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US 2021/0275870 A1Published application
Apparatus reducing compensatory leg, ankle and foot movements during heel raise exercises in rehabilitation and fitness
OwnerWillem Kramerinventor
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Abstract
Portable blocks of high density, closed cell foam each with a different height, in progression from shortest to tallest. The taller blocks have tops divided in half width-wise, creating an upper and lower surface. As such, a user engages the blocks with a foot of the user straddling the upper half and the lower half; wherein upon a heel raise of the user upon the block, plantar and dorsiflexion movement is achieved substantially devoid of pronation and supination.
Claims15
A method for reducing compensatory leg complex movements, comprising the steps of:
- providing multiple blocks, wherein each said block varies in size, and wherein at least one of said blocks includes a top divided in two-halves thereby forming an upper half and a lower half at said top;
- wherein said upper half and said lower half differ in height so as to allow a user to engage said block with a foot of said user straddling said upper half and said lower half;
- wherein upon a heel raise of said user upon said block, plantar and dorsiflexion movement is achieved substantially devoid of pronation and supination.
An apparatus for reducing compensatory leg complex movements, comprising:
- multiple blocks, wherein each said block varies in size, and wherein at least one of said blocks includes a top divided in two-halves thereby forming an upper half and a lower half at said top;
- wherein said upper half and said lower half differ in height so as to allow a user to engage said block with a foot of said user straddling said upper half and said lower half;
- wherein upon a heel raise of said user upon said block, plantar and dorsiflexion movement is achieved substantially devoid of pronation and supination.
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