DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACK, LEGS MUSCLES AND JOINTS EXTENSION Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61H1/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises support elements and fastened belts, a plate configured to attach to a bed and having teeth on an outer side, a support with a shock absorber mounted on the plate, two identical L-shaped foot supports with horizontal and vertical portions. The outer side of the horizontal portion comprises teeth, and a fastened belt for foot fixation is attached on the outer side of to the vertical portion. The plate comprises two identical foot supports having the teeth that can be engaged with those of the plate to move the support teeth along the plate teeth. A method with using the above device involves foot traction forces. An unassisted patient lying on his/her back places his/her feet with two L-shaped supports on the plate, then protrudes one leg forward, fixes it on the plate and relaxes the extended muscles, within a given period releases the foot fixation and places it back; he/she performs the similar manipulations for the other leg; then he/she protrudes both legs forwards, fixes the feet on the plate and relaxes the extended muscles, within a given period he/she releases both feet and places them back; thereafter the patient lies down on his/her stomach with his/her arms bent at the elbows and pressed to the body and places the toes behind the supports and presses the shock absorber towards the head; within a given period the patients stops pressing, has a rest and performs the above motions again; similarly, the patient extends each leg separately.

EFFECT: invention enables the lying patient making the unassisted extension of back and legs muscles and joints.

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