Patent ID: 6041457
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A47C,A61H

Abstract:
A method of stretching the human back comprising:providing a support device having a supporting surface that is convexly curved along a longitudinal direction and being substantially rigid, the supporting surface comprising at least two rows of knobbles extending alongside one another in the longitudinal direction with a channel between the rows of knobbles;placing the support device on a floor or other generally horizontal surface such that the knobbles and convexly curved supporting surface face generally upwardly; and then lowering the back onto the supporting surface such that the knobbles provide localized pressure on the muscular tissue on each side of the vertebrae and the bony part of the spine is received in the channel so that there is substantially no pressure on the bony part of the spine, whereby the spine is stretched or adjusted due to the convex shape of the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface is defined by a series of longitudinally spaced cross members secured at their ends to longitudinal side rails, the cross members being shaped to provide the knobbles.