摘要 |
The present invention, a lumbar-sacral vest ("floating back stretcher"), furnishes professionals in the exercise field (physical therapists) with a new instrument, providing a more facilitating traction alternative for the lumbar region (vertebral decompression), which is very practical and functional and can be used at several levels, depending on the professional's experience. The vest (1) contains transversal belts (2), at the level that would be occupied by normal buttons, with rings (3 and 4) on the shoulders, and is, in practice, strapped onto the patient (at the thoracic-abdominal region) and suspended by the rings, through the use of lifters (5), girdles or chains on a bar (6) or hooks fastened to the ceiling, at the discretion of the therapist, in addition to a bar (8) at the thoracic level, sustained by fixed lifters also on the transversal bar (6), allowing for greater stability of the patient's body and for the performance of exercises with arms and legs. In this manner, the patient remains orthostatic (suspended) by the vest, and lumbar traction will be achieved, due to the force of gravity, by his or her body weight. Extra weights may be added to both ankles, in order to optimize traction. |