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US 5,683,352 AGranted
Elongated loop for self administered
OwnerDempsey Wattsinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for self-administered physiotherapeutic treatment and exercise of the human body in which an elongated loop shaped bar has a first distal end portion connected by a curvilinear portion to a straight portion on one side of the loop to a second curvilinear portion in a second distal end portion defining a gap wide enough to accommodate a portion of the user's body which can be remotely manipulated by the user from another part of the bar.
Claims2
A physiotherapy apparatus comprising:
- an elongated loop member having an opening on one side, said loop member having a first distal end portion on one end of the loop member and,
- a second distal end portion on an opposite end of the loop member, said distal end portions facing in opposite directions creating said opening between the distal end portions,
- said loop member having a straight side portion rigidly interconnecting the first and second distal end portions, the length of which is such that the gap between the two distal end portions is large enough to allow partial encirclement of the human musculoskeletal structure in the opening of the loop member,
- said first distal end portion bending from said straight side portion to a lesser extent than said second distal end portion creating a smaller one end of said loop member than said opposite end of the loop member,
- said straight side portion having a portion of its length defining a hand hold for gripping the apparatus and positioning said first and second distal end portions after partial encirclement of the human musculoskeletal structure in said opening of the loop member, said gap between the said two distal end portions being approximately equal to the length of said hand hold portion, and
- said distal end portions being formed on a radius of curvature extending from said straight side portion in which said first distal end portion has a radius of curvature of between three and four inches while the said second distal end portion has a radius of curvature of between four and six inches whereby any combination of manipulative or acupressure therapeutic actions may be applied to any portion of the musculoskeletal structure.
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