Scapulo-spinal stabilizer with abdominal support for opening the superior thoracic aperture

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, and an anterior portion, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso,
• sleeves extending distally from said superior shoulder portions, said sleeves formed for wrapping around the proximal portions of a wearer's arms, and each of said sleeves having an underpart including a portion of gathered material forming a redundant sleeve closure,
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening for closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially along each side of the spine of a wearer such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer, and
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located distally on the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays.

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, and an anterior portion, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso, said front closure including a zipper having a bottom portion and a flexible cord detachably attached to the bottom portion of said zipper, said cord having a length at least sufficient to extend from the bottom portion of said zipper to a ground surface such that it can be stepped on when said garment is being donned by a wearer
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening for closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially along each side of the spine of a wearer such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer, and
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located distally on the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays.

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, and an anterior portion, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso, said front closure including a zipper,
• said anterior portion of said garment having left and right sides meeting at said front closure, said left and right sides having at least one pair of laterally extending cooperating tabs, each of said at least one said pair of cooperating tabs having cooperating fasteners that can be detachably fastened together to secure the left and right sides of said anterior portion in spaced adjacent relation in preparation for closing said zipper,
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening for closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially along each side of the spine of a wearer such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer, and
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located distally on the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays.

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, and an anterior portion, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso, said anterior portion of said garment including anterior rib margin supports, each said anterior rib margin support having a pleated curved band for extending over and supporting the inferior rib margins of a wearer of said garment,
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening for closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially along each side of the spine of a wearer such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer, and
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located distally on the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays.

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, and an anterior portion, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso,
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening for closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially alongside each side of the spine of a wearer such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer,
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located on the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays, and
• said anterior portion of said garment including anterior rib margin supports, each said anterior rib margin support including a pleated curved band for extending over and supporting the inferior rib margins of a wearer of said garment, each said anterior rib margin support including a substantially horizontal medial end and a substantially vertical lateral end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably fastened to the lateral ends of said anterior rib margin supports.

A scapulo-spinal stabilizer comprising:

• a shirt-like garment for extending from the upper torso to the iliac crest of a wearer thereof, said garment having a neck opening, a waist opening, superior shoulder portions, a posterior panel, an anterior portion, and sleeves, said superior shoulder portions extending laterally from said neck opening, said superior shoulder portions each including a shoulder stay extending from said neck opening, said shoulder stay having a distal end, said posterior panel opposite said anterior portion, and said anterior portion having a front closure for fastening the garment around a wearer's torso, said sleeves extending distally from said superior shoulder portions and formed for wrapping around the proximal portions of a wearer's arms, said sleeves each including an underpart and a portion of gathered material forming a redundant sleeve closure on said underpart of each of said sleeves,
• two elongated, semi-rigid thoraco-lumbar support stays,
• said posterior panel having dual, spaced apart, parallel sheaths extending between said neck opening and said waist opening, said support stays received in said sheaths thereby closely holding and positioning said support stays paramedially along each side of the spine of a wearer and such that said stays cross the medial border of each scapula of the wearer, and
• two posterior flexible scapular straps attached to anchor points located on the distal ends of the superior shoulder portions of said garment such that said anchor points are positioned posterior to the mid-coronal plane immediately posterior to the acromiclavicular joint at the superior border of the trapezius muscle of a wearer of the garment, said scapular straps each extending angularly downward from said anchor points towards the opposite side of the garment, each of said scapular straps having an anterior end, the anterior ends of said scapular straps detachably attached to the anterior portion of said garment so that said scapular straps form a crossing configuration across said posterior panel and said support stays.