Spinal orthosis to inhibit kyphosis and to minimize disk disease

A spinal orthosis, comprising:

• a shoulder unit comprising a left shoulder portion and a right shoulder portion;
• a first connector attached to the left shoulder portion at a first end of the first connector and attached to a retractable connector at a second end of the first connector;
• a second connector attached to the right shoulder portion at a first end of the second connector and attached to the retractable connector at a second end of the second connector;
• the retractable connector being attached, at a distal end from the attached connectors, to a retracting device;
• and
• an anchoring component containing the retracting device and at least a portion of the retractable connector, the anchoring component secured so as to prevent substantial vertical motion.

A spinal orthosis, comprising:

• shoulder means for attaching to a right shoulder and a left shoulder of a body;
• first means for pulling back on the shoulder means when the first pulling means is retracted, the first pulling means being connected to the shoulder means attached to the left shoulder;
• second means for pulling back on the shoulder means when the second pulling means is retracted, the second pulling means being connected to the shoulder means attached to the right shoulder;
• means for retracting the first pulling means and the second pulling means, the retracting means attached to the first pulling means and the second pulling means;
• means for securing the retracting means, the retracting means being attached to the securing means, the securing means being attached to the body below a lower back area.

A method of treating a patient, comprising:

• attaching a shoulder unit to a left shoulder and a right shoulder of a patient, the shoulder unit comprising a left shoulder portion and a right shoulder portion;
• securing an anchoring device to a lower body region of the patient so as to prevent substantial vertical motion of the anchoring device, the anchoring device containing a retracting device attached to the left shoulder portion and the right shoulder portion;
• pulling on the left shoulder portion and the right shoulder portion with the retracting device so as to move the shoulders of the patient in a rearward direction;
• and
• releasing the left shoulder portion and the right shoulder portion with the retracting device, thereby allowing the shoulders of the patient to return to a relaxed position.