Extension Limiting Strap for a Hip Brace

A hip brace comprising:

• a waist belt wrappable around a waist of a wearer of said hip brace, said waist belt having a circumference including a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a posterior side and an anterior side;
• a waist cuff attached to said waist belt, wherein said waist cuff is substantially more rigid than said waist belt;
• a longitudinal support assembly attached to said waist cuff and extending away from said waist cuff;
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• an extension limiting strap attached to said waist cuff at a first anchor point, attached to said waist belt at a second anchor point positioned an anchoring interval away from said first anchor point in a posterior direction and extending between said first and second anchor points, wherein said extension limiting strap relaxes when said longitudinal support assembly travels in a hip flexion direction and tensions when said longitudinal support assembly travels in a hip extension direction to apply a resistant counter-force to said waist cuff in a first force direction in response to a moment of force applied to said waist cuff by said longitudinal support assembly in a second force direction substantially opposite said first force direction.

A hip brace comprising:

• a waist belt wrappable around a waist of a wearer of said hip brace, said waist belt having a circumference including a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a posterior side and an anterior side;
• a waist cuff having an anterior side and a posterior side, wherein said waist cuff is attached to said first lateral side of said waist belt and said waist cuff is substantially more rigid than said waist belt;
• a longitudinal support assembly attached to said waist cuff and extending downward away from said waist cuff, wherein said longitudinal support assembly includes a first support member having a first end attached to said waist cuff and a second end, a rotational hinge attached to said second end of said first support member and aligned with a hip joint of the wearer adjacent to said first lateral side of said waist belt, and a second support member having a first end, wherein said hinge is attached to said first end of said second member, thereby rotatably connecting said first and second members;
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• an extension limiting strap attached to said waist cuff at a first anchor point, attached to said waist belt at a second anchor point positioned an anchoring interval away from said first anchor point in a posterior direction and extending between said first and second anchor points, wherein said anchoring interval is at least about one quarter the circumference of said waist belt.