Hydrotherapy exercising device with scissor lift treadmill

Apparatus for exercising and massaging a person, a horse or any animal comprising:

• (a) a tank for containing a pool of water having a bottom wall and upstanding sidewalls and end walls:
• (b) a cage for supporting the person, horse or other animal in said tank;
• (c) a treadmill means forming the cage bottom;
• (d) means for driving said treadmill means;
• (e) a scissor lift device for raising and lifting the cage and treadmill means, said scissor lift device including two parallel upper pairs of arm members and two parallel lower pairs, each of said arm members having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of each of said upper arm members being pivotably connected to said treadmill means, the lower end of each of said upper arm members being pivotably connected to a respective one of the upper ends of said lower arm members so as to create a first and a second axis of rotation where said upper arm members meet said lower arm members, said upper and said lower arm pairs being operable in tandem, said lift device further including a stabilizer bar provided so as to span between said parallel tandem arm pairs at the first axis of rotation where said upper arms meet said lower arms;
• (f) means for powering the scissor lift device, said scissor lift powering means being connected to said scissor lift device in the area of the second axis of rotation;
• (g) a plurality of spaced output nozzles in the said tank walls;
• (h) means for injecting water into the pool under pressure through said nozzles to provide turbulence in the pool for massaging portions of the body situated in said tank between said tank;
• (i) a filtration system for cleaning and purifying the tank water;
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• (j) means for powering the filtration system.