Our advanced certified therapists offer customized programs to improve motor function in children with neurological disorders. The TheraSuit® method is suitable for a variety of conditions, including cerebral palsy, developmental delays, stroke, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries. By using a special suit and individually adapted exercises, we promote posture, balance and mobility to achieve the best possible results for each child.
APEXI BOUNCE
Rebound therapy is ideal for children with cerebral palsy, developmental delays, balance disorders, altered muscle tone, sensory integration disorders and autism.
Through playful exercises on the trampoline, we improve your child's motor skills, coordination, and balance. This not only strengthens fitness but also self-confidence – motivating and fun!
Apexi Bounce: Benefits for your child
Apexi Bounce is an innovative therapy program based on the principles of rebound therapy. It uses trampolines to specifically improve the motor functions of children with neurological disorders and special needs. Our approach promotes your child's development in a playful and effective way.
Balance
Your child learns to move more safely and to control his or her movements better.
Improved muscle control and coordination: Promotes targeted muscle activation and supports the development of movement skills.
Sensory
Better body awareness.
The therapy supports the integration of sensory stimuli such as body awareness and balance, which leads to better processing.
Muscle tone
We help to normalize muscle tone, whether it is too high or too low.
Core and stability strengthening: Intensive core muscle strengthening that helps children develop a stable foundation for their motor skills.
Mobility
More mobility for everyday life.
Your child develops more comprehensive gross motor skills and gains freedom of movement for more independence in everyday life.
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Why we love APEXI Bounce!
Developed by Eddy Anderson in 1972, Rebound Therapy is a specific methodology, assessment, and program that utilizes trampolines to provide unique opportunities for improved movement patterns, therapeutic positioning, exercise, and recreation, especially for children with special needs. At ApexaQLA Suisse, our "Apexi Bounce" program, led by our Therapy Eagle who cares for all our little superheroes, focuses on comprehensive benefits such as sensory processing, balance, muscle tone modulation, cardiovascular engagement, communication, strengthening, secretion clearance, digestive system stimulation, cross-curricular skills, and self-regulation. It's truly more than just jumping.
ApexaQLA Suisse, specially trained in rebound therapy, integrates this technique as an important component of our Sensophysio approach. Many of the children we care for at ApexaQLA Suisse have problems with muscle tone—whether hypertonia (too much tension) or hypotonia (not enough tension). With Apexi Bounce, gentle, low-amplitude jumps can effectively reduce hypertonia, while powerful, high-amplitude jumps can increase tone by stimulating stretch receptors in children with hypotonia. Furthermore, recent studies have shown that trampoline-based programs significantly improve motor integration, bilateral coordination, and balance in children with autism spectrum disorder and have also improved the motor functions of children with spastic cerebral palsy.³
Further research underlines the broad impact of rebound therapy.
A study by Osivand and Rsahidi (2020) examined the effectiveness of 8 weeks of rebound therapy in improving perceptual-visual coordination and social development in students with learning disabilities, finding a 13.3% change in visual-motor coordination scores and significant differences in social development between experimental and control groups.¹ Similarly, Giagazoglou et al. (2013) found that a 12-week trampoline exercise program significantly improved motor performance and balance in school-age children with intellectual disabilities.
² Another study by Elshafey and Mohamed (2019) suggests that rebound therapy exercises may be beneficial for improving sitting ability in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.⁴
References
¹ Osivand, P. and Rsahidi, HH, 2020. The Effectiveness of Rebound Therapy on Improving Perceptual-Visual Coordination and Social Development of Students with Learning Disabilities.
² Giagazoglou, P., Kokaridas, D., Sidiropoulou, M., Mitsiou, M., Dipla, K. and Mavrovouniotis, F., 2013. Effects of a trampoline exercise intervention on motor performance and balance ability of children with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(9), pp.2701-2707.
³ Kora, AN and Abdelaziem, FH, 2020. The Effect of Rebound Therapy on Gross Motor Functions in a Child with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study. BioScientific Review, 2(3), pp.1-7.
⁴ Elshafey, MA and Mohamed, HH, 2019. The Effect of Rebound Therapy on Sitting in Children with Cerebral Palsy. The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 87(March), pp.1009-1014.
