METHOD OF RESTORING MUSCULAR CORSET OF CERVICAL SPINE AND DEVICE FOR ITS REALISATION Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61F5/42 A61H1/02 A63B23/25 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to medicine, vertebrology, therapeutic exercise and rehabilitology. Vector traction of the cervical spine (CS) is carried out by means of a device which contains a set of loads, an armchair for a patient rotary with respect of the vertical axis with elements for the shoulder girdle fixation and skull traction tongs, connected with a load by means of a flexible pull, slung over a pulley. An initial weight is 0.5 kg, in a sitting position with fixation of the shoulder girdle, and simultaneously with traction performed are exercises, which include head movements to the side, opposite to the load action, and back, as well as the change of position relative to the applied loading, by turning the armchair with the patient around the vertical to a specified angle. Vector traction is carried out with the traction angle of 10-30° relative to the vertical. Movements of the head to the side, opposite to the load action, are performed to the straight line with the spine. All neck muscles are made work by performing the armchair rotation with a specified discreteness within the limits of its complete 360° turn, with the rigid fixation of the armchair position after each rotation. The device pulley is placed relative to the armchair in such a way that a section of the pull between the skull traction tongs, fixed on the head of the patient, sitting in the armchair, and the pulley forms a 10-30° angle with the vertical. The armchair is provided with a stop motion mechanism, providing the rigid fixation of an angular position of the armchair with the specified discreteness within the limits of its complete 360° turn, in any direction of rotation.

EFFECT: group of inventions provides simple, effective and safe strengthening of the CS muscular corset, including cases of CS instability, protrusions and hernia of intervertebral discs, with the quality working out of all cervical muscles taking into account individual peculiarities of the patient's CS.

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