| 摘要 |
A therapeutic apparatus and method for stretching the neck muscles, spinal column, etc., as in the case of treatment of arthritis, pinched nerves and other similar human ailments, the method being controlled use of vacuum to lift the patient upwardly by the head, and one embodiment of the apparatus comprising generally a platform on which the subject stands, a vacuum chamber above the platform having an opening into which the subject's head is sealably inserted, a hydrulic piston-cylinder extending between the platform and the vacuum chamber by which the chamber can be adjusted to the patient, a vacuum-pressure pump for supplying the lifting vacuum and the pressure for sealing and other control purposes, the platform and the chamber having safety features for breaking the lifting vacuum under certain conditions.
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