METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXERCISING EFFECTIVE SITTING POSITION IN STATIC-DYNAMIC MODE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves sitting on stool in straightened position; at preliminary stage, straining muscles of hands with substantial force to make fists, with muscles of forearms bent at an angle of up to (+/-3) deg to arm; straining arm muscles and chest muscles, without curving chest forward, as well as abdomen, back, buttocks, thigh, crus and feet muscles; holding chin in horizontal position; extending head upward together with neck; positioning thighs and feet so that space between them is equal to width of foot or palm; at main stage, bringing apart elbow-folded arms; tightly connecting hands above head top; connecting fingers so that they cling one to the other; directing hands upward; fastening arms by cuffs on telescopic poles; at final stage, releasing arms from cuffs; straining muscles of hands clenched in fists, muscles of forearms bent at an angle of 90(+/-3) deg to arms, as well as chest, back, abdomen, buttocks, crus and feet muscles; holding chin in horizontal position and extending head upward together with neck. In the process of executing exercises at each stage, buttocks and thigh muscles are periodically strained and relaxed by springy motions and body is slightly moved within the range of fixed altitude. Each stage of cycle is performed in 3-4 passes, each lasting for 15-60 s. Apparatus has stool with immovable guides disposed under stool top, telescopic poles with cuffs in their upper parts, skids, stops for fixing slides relative to cross-shaped guides. Method and apparatus allow user to develop stable dynamic stereotype of holding user in posture of optimum ratio of coxofemoral bones arrangement, with lordosis being kept in spine lumbar region, kyphosis in chest region. User rests upon stool top only with the region of tubers of the ischium. EFFECT: increased therapeutic effect and simplified method and construction of apparatus. 3 cl, 9 dwg