Disclosed is an apparatus and method for exercising, strengthening, energizing and relieving portions of the body. The invention is the combination of the Vibrating, Massaging Sneakers interconnecting with the Mini Sit Down Leg Exerciser Connection with Adjustable/Stretchable hand held exercising cords together creates a Full Body mini exercising device that enhances health, fitness and wellness. The Sneakers are equipped with varying Massage Types and Intensity, including Heating Therapy, Air Compression, Bi-Directional Rolling/Kneading apparatus, with small vibrators/massagers embedded in the Therapeutic Compartments of Sneakers, to provide maximum effect to various Pressure Points of user's feet. The inter-connectable Leg Exerciser with Adjustable, Stretchable Hand held Exercising Cords provides added benefits of toning and strengthening the User's upper body, arms, legs, ankles, and feet, creating a Full Body Exercising Mechanism. Benefits to users of the invented, are relief from aches, pains, muscular buildup, stimulation of circulation, stress, overall improvements.

An article of footwear includes sensory elements. The sensory elements are embedded in an upper of an article of footwear, the upper having a first layer and a second layer. Sensory elements are proximally disposed toward a foot when contacted by an object. Sensory elements may partially protrude from the first layer and/or the second layer. Sensory elements may also be fully covered between the first layer and the second layer.

An insole installed on top of existing footwear with a sealed chamber extending across the plantar surface of the foot filled with a fluid that can traverse across the chamber in response to pressure caused by a weight shift by the wearer. The movement of the fluid (which may be a liquid, gas, or gel) serves to massage the foot muscles and tendons, release toxins, and increase circulation. The chamber may also have restrictions or unique shapes to guide the fluid for maximum effectiveness.

The invention relates to a massage insole driven by intelligent sensing motor which includes a structurally symmetrical left insole and right insole. The left insole and the right insole each includes a massaging mechanism for massaging the sole of the foot, and a receiving pad body for receiving the massaging mechanism and a control mechanism. The control mechanism is arranged in the receiving pad body. The massaging mechanism includes a massage bead chain, a driving component for driving the massage bead chain to rotate, a reset component for driving the massage bead chain to be reset. Two ends of massage bead chain are respectively sleeved on the driving component and the reset component. The control mechanism includes a control chip, a timing component and a thermostatic component. The driving component, the timing component and the thermostat component are electrically connected to the control chip. For the massage insole driven by intelligent sensing motor, the massage beads can move, and avoids the soreness that exceeds the tolerance to emerge due to the foot stepping on the massage for a long time Feet can relax without taking off the shoes. It improves the use of massage insoles.

The footwear includes a sole, a plurality of massage units, and a controller. The sole provides a support to the underside of a user's foot when the user is wearing the footwear. The massage units each include a channel, a plunger, a spring, and an actuator. The plunger is disposed within the channel and may slide within it linearly. The plunger has a shaft which terminates in an applicator, the applicator being round and configured to provide pressure to the user's foot. The spring is configured to maintain the plunger within a contact-position when at rest. This contact-position occurs when the plunger is maximally distal to the spring. The actuator is able to draw the plunger against the spring and release the plunger in repetition when energized, enacting a massaging action. The controller is able to selectively engage the actuators.

Systems, devices and methods for providing active and/or passive compression therapy to a body part can include a compression device worn over a compression stocking. The compression device can have a pulley based drive train that is driven by a motor to tighten and loosen compression elements, such as compression straps, in a precise, rapid, and balanced manner. Sensors can be used in the compression device and/or compression stockings to provide feedback to modulate the compression treatment parameters.

Orthopaedic foot bed for a shoe with a foot support surface, wherein the foot support surface is formed by a plane base surface. The foot bed has a multiplicity of knobs which are distributed in a predefined manner and by which the stimulation points in the sole are stimulated in a targeted manner, as a result of which the neurological, biotensegrity and liquid-dynamic system of the human body can in turn be improved. Through the improvement thereby achieved, it is possible to address and improve certain aspects of human health, which in particular include the gait pattern and posture of the human body. Moreover, by means of the invention, the transport of the lymphatic and venous liquids (heart of feet function of the sole) can be excited and intensified.

A compression garment for a neurological disorder includes a body portion and a pad. The body portion may be operable to wrap around a foot and the pad can attach to an inner surface of the body portion. The pad can include an outward protrusion and/or an inward recess. A guide sleeve may be dimensioned to wrap together with the body portion around the foot, the pad being disposable between the body portion and the guide sleeve. A first tensioning band may be attached onto to first and second locations of the body portion and be operable to secure opposing first and second portions of the inner surface of the body portion to secure the outward protrusion and/or recess of the pad against the abductor hallucis and flexor hallucis brevis muscles of the foot. The outward protrusion can include a receiver for the metatarsal head.

A system for providing exercise incentives and/or providing massage is disclosed herein. The system includes a pair of shoes to be worn by a user during exercise; a software application downloadable to an electronic device and configured to wirelessly communicate with the pair of shoes; and a server in communication with the software application. In some embodiments, the pair of shoes includes massage pads and cooling/warming elements. The system is primarily useful for providing a monetary incentive to exercise and secondarily useful for providing relief to a user's feet via massage.

An article of footwear includes a sole system with a carrier member and a plurality of sensory node elements. The sensory node elements are received in recesses of the carrier member and can protrude through to the upper and/or an insole. The sensory node elements push against the foot to increase sensory perception of the surface underlying the sole system.