Systems and methods for an exercise apparatus are provided and include a flexible elongated member, a binding apparatus, and a motor assembly. The binding apparatus is attached to the flexible elongated member and has a clamping mechanism configured to secure a shoe of a user of the exercise apparatus to the flexible elongated member. The motor assembly is disposed between the shoe and the flexible elongated member and is configured to cause the flexible elongated member to oscillate.

An upright massage tub can be converted into a standard bathtub. The upright massage tub is designed so as users can safely and easily enter the tub in a step/sit motion, sitting themselves upright in a natural, ergonomic position (at approximately a standard chair height). This upright design is also better for user assistants, putting them in a better ergonomic position while they assist users in bathing. This upright massage tub design also includes a vertically adjustable hub, housing a water jet that can deliver a proximity source of water-jet flow.

A wearable stimulation device includes a wearable member, a stimulation unit, and a driver. The stimulation unit is secured to the wearable member. The stimulation unit includes an immovable end, a stimulation end, and a power element. The power element is connected between the immovable end and the stimulation end for driving the stimulation end to reciprocate relative to the immovable end. The driver is in signal connection with the power element. The driver is configured to output a vibration signal to the power element for the stimulation end to have a stroke of between 8.8 mm and 10.8 mm, a thrust of between 5.6 N and 7.6 N and a reciprocating frequency of between 180 Hz and 220 Hz, thereby stimulating the deep muscles of the abdomen or waist of a human body without affecting the superficial muscles.

A respiration-assistance apparatus or method can include or use a lifting element such as to cyclically push, pull, or lift, toward a superior direction of the subject, at least one subject region during an inhalation portion of a respiration cycle of the subject. A cyclical member can couple the lifting element to a fixed reference. Abdominal or ribcage compression can be provided. A multi-action or other cam can be used, such as together with a reciprocating element. Examples can be configured for use with a wheelchair, a bed, a vacuum or suction affixation element, a wearable garment, etc.

A self-massaging tool is provided. The self-massaging tool comprises a first base layer. Further, the self-massaging tool comprises a second layer formed upon the first base layer, wherein the second layer comprises a plurality of rounded protruding structures configured to assert pressure during self-massage of the user, wherein the self-massaging tool has a curved shape providing an outward bulge around its center when the self-massaging tool is aligned with the spine of the user, and wherein the curved shape of the self-massaging tool facilitates a neutral alignment with the spine of the user.

Methods for treating fluid overload in a subject comprise shifting fluids directly and non-invasively from an interstitial compartment of the subject to skin of the subject through controlled local sweating. Methods of the invention allow for removal of excess fluid from the interstitial compartment of the subject and treat fluid overload in the subject. Sweat stimulation systems comprise a chamber and first and second relative humidity sensors. The chamber is sized to fit around a body part of a subject, comprises an inlet and an outlet, and is configured such that air flows through the chamber from the inlet to the outlet. The first relative humidity sensor is operably located inside the inlet, and the second relative humidity sensor is operably located proximate the outlet.

The invention relates to a portable massage appliance having a shape-modifiable contact segment to be placed onto a body region to be massaged and one or more electrically drivable massage elements that are arranged inside a main part and are designed to cause modification of the shape of the contact segment during operation, a protective segment being arranged between the contact segment and the inner part of the main part.

A constipation treatment apparatus includes an air supplying motor installed at an internal space of a curved frame to supply air generated from a supply pipe to the air cell and a heat/massage module group including a lower right heat/massage module, a right heat/massage module, a central heat/massage module, a lower left heat/massage module, and a left heat/massage module, each of the heat/massage modules including the air cell and a heat generation module. The air cell has a dual structure including an upper air cell and a lower air cell.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods of inducing therapeutic adipose tissue inflammation using high frequency pressure waves (e.g. high frequency shockwaves) wherein the inflammation results in a reduction in the volume of subcutaneous adipose tissue. Embodiments include applying electrohydraulic generated shockwaves at a rate of between 10 Hz and 100 Hz to reduce the appearance of cellulite or the volume of subcutaneous fat in a treatment area.

A spinal traction device may include a base frame, a waist bed part on the upper side of the base frame to be movable up and down, an upper body bed part connected to one side of the waist bed part, and a lower body bed part connected to the other side of the waist bed part. The upper body bed part and the lower body bed part may be rotated with respect to the waist bed part as the waist bed part is raised and lowered. The lower body bed part may include a first lower body bed member and a second lower body bed member, the second lower body bed member is horizontally movable in the longitudinal direction of the lower body bed portion with respect to the first lower body bed member and is horizontally movable or rotatable in the width direction.