Shuttle training and therapy device

A shuttle training and therapy device comprising:

• a frame having a headward end and a footward end;
• a carriage attached to the frame so as to longitudinally reposition relative thereto;
• a range of motion limiting system consisting essentially of a nonelastic control cord having a substantially non-elastic effective length defined by a first end of the non-elastic control cord attached to the carriage, a second end selectively attached to a fixing member attached to the frame, and an intermediate portion attached to an elastic member at an intermediate point;
• the elastic member having a first end attached to the carriage;
• wherein a portion of the non-elastic control cord extends between the intermediate point and the carriage;
• wherein the elastic member is configured to be tensioned between the carriage and the intermediate point prior to tensioning of the portion of the substantially non-elastic control cord between the intermediate point and the carriage;
• and
• the range of motion limiting system configured such that movement of the carriage toward the footward end of the frame will be stopped by the non-elastic control cord as a distance between the fixing member and the second connection point reaches the non-elastic effective length of the non-elastic control cord, drawing the non-elastic control cord taught.