Active shoulder brace

In a shoulder brace for restricting movement of the ball of the upper arm out of the socket of the shoulder and permitting free movement of the arm, the combination of:

• (a) a resilient shoulder means for enveloping the shoulder and the upper arm, said shoulder means comprising:
• i) an adjustable sleeve portion encasing the upper arm,
• ii) a C-shaped shoulder member covering the shoulder and integral with said sleeve portion;
• (b) a plurality of resilient torso straps, each of said torso straps comprising:
• i) a shoulder end attached to said shoulder means and an anchor end;
• ii) an anchoring means affixed to said anchor end;
• (c) a plurality of resilient side straps, each of said side straps comprising:
• i) a sleeve end, attached to said shoulder means, and a waist end,
• ii) a coupling means affixed to said waist end;
• (d) a belt means, said belt means comprising:
• i) a waist belt,
• ii) an overlap means affixed to said waist belt for releasably affixing said waist belt about the waist,
• iii) a plurality of fastening means in spatial relationship about said waist belt, said plurality of fastenings means for removably securing each of said anchor ends and said waist ends to said waist belt.

A neoprene rubber shoulder brace for restricting movement of the ball of the upper arm out of the socket of the shoulder and providing support to the muscles, tendons and ligaments in the shoulder area and permitting free movement of the arm, said shoulder brace comprising:

• a resilient shoulder means conformable to the shoulder and upper arm of a wearer, said shoulder means including sleeve portion and a C-shaped shoulder member attached to said sleeve portion;
• a plurality of resilient torso straps, each of said torso straps having a shoulder end attached to said shoulder means and an anchor end, said anchor end including an anchoring means;
• a plurality of resilient side straps, each of said side straps having a sleeve end attached to said shoulder means and a waist end, said waist end including a coupling means;
• a resilient abduction strap for limiting the amount of abductive movement of the arm, said abduction strap having front and back abduction ends, each of said abduction ends including abduction anchor means;
• a resilient rotation strap for limiting the amount of external rotation movement of the arm, said rotation strap having a rotation shoulder end attachable to said shoulder means and a rotation waist end including a rotation anchor means;
• a resilient belt means for securing said shoulder brace about the waist, said belt means including a waist belt, an overlap means affixed to said waist belt for releasably securing said waist belt in tension about the waist and a plurality of loop means in spatial relationship about said waist belt, said plurality of loop means including first and second anchor loops for spatially positioning each of said anchor ends on said waist belt, first and second waist loops for spatially positioning each of said waist ends on said waist belt, first and second abduction loops for spatially positioning each of said abduction ends on said waist belt, and a rotation loop for spatially positioning said rotation waist end on said waist belt, and said anchoring means for releasably securing said anchor ends on said waist belt, said coupling means for releasably securing said waist ends to said waist belt, said abduction anchor means for releasably securing said abduction straps to said waist belt and said rotation anchor means for releasably securing said rotation straps to said waist belt.