Presented is a chiropractic adjustment and soft tissue mobilization tool. The tool includes a flat bottom section, and a spine adjustment section. The spine adjustment section includes two raised supports aligned substantially parallel, and a spine accommodating area formed along and between the length of the two raised supports for supporting an intended vertebrae portion of a patient's spine during chiropractic adjustment. The spine adjustment section further transitions to form a protruding edge adapted for performing soft tissue mobilization. The protruding edge further protrudes upwardly and rolls off to form a planar raised surface parallel to the flat bottom. Each side of the spine adjustment section features a recessed area formed thereof to allow a provider to hold the tool with the provider's fingertips and to aid in collection and re-dispersal of lotion applied during soft tissue mobilization procedure.

Methods and devices for tissue remodeling and repair of collagenous tissues, including tendons, ligaments, and bone, as well as scalable connective tissue manufacturing, are provided. Collagen fibers are assembled by extensional strain-induced flow crystallization of collagen monomers. Extensional strain also drives the fusion of already formed short collagen fibrils to produce long-range, continuous fibers. Wearable devices for controlled tissue remodeling and wound healing deliver a tissue remodeling solution to a tissue repair site. The remodeling solution, together with appropriate application of strain to the tissue remodeling site, accelerate healing, prevent injury, and reduce scar formation.

A pressure applicating assembly for treatment of menstrual cramps and other discomfort; the apparatus comprising a pressure applicator apparatus and a flexible strap. The pressure applicator apparatus comprises a plurality of styluses arranged in both a direction parallel to the strap and a direction perpendicular to the strap. The pressure applicator apparatus is secured to a patient using the strap in a manner to apply pressure to a tender location on an interior region of a patient's calf. The applied pressure can be employed to relieve the patient of menstrual discomfort by identifying the tender spot by applying light pressure to a menstrual discomfort controlling pressure region. The identified tender spots are considered the menstrual discomfort controlling pressure points. The plurality of styluses applies a distributed pressure to the region to ensure the tender spots are sufficiently addressed, thus relieving the patient of the discomfort.

A therapeutic massage chair is reclinable between a horizontal and inclined position. The chair includes an upper back support member and a lower support member that is axially movable along a support frame, and is also rotatable about an axis which is perpendicular to the plane of the upper back support member. Electric linear actuators are provided to both axially move and oscillate the lower body support member.

The invention relates to the field of medicine, specifically to neurology, and more specifically to devices for therapeutic gymnastics. A device consists of a combination of a loading system and an unloading system. Covers/pockets for pneumatic chambers of the unloading system are positioned longitudinally, in pairs and continuously, along a front surface and a rear surface of a load-bearing membrane. Support elements of a knee brace, made of two front portions and of two rear portions, interconnected by means of straps, are positioned in five sub-levels, wherein the two front portions of the brace are connected at the centers thereof by means of a linking component which is provided with an additional cushioning layer and with a half-ring in the center thereof, said half-ring serving for securing and changing the trajectories of elastic tensile components. A foot brace is removable and contains one longitudinal strap under the foot and three transverse straps which are connected to the longitudinal strap.

There is provided an orthotic configured for muscle imbalance correction. The orthotic has a strapping configured for physically activating an undercompensating muscle group by physically pulling substantially in-line with muscle fibres of the undercompensating muscle group to assist muscle activation and physically deactivating an overcompensating muscle group by physically pulling and therefore compressing across muscle fibres of the overcompensating muscle group to provide muscle resistance. Examples of the undercompensating muscle group are at least one of the gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus, vastus medialis and vastus medialis oblique. Examples of the overcompensating muscle group are at least one of the tensor fascia latae and iliopsoas.

Clothing and methods for providing targeted and staged compression to portions of a lower extremity, such as a leg of a human may include individual pieces of clothing such as socks and the like, or multiple-piece clothing systems functioning together to provide targeted and staged compression to the lower extremity. One or more articles of clothing individually or together have a plurality of targeted compression zones. Each of the compression zones includes a superior portion extending in a generally superior-inferior direction and an inferior portion contiguous with the superior portion and comprising a portion extending in a direction generally crosswise to the generally superior-inferior direction of the superior portion. Other implementations are also described.

A portable therapeutic apparatus is disclosed. The portable therapeutic apparatus may include a handle, a protrusion, a resistance element, and an adjustment element attached to the handle. The handle may include a first slot that houses the resistance element. The protrusion may include an indentation. The resistance element may include an elastic element.

A spine alignment and massage device with a rigid member have an elliptically shaped top plan view and a left and a right protrusion. The raised protrusions are mirror images of each other. The inside surface of each the protrusion is approximately eighty-four degrees in angle forming a V shaped space between the two protrusions. The outside surface of each protrusion slops down at approximately forty-five degrees. The distance between the top of the two protrusions are approximately one and three quarters of an inch. The height of each protrusion is approximately two inches. The top portion of each the protrusion is a hemisphere of approximately one half of one inch in diameter. The base portion of the rigid member is curved along the short axis and has a radius of approximately twelve inches. In an alternate embodiment, the device is made of semi-rigid material.

A device for rehabilitating patients especially with peripheral nervous system paralysis. The rehabilitation device comprising a remote control terminal, a base, an arm mounted to a column with adjustable height containing an motor propelling the arm and at least two electrodes of the electromyography (EMG) sensor according to the disclosure is characterized in that the actuator (7) enables the extension (4) to move within the angular range of 360°, while the EMG signal from the sensor connected to the muscle or muscles of the patient is transmitted to the network of the motor controlling module (2) and then further by radio or cable connection to a remote control terminal (1).