What is Rebound Therapy?
You’ve probably heard the phrase – if you work in a special needs school it may well be offered to your students – but what on earth is Rebound Therapy?”
By Eddy Anderson MCSP, Cert Ed and Paul Kaye FRTI in www.trampolineclubs.co.uk
You’ve probably heard the phrase – if you work in a special needs school it may well be offered to your students – but what on earth is Rebound Therapy?”
In one sense that is a slightly inaccurate question, for the true value of Rebound Therapy lies in the fact that part of what occurs is not “on earth”. The essential value of the process is that, for a brief moment, ‘earth’ is left behind, and a new freedom is found in controlled movement away from gravity’s straitjacket, in a sort of relaxed ‘poetry of motion’ available to all, irrespective of any disability.
The phrase “Rebound Therapy” was coined by the founder, Eddy Anderson MCSP, Cert Ed, in 1969 to describe the use of trampolines in providing alternative opportunities for movement, therapeutic exercise and recreation for people with a wide range of special needs.
Participants range from mild to severe physical disabilities and from mild to profound and multiple learning disabilities, including dual sensory impairment and autistic spectrum.
Rebound Therapy is used to facilitate movement, promote balance, promote an increase or decrease in muscle tone, promote relaxation, promote sensory integration, improve fitness and exercise tolerance, and to improve communication skills.
By TrampNews
