Therapeutic skin lifting device and related systems and methods

A therapeutic device adapted for reducing pain in a user at a target site, the therapeutic device comprising:

• a generally rigid but elastically deformable sheet body having a first surface and a second surface, the sheet body defining a longitudinal dimension and a lateral dimension, the sheet body comprising:
• a bridge portion;
• first and second support portions extending outwardly from the bridge portion in opposite directions along the longitudinal dimension;
• and
• adhesive or an adhesion member on the first surface along the bridge portion, the adhesive or the adhesion member being adapted for adhesion to skin of the user above the target site;
• and
• first and second projections on the first surface proximate to lateral edges of the sheet body,
• wherein the sheet body has a predetermined concavity in the lateral dimension toward the first surface, and
• wherein the sheet body is configured to assume a neutral configuration prior to affixation of the first surface of the bridge portion to the target site in which the first and second projections space the bridge portion and the adhesive or the adhesion member apart from the target site by an air gap, a depressed position during affixation of the first surface to the target site, and an adhesion configuration after affixation of the first surface to the target site.