occur at the cellular level.

A famous French Physiologist named Claude Bernard believed that it was the cellular environment that needed to be clean in order to promote health and prevent illness. When the environment in which the cells live gets overly polluted and toxic the cells begin to loose their ability to function properly. This in turn causes the cells and, consequently, the body to get sick.

Now there is a way to actually exercise the cellular system and every cell simultaneously.

According to Al Carter, rebounding or cellular exercise is “The most effective form of exercise yet devised by man.” (1) Mr. Carter is a known authority on rebound exercise and has researched this topic extensively. He is the author of The New Miracles of Rebound Exercise.”

Cellular Exercise is recommended by medical doctors, physical therapists, professional trainers, massage therapists, personal trainer and chiropractors just to name a few.

In America today we are facing a health crisis like no other in history with the increases of illness such as but not limited to: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, diabetes, arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis plus other immune dysfunctional illnesses.

The risk factors and diagnosis for cardiovascular disease and cancer are staggering and recently there has been a re-emergence of infectious diseases that are once again rearing their ugly heads.

How many of you would like to decrease your chance of getting sick? Just think how much time and money would be saved if we worked on prevention. “Up to 40 million Americans get the flu each year, an average of about 300,000 are hospitalized, and 20,000 to 40,000 people die from complications. The economic impact is high as well, costing the States an annual $14.6 billion in physician visits, lost productivity and lost wages.” (2) - PR. Newswire Jan. 2000

What does this have to do with cellular exercise?

I believe that if you are going to start planning to get healthy and fit, you should start at a cellular level by oxygenating and cleansing you system of toxins and other damaging foreign invaders. It is creating and enhancing health and fitness from the inside out.

I strive to be on the cutting edge of health and fitness research and I attend seminars and workshops so I can provide the best possible solutions to health and fitness concerns, ranging from debilitating chronic diseases, seasonal illnesses to improved fitness levels.

Over the past six years my focus of study and research has been and is currently in the area of the lymphatic and immune systems, the etiology/pathophysiology and the causation of disease and cellular exercise.

I have learned a common theme to all the challenges mentioned…a weak immune system and polluted cellular environment.

The cellular environment is the environment where all of the cells in our body live. This could represent the lymphatic system, digestive system, and cardiovascular system just to name a few.

The lymph system is made up of many types of immune cells. They are a highly trained specialized team that search out and rid the body of mutant cells such as invading viruses, dead, diseased or infected cells, and the toxic wastes. The Lymphatic system is the major detoxification system of the body. If it runs down or malfunctions you run down and malfunction. For that reason it is very important to keep this system healthy so it can function efficiently.

When the cells of your body need nutrients, they have to get it from the lymph fluid. Did you know that you have four times as much lymph fluid in your body as you do blood? It bathes the 75 trillion cells that are in the human body. But like everything else in your body, you have to keep it as clean as possible.

If this environment gets overly polluted or toxic, cell energy will decrease and so will its effectiveness to do its job.

Your lymph fluid bathes 75 trillion cells, but it can only do this if it is circulating. Your lymph system does not circulate like your blood system because it has no pump like your cardiovascular system which has the heart to circulate blood. The only way to get your lymph system circulating is through the assistance of gravity by way of movement.

One of the major influences of my research comes from the book Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 9th edition where it states that “The human body has the ability to resist almost all types of organisms or toxins that tend to damage the tissues and organs. This capacity is called immunity.” (3)

The National Cancer Institute claims that: “The immune system provides one of the body's main defenses against cancer.” (4)

These qualified sources and many others illustrate how important it is that we learn how to keep these systems functioning efficiently.

In recent years, researchers have learned a lot about what the right amounts of exercise can do to bolster your immune system. Movement/gravity assistance is the greatest stimulation to your lymph system. Without exercise in your health plan imagine how sluggish your immune system would get. This is where cellular exercise comes in to play.

There is means of exercise that is safe and effective and will stimulate your lymph system. This form of exercise has actually been around for more than 50 years. It is called rebound exercise or what has been referred to as cellular exercise.

As scientific research has shown, cellular exercise is the only known virtually nonimpact exercise that works your entire body and cellular system. Cellular exercise uses the power of gravity to directly stimulate your lymphatic system. Gravity is the common denominator of all exercise. With cellular exercise, you have something that the other exercises do not have. You have three forces of acceleration, deceleration and gravity happening at the same time. Which effects every cell simultaneously.

When we think of acceleration we can think of a space ship using its engines to accelerate it upward against gravity to space. When the space ship returns to earth it will use its powerful rocket engines once again to decelerate or to go down slowly back to earth. Gravity constantly pulls everything down. Just drop a pencil from a standing position and you will see gravity at work. All these forces have an effect on the cells in your body. As you rebound, you subject your entire body and cellular system against the forces of acceleration, deceleration and gravity. Your cells react to this environmental stimulation and this is exercising your lymphatic system and every cell in your body, in turn strengthening your defense against colds, flues, viruses, infectious disease and more. Cellular exercise is actually cellular cleansing. This is only a brief example of how this works, if you want more in depth purchase the book “Jumping for Health” by Dr. Morton Walker.

In all, there are more than twenty-five benefits to cellular exercise. Some of these are decreased body fat, decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease, increased lymphatic circulation, increased muscle tone and endurance, increased energy and an increase in the production of red blood cells defending against osteoporosis.

These benefits will only be effective if the right equipment is used. Based on the research I have done, it is very important that the tension of the mat (rebound surface) is sufficient. This is critical to receive all the benefits and to avoid possible injury. I tested this by purchasing both a poorly designed rebounder often thought of as a mini-trampoline and a well-designed rebounder. The differences to my clients and me were like night and day.

The rebounder I am referring to is the Needak ® Soft-Bounce ™ Rebounder. It is the exercise equipment of the future. Many years of research testing and practical experience have gone into its development. It is recognized by physicians, chiropractors, athletic trainers, personal trainers, physical therapists and massage therapists.

I endorse the Needak ® Soft-Bounce ™ Rebounder and currently use it in my class curriculum under my Immune System Enhancement ™ program. I also give seminars and teach certification workshops to further explain how our immune system works and how rebounding is an actual cellular exercise.

“Your whole body is only as healthy as the cells that make it up”
Brian L. Schwager

Founder of The Institute of Cellular Health & Fitness TM

ACE Certified Personal Trainer

Level 3 Certified Master Reboundologist

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“Several Occupational Therapy majors in class were particularly interested in the functional exercise rehabilitation and disease prevention aspects of cellular rebounding.:

-Barb F. Physical Education Staff Mount Mary College WI.

“I have suffered with low back problems for many years and finally had surgery in 1992. He (Brian) demonstrated the Needak ® Softbounce TM Rebounder and thought to myself that again this would not be something I could participate in because of the jarring motion. Boy was I wrong! I started this activity and now I am able to do many more activities then had been in the past 20 years.” –Lynn C. WI

“After 25 years of devastating knee injuries and surgeries, my endurance to walk for health and fitness has been significantly reduced. But because of the low impact affect of rebounding, I'm able to bounce safely at the same time improving my balance, stability, strength and endurance. Now my knee pain is virtually nonexistent.” –Holly K. WI

References
Carter, A., The New Miracles of Rebound Exercise 1988 pg. 166

AOL News Service, PR News Wire Jan. 200

Guyton & Hall, Textbook of Medical Physiology 9th Edition Saunders 1994 pg. 445

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, The Immune System How It Works NIH Publication 1996 pg. 20  

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ReboundAIR - Testimonials

" I Have been using the cheap WAL-MART trampoline, not knowing that so much research and improved rebounders were available. I recently house-sat for a freind for a month and used her ReboundAIR. The difference sold me! "

-Sandra Smith, Wendell, MA




"...I'm greatly enjoying my reboundair and the $400.00 I saved by not buying a treadmill. I'm losing fat by the handfulls, feeling terrific and having a blast with my rebounder. Of course I'm following a diet too.
...The thing that first struck me when I pulled it out of the box is the quality of it. The workmanship is top notch. I would like to add that a feature I didn't notice your website mention is the fact that no assembly is required. Just unfold and you're ready to jump to it.
Again, thank you for your high quality product and the free gifts."

-Margaret Baker of North Augusta, SC




"It’s wonderful!!! I LOVE it!!! I’m so pleased to have this great way of exercising right in my own home, and I’m REALLY glad I have the easy-to-use half-fold. Thank you SO MUCH for your patience and help with the whole process of getting started; you have my sincere gratitude both for your helpfulness and for the rebounder itself. I know I’ll get a lot of use out of it, and my health, spirits, and fitness levels will all benefit. THANKS again for service and kindness above and beyond the call of duty".

-Rachel Kranz





"I recently purchased one of your quarter-folding mini trampolines and I've been wanting to thank you ever since. My only excuse for not doing so before is that I spend all my spare time on it.
...You should have seen the grin on my face. And the way my body felt!
...It's literally the best purchase I've made for myself in the past 15 years, definitely the one I feel the happiest about.
...I do physical therapy and teach body and movement awareness so I'm aware of what damages can result from poor equipment, and you should have seen some of the contraptions I've been offered over time.
...it is the ultimate tool for taking responsibility for our own health..."

-Jean-Pierre Suave, Montreal, Canada





"I can't thank you enough for this exciting, fun way to exercise! It has turned something that used to be drudgery into something I look forward to every day. Through combination of diet and exercise, I have lost 23 pounds and two clothing sizes."
-gailmm@worldpath.net



"Already have 3 other makes. I want the best!!!"

-John Paul McCarthy, MD. Apopka, Fl.


"I started rebounding 28 days ago. My immune system was so shot and I was tired of being tired and sick. I started with the gentle "health bounce" for 15 min in the morning and 15 min in the evening. I also began a sensible diet to help cut down food allergies etc. My main objective is to get my lymphatic system moving and find some type of exercise I could do without re-injuring my knee (I had the ACL replaced back in 93 and I tore the cartilage off the bone, so no more running or much of anything without severe pain and bleeding in the joint!) so, needless to say, I have been desperate to find an exercise I could do that wouldn't irritate the bones in my knee.

I began to lose weight immediately! Muscle tone, improved breathing, no more ear aches or sore throats and my allergies are clearing up!!!!! WOW.
I'm up to 38 min in the am and I do about 15 at night. I decided to look up rebounding on the web to find out more about it-need I say more? I found the ReboundAIR™ and ordered the book and a video for myself and one for my children.

I've been using the "Keep on Rebounding" video for about 2 weeks. I have lost a total of 15 lbs. since I started. I'm toned, slim, my skin is clear and glowing. I still haven't gotten all the moves down in the video, but my knee has strengthened enough to keep my balance and I can at least keep going to the end. My mom started about a week ago and my HUSBAND started about 3 days ago.

I haven't had any pain, I love the results and I'm thinking about getting certified in reboundology and putting an ad in my children's school handout to teach anyone else who wants to learn. It's amazing. I am very excited about this and I love my Quarter Fold ReboundAIR™, it's so much nicer than the one I picked up at a 2nd hand sports place. Even less impact on my knee and joints. I could add a list of things that have improved, but I figure this is long enough.

Thanks for a great product and for a great video!"

- Stephanie Jemmett



"I've been rebounding for some time now. My initial motivation was lymphatic health. I have found that I can rebound every day (week days) without any signs of over-training. I have tried running on that schedule but developed ankle and knee pain, so I feel rebounding is better for that style of training. I use a 15 minute rebound session to warm up for yoga and weight lifting." From: Josh Blacksher
Shape Magazine: "Rebounding can provide a scientifically sound workout for cardiovascular improvement and weight management."

-Len Kravitz, Ph.D., 9/02.






"That roll of stretched skin that appears on a woman's tummy after having a baby, (I have had three) can disappear, and with commitment to your rebounder, DOES. It combats depression, stops menstrual cramps, increases circulation in your face and thus decreases wrinkling and gives you the appearance of youth."

-Lynda Leah Lown






"...she [nurse practioner] couldn't believe my age. She said, 'you have the bones of a 17 year old!' The reading was done with a Sahara Clinical Bone Sonometer and measured a T-score of 2.8. Pretty amazing for someone my age. I'm sure that this test was a result of my exercise on a rebounder, my eating habits and good mental health. Thank you Al for all your research and dedication to this form of exercise. It works wonders if you work at it."

-Sue Trip, stripp@onemain.com





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"My name is Meg knoll and I live in Wisconsin. I'm writing to thank you so much for getting rebounding out where people can see it and realize how great it is! I was someone that was told by my doctor that I needed to stop compression exercise, because of my back. I had been a jogger and an aerobic exercise person for many years. I didn't know what to do! Walking just didn't do it for me! ...All I can say is THANK YOU! I absolutely love rebounding and it is just marvelous exercise! I've had no problems with my messed up back and neck - if anything, rebounding has strengthened my back. I just wanted you to know what it's done for me and that your website is an excellent source of information. I've talked up rebounding with anyone that will listen and sent many people to your website."

-GEMRF@aol.com





"What is my primary objective? Weight loss, tone, and a change in my exercise routine. It's a fun way to make sure I get some aerobic exercise every day. ...I also like the idea of being able to get a good aerobic workout indoors without going to the gym. I have a treadmill but it's so boring!"

- Wendy Lehnert





"Right now I rebound three days a week, will work up to five or six. 20 minutes at a time, again, I will work my way up to a longer period of time. My objective is to lose weight and tone. I used my rebounder about 13 years ago to lose 40 pounds, therefore, I know it works (along with dieting). I have a free gym membership through my work, but I choose to use this method of exercise instead because I can use it in the privacy of my own home and it's fun."

-Heather Donatini





"I am rebounding five days a week, but only for two ten minute periods a day. I'm still new at this. My objectives are tone and lymphatic system stimulation at age 49. Rebounding is enjoyable and the time passes quickly. I feel strengthening and toning in the backs of my legs, around my knees and across my back. I need to start increasing the duration this weekend."

-marilyn.eppler@spectrum.com





"My name is Ray Koncsol. I'm a 62 year old gentleman that was diagnosed as having Muscular Dystrophy in 1976 in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1981 I retired in Florida and weighed about 225 lbs. In 1983 I bought the book "The Miracles of Rebounding" and my first rebounder. I have kept your book at my bedside for many years and have read it so much that I have had to use tape to keep it bound together.

Over the years my rebounding has gone from 45 minutes a day to nothing. Sometimes when I got really lazy and would not rebound for a long time, my mobility would get so bad that I could hardly walk without looking like I'm going to fall over any minute.
Other times when I was on a streak of consistent daily exercise I would walk so normal that when I would tell people that I had MD they would say they hadn't noticed anything in my walking.

What I'm trying to say is that I have to sincerely say that I believe that rebound exercise has kept me out of a wheelchair for the last 18 years or at least the last 5 years. I have a record of every jump I've ever done on a rebounder kept in annual diaries and I can look back and tell the good years from the bad years according to how much time I spent on the rebounder.

I have to put my rebounder in the hallway and hold onto the door jambs because my balance is not so good but right now I'm back to rebounding almost daily ( I've rebounded 93 out of the last 96 days ). I have atrophy in the front of my ankles so even when I'm doing the strength bounce my toes will not leave the mat but I do the best that I can. Over the last 3 months, I've sometimes rebounded for 30 minutes a day and sometimes for over 50 minutes a day. I've made a promise to myself that I'm going to do at least something every day no matter what.

I now weigh about 185 lbs and would like to lose about 20 lbs in the midsection and have that as my goal over the next year. My main goal through rebounding to make myself a productive person as far as income is concerned so I'm not a burden to my son or my family. I would like to become a member of your organization but will have to wait until I can get the funds together to get one of your units. I came across your website last week and have spent hours looking at everything I could find on rebounding.

It's really nice to see how rebounding may finally get the recognition that it certainly deserves. I hope I can be a part of introducing the best exercise known to man to a truly uneducated public. I wanted to write and thank you for what you introduced back in 1979 because as I said before.......I would be in a wheelchair if I had not read your book and started rebounding.

Thanks a Million ! ! !"

- Ray Koncsol




"Thank you for our pleasant conversation yesterday. I just wanted to take a moment to reiterate some of the reasons I'm truly enjoying the rebounder your company makes.

As I mentioned, my wife purchased a ReboundAIR™ through Ariel Moss, a personal friend of ours for many years, after her enthusiastic recommendation. When it arrived, I liked the construction of it, and knew it was a serious piece of exercise equipment that was well designed. I read the book my wife also received (The New Miracles of Rebound Exercise) and was quite impressed with the data presented by Mr. Carter. After watching the video ("Keep on Rebounding"), I was hooked. That was 3 months ago; now my wife can't get me off the thing!

As a physician, I'm aware of the problems of degenerative diseases and the new information attempting to help us all achieve healthy aging. Diet, exercise, and nutritional supplementation seem to be an important part of this equation. What I like most about the rebounder is the fact that it's regular use can help maintain muscle mass, bone density, aerobic capacity, balance, cardiovascular fitness, and reduce insulin resistance - all of which become problematic as we age. Additionally, it's easy and pleasurable to use, has no parts to essentially break down, is portable, and most important of all, quiet (I have to exercise very early in the morning before work, and I can use the rebounder easily without waking the whole house.)

It's the first type of exercise that I've been able to consistently every day as part of my overall health routine. Since beginning, I've noticed improved stamina, overall strength, balance, flexibility, decreased stress, and better sleep - all without stress on my joints. I have even knocked several strokes off my golf game!

I have owned a NordicTrack, and a treadmill, and done cycling, swimming, and jogging, and used gym equipment; this far exceeds the benefits I received from those types of exercise. Adding a light weight routine a few days a week while jogging on the rebounder rounds out a perfect regimen for me that only takes me about 25 minutes daily.

I'm truly delighted with the quality and design of the rebounder, and I appreciate all of the research and time your company has put into producing such a quality exercise aid. Thank you.

p.s.- thank you for sending me the tape and book, as my wife plans to take hers with her when she travels."

- Martin Towbin, M.D.





"I just wanted to write to you to tell you how wonderful for and essential to the therapy and daily life of my son with autism spectrum your Rebounder is. Our son is 5'11' at age 15 and about 150 lbs. He is extremely athletic and runs like the wind. This is his extraordinary gift. But ironically, with the autism, he runs out the door and down the street. With the Rebounder he is able to get his exercise without putting his life at the risk of getting hit by a car or being lost. He adores your rebounder and uses it at least an hour a day. He will intermittently get on the rebounder and jump from 3 to 5 minutes. He is very adept at using the Rebounder and would be utterly lost without it.


With many autistic children there is a real problem with what is called "elopement" which means they run off and do not have a real sense of danger. Sometimes their ability to get exercise is compromised severely as a result. Between the Rebounder and the fact that our son considers doing sit ups to be recreation, his is very well built, has a sense of his surroundings that he responds to and he is much more normal in his bearing and demeanor. The Rebounder is an integral and absolutely necessary part of our son's ongoing therapy.

With sincere best regards for the continued success of your Rebounder, I am"

- Kate Baker