| 摘要 |
A neck treatment apparatus for patient self-treatment, and a method for its use, with which a patient can apply repeated amounts of deep concentrated pressure to muscles in the area between the base of the skull and the first vertebra to lengthen the muscles therein and provide the patient with relief from tension and pain. The apparatus is compact in design, made from lightweight easy-to-clean materials, and comprises a single treatment member upwardly depending from the center portion of the upper surface of a base support. In the preferred embodiment the treatment member has a width dimension of approximately six inches, a thickness dimension of approximately one-half of an inch, and a height dimension of approximately four inches. In transverse cross-section, the top of the preferred embodiment of the treatment member tapers to a point to act as a wedge, having the configuration of an equilateral triangle with side dimensions each measuring approximately one-half of an inch. The treatment member also has a cut-out in its upper edge, in the form of a V-shaped notch, which in the preferred embodiment has a depth dimension of approximately one-half of an inch and a width dimension of approximately one-half of an inch. During use, the area of a patient between base of the skull and the first vertebra is centrally placed over the V-shaped notch for a maximum time period of approximately ten minutes to lengthen the muscles therein and relieve excess muscular tension and pain.
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