A device to encourage players to keep their chin down after finishing their swing in sports such as baseball or golf. The device includes a magnet disposed on a chin portion of the device. A separate metal button is removably disposed on the user's back shoulder. While the user is swinging a bat or other piece of sporting equipment, the magnet moves toward and makes contact with the metal button located on the user's shoulder. As the magnet makes contact with the button, an audible click sound is emitted which confirms to the user that their head has stayed in the down position during their swing and after hitting the ball. By delaying any lifting of the head to watch the ball after it has been hit encourages the user to keep their head down which thereby improves their ability to see the ball and make contact with it.

A golf swing training device includes a shoulder pad, a shaft, and a wrist attachment member. The pad and the attachment member are configured to extend between opposing sides of a golfer, namely between an armpit of the trailing side of the body and the wrist of the leading side of the golfer. The shaft extends between the pad and the attachment member and is adjustable in length to fit the needs of a particular golfer. The shaft is configured to maintain a selected distance between the wrist and the armpit of the golfer during a golf swing so as to teach a body to keep the leading arm strait and to encourage rotation of the torso.

A training apparatus, system and method for teaching proper athletic technique in contact sports. A first strap portion may be attached to a football helmet, and a second strap portion attached to shoulder pads. The apparatus provides feedback on the user's technique as tension is applied to the first and second strap portions, for example when the user attempts to lower their head during tackling or blocking, and causing detachment upon exceeding a threshold detachment force.

Example embodiments of the brace assembly utilize an elastic cross strap attached to mounting facilities about a joint to provide progressive resistance to the extension, flexion or other movement of body parts about the joint. In some embodiments for a knee joint, the brace assembly provides a progressive resisting force to resist hyperextension of the knee. Some embodiments of the brace assembly further comprise adjusting facilities to accommodate different joints, different size wearers of the assembly and different tension settings such as for athletes during competition. Some embodiments of the brace assembly may be used bilaterally and can be made without metal bracing to comply with the requirements of some sports.

A device and method for monitoring and tracking the body movement of a user performing regular exercises such as squat is disclosed. The device for monitoring and tracking the body movement comprises a thigh strap, a housing and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit boards attached with the thigh straps comprises an actuating device, an accelerometer, a communication link, a power source, a processor, an USB connector, and an alerting device. The device senses accurate squat position and indicate with an audible beep, LED display, or it can be switched to a vibration mode. The device is configured to hold the legs and indicate the accurate squat position. The device could also connected to various other devices via Bluetooth linking technology.

A back support apparatus which includes a length of cloth consisting of a tail, body and buckle; the tail and buckle join to form a loop inside which a user sits. The apparatus and method of use stabilize a user in a seated position. The method of use is as follows: the cloth is wrapped around the users back and knees while in a seated, crossed leg position, and the tail threaded through the buckle and cinched tight in front of the users body. The apparatus is adjusted by pulling the tail further through the buckle, increasing support, or pulling the buckle away from the user's body, releasing tension.

An exercise device includes a resilient compression member configured to resist a compressive force from a user, and a resilient tension member configured to couple to opposing sides of the compression member. The resilient tension member is also configured to form a first portion of a loop around the compression member and the user, and resist a tensile force from the user. The exercise device also includes an extension member configured to connect with opposing ends of the tension member to form a second portion of the loop around the compression member and the user.

A method includes anchoring a first loop strap and a first hook strap at a first surface of a rectangular arcuate panel proximate a first end of the first surface, providing a retaining element anchored to the rectangular arcuate panel, with the retaining element forming a loop, and providing a second extension strap anchored to the rectangular arcuate panel proximate the retaining element to form a fielding aid accessory. The method also includes wrappably attaching the anchored first hook strap with the anchored first loop strap around a forearm of an athlete and securely positioning fingers of a hand thereof by way of the loop of the retaining element such that the forearm contacts a second surface of the rectangular arcuate panel. The fielding aid accessory is configured to be used by the athlete in two modes of operation based on a configuration of coupling of the second extension strap.

The inventive concept disclosed is a basketball shot training harness for utilization in developing efficient mechanics of movement of a basketball player's shooting arm in a manner so as to instill a consistent, accurate trajectory for basketball shots. The shot training harness comprises firstly, a back brace, being a belt-like structure having an exterior surface and an interior surface. Other essential components of the harness include an adjusting belt, a plurality of waist adapters, a left chest strap, a right chest strap, a first back strap, a second back strap, an elastomeric resistance band removably attached to the back brace, a sleeve, and a flexion restrictor. A shooter dons and fastens the harness, inserts his/her shooting arm into the sleeve, and with repeated shot practice, develops proper mechanics and trajectory for shots.

Disclosed is a system and method for regulating tourniquet cuff pressure to restrict blood flow penetration past the cuff based on a personalized restrictive pressure (PRP). The system includes mechanisms for estimating a limb occlusion pressure (LOP) by determining a minimum pressure at which arterial blood penetration past an applied tourniquet cuff is stopped and measuring a pulsation characteristic associated with the LOP. Thereafter, the system establishes a PRP by determining a second pressure that restricts but does not stop arterial blood penetration past the cuff and that corresponds to a second pulsation characteristic differing by a percentage from the pulsation characteristic associated with the LOP. During a limb-activity time period, the system maintains pressure in the applied tourniquet cuff near the PRP, thereby restricting but not stopping arterial blood penetration past the cuff during the activity time period.