Undertaking
Patent
1991-04-12
1992-03-10
Apley, Richard J.
Undertaking
272134, 272143, 272144, 128 25R, A63B 23035
Patent
active
050944452
ABSTRACT:
In one preferred embodiment, a device for strengthening the lower back of a user which includes a frame having a horizontal member for support of the hips of the user and having, spaced apart from the hip support, a horizontal platform for support of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of the user. The user places himself upon the frame so that his hips, head, shoulders, and upper chest are supported, with his legs hanging vertically from the hip support. The chest of the user is largely unsupported to permit comfortable and easy breathing. The strengthening motion comprises raising the legs from the vertical position to the horizontal position and again to the vertical position. There is little or no risk of injury to the vertebral column, due to the fact that the vertebral column is stationary when the exercise is executed. In another preferred embodiment, a hydraulically operated hinged member effects the above leg movement to provide therapy for disabled users. On the upward ascension, the user points his toes downward into plantar flexion, while raising the lower extremities upward. On descension, the toes go into dorsi flexion during the release, while the user exhales.
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21st Century Anatomy, Inc.
Apley Richard J.
Crozier John H.
Reichard Lynne A.
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