Method and apparatus for ankle exercise

Details Method and apparatus for ankle exercise Method and apparatus for ankle exercise

1996-10-02

1999-04-27

Clark, Jeanne M.

Exercise devices

For foot or ankle

482132, 482147, 482908, 601 27, 601 29, A63B 2308

Patent

active

058974644

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for exercising the subtalar complex with controlled triplaner motion. The principal embodiment includes a standing platform and handrail in association with a rotatable foot plate. The foot plate is controllable and adjustable in three planes with fixed settings in all planes, including the oblique. The exerciser provides a method for isolating specific muscle groups involved with foot, ankle and calf extensions or where combinations of muscles are used, such as, with dorsiflexion-eversion or plantarflexion-inversion, while preventing tibial rotation of the foot. A second embodiment provides a more portable exercise apparatus utilizing the concepts employed with the principal embodiment wherein a rocker member is provided, attached to a support member. A foot plate attaches to the support member opposite the rocker and is pivotal in the transverse and frontal planes.

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