Complementary Therapies
The following activities are recommended by Rebound Therapy professionals as ideal ways to extend the benefits of trampoline-based therapy between scheduled sessions. They provide additional opportunities for physical and cognitive development, while keeping sessions enjoyable and engaging.
Incorporating one or more of these activities into a student’s timetable can help create a routine filled with fun, stimulation, and measurable progress.
Flexi-Bounce Therapy
Flexi-Bounce Therapy uses an orthopaedic-quality rebounder to offer therapeutic exercise for children and adults with a wide range of additional needs.
Many schools and centres would like to offer Rebound Therapy more frequently, but are limited by space, budget, or equipment availability. Flexi-Bounce Therapy solves this by offering a smaller, more accessible alternative to a full-sized trampoline – making daily sessions possible, even during holidays.
Sensafloat
Hydrotherapy can provide enormous benefits for people with additional needs — and the Sensafloat hydrotherapy aid is an ideal complement to Rebound Therapy for those with motor impairments.
Invented by Eddy Anderson, founder of Rebound Therapy, Sensafloat has been used for nearly 30 years by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, SEN teachers, and swimming instructors. It supports safe relaxation and movement in water for individuals with profound and multiple impairments.
The Scotson Technique (TST)
The Scotson Technique (TST) is a gentle, research-based physiotherapy that improves breathing quality using light, breath-like pressures to increase blood flow to the respiratory organs.
Breathing affects far more than oxygen levels – it influences heart rate, posture, movement, digestion, brain function, sleep, learning, emotions, immunity, and healing. Because breathing and the brain are closely connected, many symptoms linked to neurological conditions may stem from disordered breathing.
Neurological conditions, brain injury, or abnormal movement can impair respiratory development.
Instead of exercise, TST mimics healthy breathing patterns to improve circulation, support core stability, and enhance oxygen delivery to the nerves and brain, promoting better overall function.
Trampolining
For students who have progressed beyond Rebound Therapy, trampolining provides an exciting and natural next step in their development.
Rebound Therapy practitioners can undertake additional training to gain the skills, knowledge, and recognised certification required to deliver recreational trampolining sessions with confidence.
The three-step trampoline coach development pathway is a fully inclusive programme that builds directly on the Rebound Therapy course. It allows practitioners to complete add-on modules at a pace that suits both them and their students, ensuring progression is safe, structured, and appropriately timed.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics can help develop balance, coordination, and strength, while encouraging creativity through routines and sequences.
From floor work to apparatus, it offers a wide variety of skill-building opportunities. Winstrada’s award programme includes ‘Primer’ awards designed specifically for disabilities, making it accessible to all.
MOVE
The MOVE Programme is an activity-based framework that enables disabled young people to gain independent sitting, standing, walking and transferring skills.
The Programme champions a holistic approach that places the child or young person and their family at the centre and encourages collaboration between education and therapy teams to work towards the same meaningful goals.
Unlike other approaches, MOVE is not another add on to the child’s day and has been designed to ensure vital movement opportunities are integrated into all areas of the learning day, making use of lots of different environments and motivating activities including Rebound Therapy!
Marodyne LiV
Marodyne LiV is a medically certified, non-invasive therapy tool that uses gentle, low-intensity vibrations to support:
Bone health and osteoporosis prevention
Muscle strength and stability
Circulation and lymphatic flow
Mobility and rehabilitation
Safe for all ages, it offers an alternative for those unable to participate in weight-bearing exercise — with sessions lasting just 10 minutes a day.
Exclusive offer: Use code RT150 for £150 off.
Sensory Rooms
AmbiSpace are the trusted experts in sensory design, committed to creating practical environments that cater to diverse needs and support self-regulation.
From thoughfully designed sensory rooms, to our Sensory Nook, a certified autism resource, we’re dedicated to making everyday places accessible to everyone.
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Sherborne Developmental Movement
Sherborne Developmental Movement is an innovative, creative and inclusive approach to teaching and working with movement that is both accessible, especially by people with minimal movement experience, and yet relevant at a very sophisticated level, particularly to people with a background in P.E or dance.
Movement experiences help a person to feel confident and allows them to concentrate so that they become more aware and allow them to feel "at home" in their body through movement, touch and exploring space. Building positive relationships comes from a person exploring and interacting with others in ways that encourage the further development of trust and connection through shared play.
Sherborne Developmental Movement is for EVERYONE!
