Patent ID: 6036719
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
A device for applying concentrated pressure to muscles attached in the lamina groove on either side of the spinous processes in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of a human spine, which simulates the type of deep concentrated pressure applied by muscular therapist hands to the seven layers of muscles attached in the lamina groove to lengthen the attachments of even the innermost of said seven muscles for automatic vertebrae alignment as a result of such lengthening, as well as increased flexibility and elimination of pain previously associated with the region treated resulting from excess muscle contraction, said device comprisinga rigid planar base member having an upper surface;a rigid treatment member upwardly depending from said upper surface, said treatment member also having an arcuate peripheral surface, a groove longitudinally oriented in said peripheral surface, and a pair of sharp edges positioned on either side of said groove, said groove having maximum depth and width dimensions of approximately one-half inch so that said sharp edges can support a patient in the lamina groove immediately on either side of the spinous processes when a patient is positioned against said peripheral surface and said sharp edges are thereby able to cause uniformly deep concentrated pressure in excess of one-hundred pounds of pressure to be applied to the seven layers of muscles attached in the lamina groove on either side of the spinous processes to cause the muscles to relax and lengthen and thereby provide vertebrae alignment without any forcing of bone.