Orthopedic device and method of using same

An orthopedic device having a lateral under arm rest for positioning under a patient's arm;

• two spaced struts connected to said under arm rest at points spaced from each other and extending downwardly and inwardly towards each other from their connection to said arm rest;
• each said strut terminating at its respective connection to a strut receiving housing;
• said strut receiving housing also housing a fixed length outer sleeve which is mounted at its top in approximately a center of the under arm rest and at its bottom to said strut housing, between terminating ends of said struts;
• said fixed length outer sleeve being approximately the length of an upper torso of a user of said orthopedic device from the underarms to the waist of said user;
• said fixed length outer sleeve telescopically housing an inner telescoping sleeve of approximately the same length of the fixed length outer sleeve such that said outer and inner sleeves comprise an adjustable length supporting leg;
• said inner telescoping sleeve being adjustably telescoped out of said fixed length sleeve to change the effective length of said leg to accommodate use of said orthopedic device in a variety of orthopedic pain relieving positions;
• a terminal end swivel clip rotatably mounted on said telescoping sleeve near its terminal end;
• said swivel clip being configured to be clipped downwardly over a waist belt on a patient and being swivel able to facilitate a patient's use of said orthopedic device in a variety of relief giving positions, such as sitting, standing, laying down, standing, or laying on a side by swiveling to accommodate said varying positions.

A method of relieving lower back pain in a patient in various body positions and activities in which it occurs comprising:

• selecting two orthopedic devices, each having a lateral under arm rest for positioning under a patient's arm;
• an adjustable length leg connected to and extending downwardly from said lateral under arm rest;
• and a swivel clip rotatably mounted on an outside of said adjustable length leg near its terminal end;
• said swivel clip being configured to be clipped downwardly over a waist belt on a patient;
• placing each of the patient's arms over said lateral arm rest of each orthopedic device on each of patient's sides, clipping each of said swivel clips to a patient's waist belt, and adjusting said of each adjustable length leg to extend to a point where, when the patient puts said under arm rests under each of his or her arms, his or her upper torso is stretched somewhat and partially unweighted;
• adopting various pain relief giving positions by allowing said swivel clip to swivel to different angular positions relative to said belt to accommodate such varying relief giving positions.