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History of the trampoline:

A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric (trampoline mat) stretched over a steel skeleton frame using many coiled trampoline springs. Jumpers bounce on trampolines for recreational and competitive sports purposes (dodge ball).
The fabric (trampoline mat) on which jumpers bounce (commonly known as the ‘bounce mat’ or ‘trampoline bed’) is not elastic in itself; the elasticity is provided by the steel trampoline springs that connect it to the steel skeleton frame.

Trampolines were created for fun and recreation. However, their role has changed from being a kid’s toy to being a tool for exercise and physical therapy. It is now recommended as a health equipment, an excellent weight loss and gymnastics device. The first trampoline was created by George Nissan in the 1930s and the ideal behind it were the trapeze artists.

Historically these trampolines were primarily used by jumpers in an indoor walled facility, as long as the ceiling height was high enough. These indoor trampoline facilities were used as a place for kids and adults to jump and play.

In 1959 it became very popular to have an outdoor commercial “jump center” or “trampoline park” in many places in the US where people could enjoy recreational trampoline jumping as a family activity. However, these trampoline parks tended to have a high trampoline accident rate and the jumper’s interest rapidly waned.

The first world championship in Trampoline was held in 1964. Trampoline competition made its debut as an Olympic sport in the 2004 Summer Games.

In recent years, indoor commercial trampoline franchise parks have made a come back with a number of franchises set up across the United States. These trampoline parks are now indoor franchises. They are built as wall to wall trampoline centers with an arena style look and feel franchises. These arena style trampoline parks have trampoline safety padding, and rebounding walls to protect people from falling off the trampoline on to hard surfaces. Even with these safety guidelines and franchise staff training, there has been at least one death recorded due to a bad head first landing at a trampoline park. In March of 2012, New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain seriously injured his ankle (broken bone) while jumping at a commercial jump center in Tampa Florida with his son.

Using a trampoline can be dangerous, and in franchise health clubs and gyms there are usually large safety decks with foam pads and spotters placed alongside the trampoline to try to break the fall of any athlete who loses control and falls off. The majority of injuries happen on privately owned home trampolines. Bouncing off a trampoline can result in a fall of 10–13 ft from the peak of a bounce to the ground or a fall into the suspension springs and skeleton frame. There has been an increase in the number of home trampolines in recent years and a corresponding increase in the number of broken bone injuries reported, leading some medical organizations to suggest that trampolines be banned.

Only one person should be allowed to jump on a trampoline at a time to avoid collisions and people being catapulted in an unexpected direction or higher than they expect (double bounce effect). In fact, one of the most common sources of injury is when there are multiple users jumping on the same trampoline bed at one time. More often than not, this situation leads to users bouncing into one another and thus becoming injured. Many trampoline jumpers suffer broken bones as a result of landing strangely after knocking into another jumper.

In some cases, people land on their neck or head, which can cause paralysis or even death. A famous incident in the 1960s paralyzed pole-vaulting champion Brian Sternberg from the neck down.

Kits are available for home trampolines that provide a retaining safety net around the trampoline and prevent jumpers from bouncing over the edge of the trampoline. While these trampoline nets do prevent jumpers falling off the trampoline onto the ground, these trampoline falls are not the most common source of trampoline injury and multiple jumpers bouncing in a netted trampoline can still be injured.
Trampolines are a rage amongst the kids but they can be pretty dangerous as well. Kids should always be allowed to use the trampoline under adult supervision.

It is always a better idea that one kid uses the trampoline at a time. It prevents collision. The trampoline science states that the spring back motion will strengthen the more and the harder you bounce. Imagine what would happen if many children bounce together until one is knocked off the platform. Besides, it also increases the wear and tear of the trampoline.

Never attempt somersaults, back somersaults and multiple somersaults on the trampoline. In case, you need to do any of them, be sure to practice them under expert supervision. Also, make sure that there is a safe fall area encircling the trampoline which should be free of all risks. Safety trampoline padding doesn’t protect you from direct contact with it if you land wrong.

Trampoline has acquired a reputation as one of the more dangerous sports available, especially among young people. Most trampoline accidents arise where there is either a lack of supervision over young people using the device, or where a trampolinist lands on the supporting framework to the trampoline and not the landing area within the trampoline. The trampoline poses special risks of young persons under the age of 15, given the stresses of landing on a musculoskeletal structure that is not fully mature.

The trampoline and its associated exercises are also useful tools to develop better balance and proprioception (muscle memory). As the athlete is both rising and falling in a bounding movement, they are weightless. In this state the athlete can practice different body positions and thus condition the body to move instinctively through the course of a rehearsed routine. Athletes who participate in gymnastics vaulting, aerial skiing, ski jumping, and snow boarding all use the trampoline as a part of their training programs for this reason.

Benefits
• Jumping on a trampoline can be fun and also effective at working out your leg muscles, but there is not enough cardiovascular work being done to assume that it is effective at promoting weight loss.
Warning
• Although the body is made to run and jump, not everybody’s body can do these things. It may be safer to seek a weight loss method that does not involve all of the risks associated with jumping on a trampoline. If you have weak knees or ankles, you could injure yourself and thus make losing weight harder.
Time Frame
• A workout that burns between 300 to 500 calories a day is considered to be a good workout for promoting weight loss. In order to burn that much on a trampoline, you would need to jump somewhere between 40 and 70 minutes.
Rebounder (mini-trampoline)
• Purchasing a rebounder (mini-trampoline) is a great idea, but it is important to remember that all rebounders are not made alike. A great many rebounders use weak steel springs, or bungee cords causing sinking and pronation of feet and knees which can cause back and other serious medical problems.
• Many rebounders “talk the talk” but few can actually “bounce the bounce” so to speak. Some rebounder brands are not even close in quality.

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