One of my favorite lines from the video is this, “I’ve come to the conclusion that people get old because they stop jumping. It’s time to jump.”
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If your want a bigger target for your first jumping adventure, they are setting up trampoline gyms all over the place. Might help you get the hang of it the first time. Trampoline accidents can be gruesome. This is no surprise to those of us who enjoyed trampolining as a kid. Keep the phone nearby. You all are fun!
Those things would scare me more than my own little personal trampoline. I have experience on trampolines as a kid (those big backyard ones, back in the days the metal springs weren’t even protected!) and when a bunch of other kids/people are bouncing around on the same trampoline it feels way more unstable than when you’re in full control.
Norm seems to like it. I have severe osteoporosis so I was told to do nothing high impact where I can fall etc.
As adults, we would send those kids flying, hehehe. They should have an adult day, so we don’t end up breaking little kids femurs. How bad would you feel?!?!?!?!
@meee If you haven’t listened to the video, give it a listen. 
At the 45:15 or so mark she says,
“If you just jump on the ground, you actually jar your body. The beauty of the rebounder is you’ve got this bounce, so there is no jarring, there is no jarring at all. So, people with knee, ankle, and hip problems it’s the best kind of exercise there is.”
I’m hopeful for myself and for my husband. We’ll be off to test one out this weekend! I have psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other complications such as vascular and lymph issues. My husband has had both hips replaced and will be having a reverse shoulder surgery in the coming months. I’m so hopeful that a rebounder is exactly what we need! And, she says the impact is low, not like jumping on the ground. If I find that mark, I’ll post it.
Best of luck to you!
Yes, falling is a risk. The rebound motion, however, is gentle on the joints and bones, less jarring than walking or running. It’s ironic that an activity shown to help bone density and balance can be risky for beginners. We each have our own health puzzle to solve!
I have long possessed a small rebounder, charmingly labelled a “Trampette”. Your post has inspired me to make more of an effort to use it, as my lymph system and balance are not the best. I notice that your rebounder stands on a bare wood floor. Mine made circular marks on my floor and I have now installed a rubber mat under its feet.
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@Gentian – I’d be curious to read if your restart of rebounding helps with your health. I think exercise is even more important as we age.
My rebounder features a rubber cup at the bottom of each leg. It looks like it’s doing its job to stabilize the assembly while also protecting the floor. The simulated wood floor, by the way, is actually more like a linoleum, laid in a single sheet. I noticed that things like my office chair wheels leave a temporary indentation in the floor when it stands in one place for a while and then is moved.
I think I’m good with this setup but I’ll keep a lookout for any extra wear on the floor.
I noticed our hardwood floor (where my desk chair is) getting ruined by my desk chair. We bought a hard plastic mat and it has done wonders to keep the floor from further ruin. One of these days we’ll get the floors refinshed so they aren’t so dry and seemingly brittle, but this mat has saved the day (year[s])! 
IMO we have to start from where we are. My balance is terrible and any kind of skating would terrify me. On the rebounder I can simply walk, gradually building up confidence to do some very small jumps and hops. I don’t look to it for my main exercise. I still (at almost 77) run, hike and train with weights. My main aim on the rebounder would be to improve the lymphatic drainage in my right leg, but I haven’t done enough on it yet to be able to report back. Compression I have found extremely helpful, but it only affects the symptom, so that fluid that would have pooled in my foot and ankle stays instead higher up in my calf. Perhaps the rebounder could actually help my faulty lymph gland work better, which would be far preferable.
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The rebounder sounds like a great option for you. If you do ever want to get into skating, there is nothing to be terrified about if you take it 1 step at a time. If your house is carpeted, you can spend a few days walking around on the carpet until you build a little confidence. Then after that go to a well maintained flat paved parking lot and learn to roll slowly. Then learn stopping techniques and you will be amazed how much progress you make each time you go out. And since it would be a new and different exercise, you would start getting benefits the first time you put on skates, even in the house.
As soon as you go outside, a helmet and wrist guards are the minimum requirements to keep from getting hurt. Additional guards will keep you from getting scraped up from any falls. And yes, learning to fall without damaging body is also an essential part of skating which helps us all to learn as we get older and do fall from time to time, even when walking.
Hi Terry, I’ve been rebounding for a couple of years now. I was mainly lightly jumping till recently when I moved to a house with higher ceilings and now I’m using it for cardio as well. It is the best and most fun exercise I’ve ever come across! I think it’s great that you’re giving it a try. 
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Thanks for relating your rebounding experience, @Sarah_K1. I’ve been slowly building up some time on the rebounder, trying to get my body used to the motion and increasing my balance before I get more aggressive.
I did notice one benefit already. I often feel congestion in my sinuses and following a bouncing session I can breathe easily through my nose.
Your comment about its fun is one of the things that attracted me. Kids naturally gravitate toward things that create fun but somehow adults often lose sight of that aspect of life. I think we’re all kids on the inside!
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I have severe osteoporosis, if i fell off of this, or even just bouncing etc, I could fracture my hips or spine and possibly die so no it is not for me. it also would cause me a lot of pain and possibly injury anyway bouncing around due to all my other issues. The first time I injured myself was as a child on a trampoline, never again. Not sure why you need to jump though? I hope it works oit for you.
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There is no way anyone with severe osteoporosis should do this period. Unless you want to fracture hips/ spine etc. even bouncing could do that to me. But it’s not something I would do anyway.
I surely understand! You have to know your limitations and stay within them; don’t do anything that would hurt yourself.
The video just presents itself so well that I’m hoping that this is something of a magic ticket for us. We haven’t had a chance to get anywhere to test one out, but I remain hopeful that we’re both (my husband and I) able to do this.
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I respect people’s individual health choices. You are the expert of what your body needs and what you feel is safe for you. I’ve never lived with severe osteoporosis and I defer to your experience and personal assessment.
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Bill Maher swears by them.
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OMG, I take my toddler to one of these frequently and always go low and I don’t even really jump that much – just try to keep her safe. 
Thanks to this thread, now I understand what’s happening!
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