Patent ID: 11865027
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of supporting a hamstring recovering from an injury, the method comprising steps of:
securing a waist band of a hamstring support assembly to a waist of a patient, the hamstring support assembly comprising:
the waist band,
a heel cup fabricated of a rigid material having a fixed shape comprising a sole panel and a heel panel, wherein an interior surface of the sole panel and an interior surface of the heel panel define a heel receiving cavity, and
an elongated biasing element assembly extending linearly between the waist band and a posterior end of the heel cup;

seating the heel cup to a heel of a patient by placing the heel within the heel receiving cavity, wherein the heel is a portion of a foot of a diagnosed leg, wherein the diagnosed leg is diagnosed as one of: (a) having a hamstring injury or (b) recovering from the hamstring injury;
adjusting a length of the elongated biasing element assembly such that the elongated biasing element of the elongated biasing element assembly is in one of having a slight tension or having a neutral tension when the diagnosed leg of the patient is fully extended; and
moving the leg of the patient having the injured hamstring between a position where a knee of the diagnosed leg of the patient is straight and a position where the knee of the diagnosed leg is bent,
providing a resistance to the movement of the leg of the patient via the elongated biasing element assembly in a linear direction extending directly between the waistband of the patient and the heel of the patient; and
retaining a lateral motion of the heel cup respective to the heel using the rigidity and shape of the heel cup.