Patent Publication Number: US-11659874-B2

Title: Clothing

Description:
This application is a continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/JP2018/014017 which has an International filing date of Mar. 30, 2018, which claims the benefit of priority based upon Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-248507, filed on Dec. 25, 2017; the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated into the present specification by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to clothing. It relates particularly to clothing (for example, shirts, pants, skinsuits or union suits, etc.) that enable the wearer&#39;s muscles to be supported in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Athletic wear for improving athletic performance when sports and other athletic games are engaged in has become familiar in recent years. It is evident that needs appertaining to athletic wear are very deep-seated. To take the example of golf: users who think they would like to raise their club-head speed and extend their flight distance even without daily strength training and stretching have become an appreciably numerous presence (e.g., see Patent Document 1). 
     What is more, not just in golf as discussed above—in all sorts of sports and exercise, such as tennis, baseball, swimming, and yoga—movement of the shoulder blades that accompanies pivoting and motion of the arms is frequent. For example, in golf and tennis, when the club or racket is swung, right—left asymmetrical movement of the shoulder blades caused by pivoting of the trunk takes place, while with poses in yoga, bilateral symmetrical movement of the shoulder blades caused by symmetrical moving of both arms takes place. 
     Such movement of the shoulder blades is in most cases not either the right or left shoulder blade moving independently, but the right and left shoulder blades moving cooperatively. Nevertheless, with typical athletic clothes in any case doing nothing more than bracing the upper-body posture of the wearer by means of tensioning areas which, with respect to a main-body section that has elasticity, have higher tensioning force, sufficient consideration has not been given to cooperative movement of the left and right shoulder blades. Accordingly, with these typical athletic garments, sufficiently improving athletic performance in the variety of movements that accompany pivoting of the trunk and motion of the arms has been problematic. 
     Against this backdrop as such, athletic wear  1000  as illustrated in  FIG.  1    and  FIG.  2    is disclosed in Patent Literature 1.  FIG.  1    and  FIG.  2    are, respectively, a front-side view and a rear-side view of the athletic wear  1000 . The athletic wear  1000  is athletic wear enabling sufficient improvement in athletic performance in the various movements that accompany pivoting of the trunk and motion of the arms. 
     The athletic wear  1000  is provided with a main-body section  110  that closely fits the upper half of the wearer&#39;s body, and tensing pieces  120  stitched into the outer sides of the main-body section  110 . The main-body section  110  is composed of a front waist  111  and a rear waist  112 , a collar section  113 , and sleeve sections  114 . The tensioning pieces  120  are composed of first tensioning sections  121 , a second tensioning section  122 , and third tensioning sections  123 , formed on the rear waist  112 , and of fourth tensioning sections  124 , formed on the front waist  111 . The first tensioning sections  121  through fourth tensioning sections  124 , by causing their tensioning force to act, function to support the wearer&#39;s muscles and skeletal structure in the areas on which the first tensioning sections  121  through fourth tensioning sections  124  lie. 
     By means of the athletic wear  1000  when being worn, tensioning force from the first tensioning sections  121  acts on the shoulder blades and the muscle groups surrounding the shoulder blades, supporting in a spread-out way the regions where the shoulder blades are mobile when the wearer performs pivoting of the trunk and movement of the arms. Meanwhile, tensioning force from the first tensioning section  121  on one side is transmitted via the second tensioning section  122  to the first tensioning section  121  on the other side. Therefore, movement of the shoulder blade on the other side cooperating with movement of the shoulder blade on the one side is boosted further, making the range through which the shoulder blades are mobile all the more broadened. Accordingly, with the athletic wear  1000 , flexibility in and around the shoulders when the left and right shoulders move cooperatively is effectively heightened, enabling improvement to be realized in the performance of movement of every sort that accompanies pivoting of the trunk and motion of the arms. 
     PRECEDENT TECHNICAL LITERATURE 
     Patent Documents 
     Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 4061336 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Issues Invention is to Resolve 
     According to the athletic wear  1000  described above, due to the action of first tensioning sections  121  through fourth tensioning sections  124 , flexibility in and around the shoulders when the left and right shoulders move cooperatively is effectively heightened, thereby improving the performance of movement of every sort that accompanies pivoting of the trunk and motion of the arms. Nevertheless, bettering athletic performance is not just a matter of heightening flexibility in and around the shoulders. The inventors in the present application, based on approaches (concepts) that differ fundamentally from those to date, discovered techniques for improving performance of movement and arrived at the present invention. 
     A principal object of the present invention, brought about taking such points into consideration, is to make available clothing that supports the wearer&#39;s muscles to enable capacity for and flexibility in movement to be improved in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care. 
     Means for Resolving the Issues 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with an upper-body piece for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, and an upper-body support unit formed on the upper-body piece. The upper-body support unit includes an upper-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, an upper-body second support section situated in a site following the supraspinatus muscle, and an upper-body third support section situated in a site following the teres major muscle. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body support unit further includes an additional upper-body support section. The additional upper-body support section is disposed extending from a starting point to an infraumbilical site, where a point shifted toward a location on the left ribs, with the site of the solar plexus being a reference, is taken as the starting point. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the width of the upper-body first support section, the width of the upper-body second support section, and the width of the upper-body third support section are each not greater than 50 mm. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the width of the upper-body first support section, the width of the upper-body second support section, and the width of the upper-body third support section are each between at least 1 mm and not greater than 25 mm. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body first support section, the upper-body second support section and the upper-body third support section are each disposed in a mirror-symmetrical geometry. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body support unit is constituted from a taping medium affixed to at least either the front side or the rear side of the upper-body piece. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the taping medium is an adhesive tape on one side of which a heat-activated adhesive is applied. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the adhesive tape is bonded to the rear side of the upper-body piece by heating. Further, the adhesive tape is anchored to the upper-body piece by being sewn with thread. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body support unit is constituted integrally with material constituting the upper-body piece. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body piece has the form of a T-shirt. 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with a lower-body piece for covering at least a portion of the lower half of the body, and a lower-body support unit formed on the lower-body piece. The lower-body support unit includes a lower-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, a lower-body second support section situated in a site following the iliacus muscle, and a lower-body third support section situated in a site following the piriformis muscle. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the width of the lower-body first support section, the width of the lower-body second support section, and the width of the lower-body third support section are each not greater than 50 mm. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the lower-body support unit is constituted from a taping medium affixed to at least either the front side or the rear side of the lower-body piece. 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with an upper-body piece for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, a lower-body piece for covering at least a portion of the lower half of the body, an upper-body support unit formed on the upper-body piece, and a lower-body support unit formed on the lower-body piece. The upper-body support unit includes an upper-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, an upper-body second support section situated in a site following the supraspinatus muscle, and an upper-body third support section situated in a site following the teres major muscle. The lower-body support unit includes a lower-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, a lower-body second support section situated in a site following the iliacus muscle, and a lower-body third support section situated in a site following the piriformis muscle. 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with upper and lower clothing core pieces for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body and at least a portion of the lower half of the body, and with support units formed on the upper and lower clothing core pieces. The support units include first support sections situated in sites following the psoas major muscles, second support sections situated in sites following the iliacus muscles, upper-body second support sections situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles, upper-body third support sections situated in sites following the teres major muscles, and lower-body third support sections situated in sites following the piriformis muscles. 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with a clothing core piece for covering at least the navel and environs, and a support unit formed on the clothing core piece. The support unit includes a first support section situated in a site following the psoas major muscle, a second support section situated in a site following the iliacus muscle, and a third support section situated in a site following the piriformis muscle. 
     Clothing involving the present invention—clothing for covering the body of a wearer—is furnished with an upper-body piece for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, and an upper-body support unit formed on the upper-body piece. The upper-body support unit includes an upper-body second support section situated in a site following the supraspinatus muscle, and an upper-body third support section situated in a site following the teres major muscle. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the width of the upper-body second support section and the width of the upper-body third support section are each not greater than 50 mm. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body second support section and the upper-body third support section are each disposed in a mirror-symmetrical geometry. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body support unit is constituted from a taping medium affixed to at least either the front side or the rear side of the upper-body piece. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the upper-body support unit is constituted integrally with material constituting the upper-body piece. 
     A manufacturing method involving the present invention is a method of manufacturing support clothing for supporting a wearer&#39;s capacity for movement, and includes: a step of affixing a first support tape strip to a site following the psoas major muscle on at least either the front side or the rear side of a wearer&#39;s garment; a step of affixing a second support tape strip to a site following the iliacus muscle on at least either the front side or the rear side of the garment; a step of affixing a third support tape strip to a site following the supraspinatus muscle on at least either the front side or the rear side of the garment; a step of affixing a fourth support tape strip to a site following the teres major muscle on at least either the front side or the rear side of the garment; and a step of affixing a fifth support tape strip to a site following the piriformis muscle on at least either the front side or the rear side of the garment. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the width of the first through fifth support tape strips is not greater than 50 mm, and the support clothing is utilized on an occasion selected from the group consisting of a sports occasion, a heavy-lifting occasion, and an occasion of being under nursing care. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the first through fifth support tape strips are adhesive tape strips on one side of which a heat-activated adhesive is applied. Said affixing steps are carried out by heating the strips with an iron. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, the first through fifth support tape strips are affixed by being sewn with thread. 
     In a preferred embodying mode, a step of affixing added support tape defining an additional upper-body support section is included. The additional upper-body support section is disposed extending from a starting point to an infraumbilical site, where a point shifted toward a location on the left ribs, with the site of the solar plexus being a reference, is taken as the starting point. 
     Effects of Invention 
     According to clothing of the present invention, on an upper-body piece for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, an upper-body support unit is formed, with the upper-body support unit including an upper-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, an upper-body second support section situated in a site following the supraspinatus muscle, and an upper-body third support section situated in a site following the teres major muscle, thereby activating the muscles by their being supported, so that the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians can be made to flow spontaneously. As a result, the wearer&#39;s muscles are supported in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care, making improved capacity for and flexibility in movement possible. In addition, by combining with clothing (lower-body clothes) in which on a lower-body piece for covering at least a portion of the lower half of the body, a lower-body support unit is formed—with the lower-body support unit including a lower-body first support section situated in a site following at least a portion of the psoas major muscle, a lower-body second support section situated in a site following the iliacus muscle, and a lower-body third support section situated in a site following the piriformis muscle—in the lower half of the body, in the same way as with the upper half of the body, the muscles are activated by their being supported, so that the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians can be made to flow spontaneously. What is more, the lower-body third support section situated in a site following the piriformis muscle facilitates maintaining one&#39;s up-and-down and front-and-back balance. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a front-side view of conventional athletic wear  1000 . 
         FIG.  2    is a rear-side view of the conventional athletic wear  1000 . 
         FIGS.  3 ( a ),  3 ( b ) and  3 ( c )  respectively are a front-side view, lateral view, and rear-side view of the skeleton of a human  900 . 
         FIGS.  4 ( a ) and  4 ( b )  respectively are diagrams illustrating the musculature of a supraspinatus muscle  903  and a teres major muscle  904 . 
         FIGS.  5 ( a ) and  5 ( b )  respectively are diagrams of the skeleton of an animal  900 A, and of the human  900  assuming an on-all-fours pose. 
         FIG.  6    is a diagram illustrating the musculature of an iliacus muscle  902  and a psoas major muscle  901 . 
         FIG.  7    is a diagram illustrating the musculature of a piriformis muscle  905 . 
         FIG.  8    is a perspective view illustrating the front-side configuration of clothing (a shirt)  100  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  9    is a perspective view illustrating the rear-side configuration of the clothing (shirt)  100  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  10    is a front-side view illustrating supporting areas in the shirt  100  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  11    is a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the shirt  100  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  12    is a perspective view illustrating the front-side configuration of clothing (pants)  200  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  13    is a perspective view illustrating the rear-side configuration of the clothing (pants)  200  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  14    is a front-side view illustrating supporting areas in the pants  200  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  15    is a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the pants  200  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  16    is a front-side view illustrating a configuration, involving a mode of embodying the present invention, in which a shirt  100  and pants  200  are combined. 
         FIG.  17    is a rear-side view illustrating a configuration, involving the present-invention embodying mode, in which the shirt  100  and the pants  200  are combined. 
         FIG.  18    is a perspective view illustrating the front-side configuration of clothing (a skinsuit)  400  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  19    is a perspective view illustrating the rear-side configuration of the clothing (skinsuit)  400  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  20    is a front-side view illustrating supporting areas in the skinsuit  400  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  21    is a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the skinsuit  400  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  22    is a front-side view illustrating the configuration of clothing (briefs)  600  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  23    is a rear-side view illustrating the configuration of the clothing (briefs)  600  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  24    is a perspective view illustrating the front-side configuration of clothing (a shirt)  101  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  25    is a perspective view illustrating the rear-side configuration of the clothing (shirt)  101  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  26    is a table presenting experimental results in comparison examples and embodiment examples. 
         FIGS.  27   ( a - 1 ),  27 ( a - 2 ),  27 ( b - 1 ),  27 ( b - 2 ),  27 ( c - 1 ),  27 ( c - 2 ),  27 ( d - 1 ),  27 ( d - 2 ),  27 ( e - 1 ) and  27 ( e - 2 ) are photographs in lieu of drawings, illustrating results in the comparison examples and embodiment examples. 
         FIG.  28    is an evaluation sheet used in evaluating the comparison examples and embodiment examples. 
         FIGS.  29 ( a ),  29 ( b ) and  29 ( c )  are tables presenting experimental results in the comparison examples and embodiment examples. 
         FIGS.  30 ( a ),  30 ( b ) and  30 ( c )  are graphs plotting experimental results in the comparison examples. 
         FIGS.  31 ( a ),  31 ( b ) and  31 ( c )  are graphs plotting experimental results in the embodiment examples. 
         FIG.  32    is a perspective view illustrating the rear-side configuration of clothing (a shirt)  100  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  33    is a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the shirt  100  involving the present-invention embodying mode. 
         FIG.  34    is a front-side view illustrating supporting areas in a shirt  102  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
         FIG.  35    is a table presenting experimental results in comparison examples and embodiment examples. 
         FIG.  36    is a perspective view schematically illustrating the configuration of a tape product  800  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. 
     
    
    
     MODES FOR EMBODYING INVENTION 
     Prior to an explanation of details of modes of embodying the present invention being made, particular circumstances under which the inventors in the present application discovered clothing as well as techniques for movement capacity improvement (also, body functioning betterment) involving the present invention will be explained. The inventors in the present application undertook dedicated studies regarding whether ordinary T-shirts as opposed to heavy-duty athletic wear  1000  as illustrated in  FIG.  1    and  FIG.  2    could be utilized to better functioning of the body. From among various studies, they realized that affixing tape (therapeutic/fitness tape, as tape having just the right tension) to predetermined sites on a T-shirt could serve in the betterment of body functioning (movement capacity improvement). 
       FIG.  3 ( a ) through ( c )  are a front-side view, lateral view, and rear-side view illustrating the skeleton of a human  900 . The inventors in the present application affixed tape (commercial therapeutic tape) onto clothes (T-shirts as well as other shirts, and trousers). Specifically, they affixed tape (herein, gummed tape or therapeutic tape) in sites following the psoas major muscles  901 , in sites following the iliacus muscles  902 , in sites following the supraspinatus muscles  903 , in sites following the teres major muscles  904 , and in sites following the piriformis muscles  905 . In doing so, they recognized any number of improvements in physical capacity (including, for example, improvement in flexibility, and improvement in capacity for movement). Specifics of the improvement in physical capacity will be discussed later. 
     As to why affixing tape in these sites improves physical capacity, the inventors in the present application, not ascertaining the precise reasons, surmised that it may be something along the lines of the following, which is, however, not more than a hypothesis. The sites ( 901 - 905 ) where the tape is affixed are sites in the musculature corresponding to the meridians. The Conception Vessel (rèn mài) and Governing Vessel (dū mài), which pass through the very middle of a human being, may be cited as meridians of primary importance. The Conception Vessel, a radial vessel belonging to the Extraordinary Vessels, runs along the body&#39;s anterior median line. The Governing Vessel, likewise a radial vessel belonging to the Extraordinary Vessels, runs along the body&#39;s posterior median line. 
     Herein, in the upper body half, the muscles corresponding to the Conception Vessel are the supraspinatus muscles  903 , while the muscles corresponding to the Governing Vessel are the teres major muscles  904 .  FIGS.  4 ( a ) and ( b )  respectively illustrate the musculature of a supraspinatus muscle  903  and a teres major muscle  904 . Now it is theorized that affixing tape to clothing where it corresponds to these muscles ( 903  and  904 ) can be an assist whereby the muscles are activated, so that as a result the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians flow spontaneously. Further, the inventors in the present application deduced where in the body lower half (the legs) the equivalents are of the muscles involved in the thus-conceived movements.  FIGS.  5 ( a ) and ( b )  respectively are diagrams of the skeleton of an animal  900 A, and of the human  900  assuming an on-all-fours pose. 
     Still further, looking at the forelegs as the upper body and looking at the hindlegs as the lower body led to conceiving correspondences of the following sort. Namely, the shoulder blades (upper body) correspond to the ilia (lower body); the shoulder joints (upper body), to the hip joints (lower body); the elbows (upper body), to the knees (lower body) and the wrists (upper body), to the ankles (lower body). Then, in the lower body (hindlegs), what corresponds to the supraspinatus muscles  903  and the teres major muscles  904  are respectively the iliacus muscles  902  and the psoas major muscles  901 .  FIG.  6    is a diagram illustrating the musculature of an iliacus muscle  902  and a psoas major muscle  901 . Affixing tape in these sites can lend the sensation of an axis passing through the very middle of the body (the Conception Vessel and Governing Vessel). To liken this: In the martial arts, in situations in which techniques are applied not relying on power but only handling, the state may be thought of as the balance among emotions, thoughts, and the corporeal body being in order, and in such an ordered state, when nursing care is attempted it can be possible to lift a patient up lightly without using much power; wherein what is embodied by means of the technique according to which tape is affixed to the given sites is imagined to resemble a state of this sort. 
     In addition, when tape is applied to the iliacus muscles  902  and psoas major muscles  901  (the two together will also at times be referred to as the “iliopsoas muscle”) the formation of the body&#39;s axis will arise, yet the sense of being tugged by an attractive force could prove strong (for example, if one jumps, strongly feeling the force of landing). As a way of dealing with that, the idea of fixing tape onto sites of the piriformis muscles was hit upon.  FIG.  7    is a diagram illustrating the musculature of a piriformis muscle  905 . It was recognized that by addedly applying tape to the piriformis muscles  905 , maintaining one&#39;s up-and-down and front-and-back balance is facilitated. 
     Hereinafter, referring to the drawings an explanation of preferred modes of embodying the present invention will be made. Below in the drawings, for the sake of making the explanation concise, elements and regions exhibiting the same acting effects are labeled with the same reference numbers, and reduplicating description in some instances will be either omitted or abbreviated. Furthermore, in the diagrams the dimensional relationships (length, width, thickness, etc.) in some cases do not necessarily reflect the actual dimensional relationships accurately. Nevertheless, the dimensional relationships as in diagrams including  FIG.  8    and  FIG.  9   ,  FIG.  10    and  FIG.  11   ,  FIG.  12    and  FIG.  13   , and  FIG.  14    and  FIG.  15    have been made coincident, and in those cases, from the dimensions and positional relationships in the diagrams it is possible to derive the six primary views. It will be appreciated that inasmuch as the subject is clothing (clothes) thickness in the six primary views often may be ignored. 
     Further, particulars that are necessary for implementing the present invention and are matters apart from the particulars specifically referred to in the present specification can be apprehended to be particulars of design for the person skilled in the art, based on conventional technology in the given field. The present invention can be implemented based on the content disclosed by the present specification and drawings, and on common technical knowledge in the given field. What is more, the present invention is not limited to the following embodying modes. 
       FIG.  8    and  FIG.  9    are perspective views illustrating the configuration of clothing (a shirt)  100  involving a mode of embodying the present invention.  FIG.  8    and  FIG.  9    respectively illustrate the front-side configuration and the rear-side configuration of the clothing (shirt)  100  involving the present embodying mode. The clothing  100  of the present embodying mode is clothing for covering the body of a wearer and has the configuration of a shirt (the illustrated example being a T-shirt). 
     The shirt  100  of the present embodying mode comprises an upper-body piece  10  for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body. In the present embodying mode, the upper-body piece  10  constituting the shirt  100  is composed of a trunk portion  15  consisting of a front waist  15   a  and a rear waist  15   b , a collar section  11 , and sleeve sections  12 . In this example, the lower edge  19  of the trunk portion  15  is situated along the periphery of the loins or the groin. Since the shirt  100  (upper-body piece  10 ) of the present embodying mode is in the form of a T-shirt, the collar section  11  is round-necked and not a collar such as on ordinary shirts (for example, dress shirts), but there may be a collar. Likewise, the sleeve sections  12  are short sleeves, but the shirt may be of such morphology as long-sleeved, three-quarter sleeved (or elbow-length sleeved), or sleeveless. While a trunk portion  15  in which a front waist  15   a  and a rear waist  15   b  are stitched together is readily fabricated, it may equally well be a seamless, unitary item. 
     The material constituting the upper-body piece  10  of the present embodying mode is fabric typically employed for clothing and has elasticity suitable for clothing. It should be understood that elasticity herein means what is a property suited to clothing, not what especially demands the restorative capability of rubber (elastomers). Examples that can be cited of the material (fabric) constituting the shirt  100  (upper-body piece  10 ) are: natural-fiber textiles (e.g., cotton fiber (cottons), silk fiber (silks), etc.), and synthetic-fiber textiles (e.g., polyester fiber, etc.), as well as textiles blended from natural-fiber textiles and synthetic-fiber textiles (e.g., polyester-and-cotton mixed yarns, etc.), and blended textiles of a plurality of kinds (e.g., nylon-polyurethane fiber, rayon fiber-acrylic fiber-polyester fiber, acrylic fiber-polyester fiber-rayon fiber-polyurethane fiber, etc.). It should be noted that in instances where the shirt is not a T-shirt (for example, is a shirt such as a polo shirt), materials such as linen and sheep&#39;s wool furthermore can be employed. 
     In the clothing (shirt)  100  of the present embodying mode, an upper-body support unit  20  is formed on the upper-body piece  10  (or on the material constituting the upper-body piece  10 —herein, on the material constituting the T-shirt). In the configuration of the present embodying mode, the upper-body support unit  20  is composed from: an upper-body first support section  21  situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles (“ 901 ” in  FIG.  3 ( a ) ); an upper-body second support section  22  situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles (“ 903 ” in  FIG.  3 ( c ) ); and an upper-body third support section  23  situated in sites following the teres major muscles (“ 904 ” in  FIG.  3 ( c ) ). The upper-body support unit of the present embodying mode, imparting the feel of tape (or cloth) having been applied, activates and assists the muscles. Such feel of tape (or cloth) having been applied can be created by bonding tape elements to the upper-body piece  10 . It should be noted that the tape elements for imparting this sort of feel may be contracting products (compression tape), or may be non-contracting products (gummed tape, therapeutic tape, or products akin to these). 
     The upper-body first support section  21  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  21   a  and  21   b  that extend along a portion of the psoas major muscles ( 901 ). The pair of strip pieces  21   a  and  21   b  extend downward from a point  21   c  which corresponds to the location that is the starting point of the upper end of the psoas major muscles. In the example illustrated in  FIG.  8   , the pair of strip pieces  21   a  and  21   b  do not extend as far as the bottom end of the psoas major muscles. Nevertheless, the upper-body piece  10  may be lengthened downward, and the pair of strip pieces  21   a  and  21   b  may be further extended downward so as to follow the entirety of the psoas major muscles. 
     The upper-body second support section  22  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  22   a  and  22   b  that extend along the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ). Being that the strip pieces  22   a  and  22   b  extend along the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ), preferably they are formed to extend from end to end (from the start point to the end point) of the supraspinatus muscles. And while depending on the wearer&#39;s figure there will be cases where they are not formed to follow the entirety of the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ), to the extent possible they preferably are created putting together a lineup of sizes (or otherwise made to order) in forms such that the one end and the other end of the supraspinatus muscles (the start point and the end point (or the origin area and the terminal area)) may correspond to the start point and the end point of the strip pieces  22   a  and  22   b.    
     The upper-body third support section  23  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  23   a  and  23   b  that extend along the teres major muscles ( 904 ). Being that the strip pieces  23   a  and  23   b  extend along the teres major muscles ( 904 ), preferably they are formed to extend from end to end (from the start point to the end point) of the teres major muscles. And while depending on the wearer&#39;s figure there will be cases where they are not formed to follow the entirety of the teres major muscles ( 904 ), to the extent possible they preferably are created putting together a lineup of sizes (or otherwise made to order) in forms such that the one end and the other end of the supraspinatus muscles (the start point and the end point) may correspond to the start point and the end point of the strip pieces  23   a  and  23   b.    
     In the present embodying mode, the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  are constituted from a taping medium. The upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23 , constituted from the taping medium, impart the sense of tape (or cloth) having been applied to the sites of the given muscles ( 901 ,  903 , and  904 ) on the clothing (shirt)  100 , whereby the given muscles ( 901 ,  903 , and  904 ) can be stimulated and assisted by their being activated. In one example of the present embodying mode, the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  are constructed by affixing taping media to the obverse surface (the exposed surface) of the upper-body piece  10 . Likewise, the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  can be constructed affixing taping media to the reverse surface (the body-side surface) of the upper-body piece  10 . It will be appreciated that constructing the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  by affixing taping media to both the obverse surface and the reverse surface of the upper-body piece  10  is also possible. 
     In the present embodying mode, the taping medium that constitutes the upper-body support unit  20  is, for example, Kinesio® tape. It should be noted that Kinesin® tape is one among tapes for taping to aid in treatment of affected areas according to the Kinesio Taping® method, that have about the same stretch as muscles, and that rather than immobilize the affected area, can be applied to follow overextended or over-contracted muscles (commercial products include those made by Pip Co., Ltd., Nichiban Co., Ltd., and Nitoms, Inc.). And for the taping medium that constitutes the upper-body support unit  20 , multipurpose sports tapes are available—for example, “CLEAR” multipurpose sports tape employing 40-denier cotton cloth with a cutaneous feel (manufactured by Mysvdena Japon Co., Ltd.). It should be noted that there are examples of employing Kinesin® tape by applying it directly to the skin in order to confirm the presence of effectiveness. 
     Furthermore, as examples of taping media constituting the upper-body support unit  20  in the present embodying mode, therapeutic tape (or masking tape) can be cited. Therapeutic tape is adhesive tape composed of polyester (or a backing material such as polyethylene-coated cloth or glass cloth), and has almost no elasticity (as one example, the thickness of therapeutic tape is 0.16 mm, and its adhesive force is 4.8 N/10 mm and its tensile strength is 54 N/10 mm). Also, “Titan Tape” (97% cotton, 3% polyurethane; manufactured by Phiten Co., Ltd.) for example, can be employed for the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20 . In experiments by the inventors in the present application, (1) Kinesin® tape as well as multipurpose sports tape, (2) therapeutic tape, and (3) Titan Tape, in that order, were found to be effective. Furthermore, the effectiveness, as taping media constituting the upper-body support unit  20 , of pieces cut from an anti-slip mat as well as pieces cut from a desk-mat sort of plastic material was confirmed according to experiments by the inventors in the present application. And the above-described examples are illustrative; there are no restrictions on substance/type/dimensions/form, etc. as long as they are suited for the taping medium that constitutes the upper-body support unit  20 . Not just taping-material products—athletic supporters that are cut and worked into taping media are also adequate. It should be noted that therapeutic tape, pieces cut from an anti-slip mat, pieces cut from a desk-mat sort of plastic material, gummed tape, etc. were effective in instances where they were applied along the outer side of the shirt (instances where they were affixed to the outer, obverse surface of the shirt) Likewise, instances where these sorts of taping media were applied on the inner side of the shirt (instances where they were affixed to the inner surface of the shirt) had as shirts the drawback of not being comfortable to wear. 
     As a taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  in the present embodying mode, a material that is more contractile than that constituting the upper-body piece  10  is preferable (for example, Kinesio® tape or elastic tape). In instances where the taping medium for constituting the upper-body support unit  20  does not have contractility (for example, therapeutic tape or gummed tape), that the tensile strength of the material be at least 18 N/10 mm (one preferred example being at least 40 N/10 mm) is preferable (in a single example, 54 N/10 mm (therapeutic tape)). As the taping medium that constitutes the upper-body support unit  20 , in instances where, as material not having contractility, gummed tape (cloth tape) is utilized the tensile strength is, e.g., 48 N/10 mm, while in instances where gummed tape (kraft tape, paper tape (kraft adhesive tape)) is utilized the tensile strength is, e.g., 19.5 N/10 mm. 
     The width of the upper-body first support section  21 , the width of the upper-body second support section  22 , and the width of the upper-body third support section  23  of the present embodying mode each can be made, for example, not greater than 50 mm (preferably 25 mm to 1 mm). Techniques investigated by the inventors in the present application include applying the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  with an exclusive focus on the end portions (the origin area and the terminal area) on either side of the corresponding muscle (for example, a technique of applying the material in 1 cm to 2 cm squares), which proves effective (in particular, the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ) and the teres major muscles ( 904 ); with the psoas major muscles ( 901 ), the origin areas). Here, preferred widths for the taping medium ( 21 ,  22 ,  23 ) tend toward the relatively slender (widths on an order corresponding to the muscle—e.g., 1 mm to 10 mm) rather than overly broad widths. This is inferred to be because setting the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  pinpointedly onto the corresponding muscle brings about a modulating effect (concentrating, as opposed to blurring, power), resulting in a more secure support for muscle movement. Experiments conducted by the inventors in the present application ascertained that the effectiveness of the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  rose in the order: therapeutic-tape width (50 mm), half that width (25 mm), and pinpointed width (10 mm or less). It should be understood that taping media that exceed 50 mm in width defocus the media&#39;s stimulation of the muscles (muscle activation), such that 50 mm or less (preferably 25 mm or less) is better, but since suitably applying taping media to the appropriate muscles according to the person might be impractical, there can be situations where a technique is adopted such that taping media are applied over a broad range, at widths exceeding 50 mm or widths near that (e.g., 50 mm to 100 mm), slightly sacrificing effectiveness; making the widths a maximum 50 mm is, however, preferable. 
     Also, the taping medium ( 21 ,  22 ,  23 ) can be made a cloth textile (herein, cotton (e.g., interlock cotton  40 )), and a heat-activated adhesive (or iron-on adhesive) can be coated onto the cloth face that is brought into contact with (fixed/adhered to) the surface (herein, the inner surface) of the upper-body piece  10  (shirt main-body section) and heated with a heater (herein, an iron) to bond (adhesively fix) the given taping medium to the upper-body piece  10  (shirt main-body section). In this case, the cloth fabric (contact face—cotton) comes into contact with and stimulates the skin, while the surface of the heat-activated adhesive is situated on the shirt side. It should be noted that the taping medium ( 21 ,  22 ,  23 ) may be sewn to bond it to (it may be anchored to) the upper-body piece  10  (shirt main-body section) so that even after being washed the taping medium ( 21 ,  22 ,  23 ) will not come off/slip out of place. In that case, fixing it once in place with an iron-on adhesive and then sewing it on with thread is handier. 
     In the configuration of the present embodying mode, the width of the upper-body first support section  21 , the width of the upper-body second support section  22 , and the width of the upper-body third support section  23  each can be made the same (e.g., a width such as 5 mm or 10 mm). The advantage in that case is that the taping media constituting the upper-body support unit  20  can be employed in common. By the same token, the width of the upper-body first support section  21 , the width of the upper-body second support section  22 , and the width of the upper-body third support section  23 , rather than being made the same, may equally well differ. This is because varying the width of the upper-body first support section  21 , the width of the upper-body second support section  22 , and the width of the upper-body third support section  23  makes it possible that the movements of the different muscles can be further activated, and also because there can be instances where from the demands of design it is better that the widths be altered. 
     Meanwhile, given that the human body (skeleton and muscles) is fundamentally mirror-symmetrical, the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  are respectively arranged in a mirror-symmetrical form. In reality, however, the roles of the muscles on the right side and the left side can be different (for example, in a right-handed person, the muscles for throwing, etc. with the right hand are developed), and in that respect, there are instances where it is preferable to dispose, in line with each individual, the upper-body first support section  21 , the upper-body second support section  22 , and the upper-body third support section  23  bilaterally asymmetrically, following the stream of the muscles on the right side and the left side. In addition, when for reasons such as the demands of design—as opposed to right—left differences (subtle differences in each individual) in location of the muscles—it is desired to render the support sections in a disposition that is not bilaterally symmetrical, making changes within the range in which the upper-body support unit  20  in the present embodying mode exhibits its functionality is possible. Further, for an upper-body support unit  20  in the present embodying mode, it is preferable to render the upper-body support unit  20  with the end portions being at either side (the origin area or the terminal area) of the corresponding muscles; but in cases where, given the demands of design and like reasons, altering its form is desired, making changes within the range in which the upper-body support unit  20  in the present embodying mode exhibits its functionality is possible. 
       FIG.  10    and  FIG.  11    are a front-side view and a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the shirt  100  involving the present embodying mode. Within the figures, the diagonally hatched areas correspond to the supporting areas. Specifically, the supporting areas (diagonally hatched areas) correspond to the upper-body first support section  21  (the psoas major muscles  901 ), the upper-body second support section  22  (the supraspinatus muscles  903 ), and the upper-body third support section  23  (the teres major muscles  904 ). In the explanation set forth above, the upper-body support unit  20  ( 21 ,  22 , and  23 ) was constructed from a taping medium but is not limited to that, as long as regions that are the supporting areas as illustrated in  FIG.  10    and  FIG.  11    may be created. For example, the supporting-area regions (or else tensioning-section regions, in implementations to have tightening force; elastic-section regions, in implementations to have extending/contracting force; or contraction regions, in implementations to have contracting force) can be created by altering the substance and the weave of the upper-body piece  10  constituting the shirt  100 . In such implementations, the upper-body support unit  20  of the present embodying mode can be constituted integrally with the material constituting the upper-body piece  10 . Also, the materials and components with which the supporting areas can be made may otherwise be arranged in the interior of the material constituting the upper-body piece  10 . Alternatively, clothing (a shirt)  100  of the present embodying mode may be manufactured by forming storing sections such as pockets or the like in sites corresponding to the supporting areas (in sites on the obverse face, in the interior, or on the reverse face of the upper-body piece  10 ), and in those storing sections inserting items that may demonstrate a force that is supporting (a support force, or force that imparts the feel of being rested upon by tape or cloth). In addition, as long as supporting areas are formed in the manner illustrated in the drawings, supporting areas further may equally as well be formed in other locations. And the instance of creating the supporting areas by applying (e.g., fixing with an adhesive, glue-fixing, heat-activated adhering, sewing, etc.) taping media can make not just sports shirts (T-shirts, tennis shirts, golf shirts, etc.), but also shirts such as ordinary dress shirts demonstrate the same beneficial effects. 
       FIG.  12    and  FIG.  13    are perspective views illustrating the configuration of clothing (pants, trousers, or tights)  200  involving a mode of embodying the present invention.  FIG.  12    and  FIG.  13    respectively illustrate the front-side configuration and the rear-side configuration of the clothing (trousers/tights)  200  involving the present embodying mode. Clothing  200  of the present embodying mode is clothing for covering the body of a wearer, and has the configuration of trousers (in the illustrated example, breeches). 
     Clothing (trousers, or crotched clothing)  200  of the present embodying mode is furnished with a lower-body piece  30  for covering at least a portion of the lower half of the body. In the configuration of the present embodying mode, it is constituted from a waist section  31  that defines an opening  32  through which the trunk (principally, the abdomen and loins) enters, an above-crotch section  35  that clothes the lower-body trunk (the area around the abdomen and the groin), and a below-crotch section  36  that covers the legs. Since the trousers  200  (lower-body piece  30 ) of the present embodying mode have the form of breeches (shorts), the length of the below-crotch section  36  is short, but the below-crotch section  36  may be as far as the ankles (or the knees or the shins). Further, trousers  200  of the present embodying mode may be in the form of briefs without portions that cover the legs, and also may be a swimsuit. Still further, in the illustrated trousers  200 , a mode in which the fabric on the right and left are joined together is represented, but the mode may be one in which the front waist  35   a  and the rear waist  35   b  of the trousers  200  are joined together, as well as a mode in which the trousers are assembled with other pants, and is not limited specifically to the illustrated configurations. 
     The material constituting the lower-body piece  30  in the present embodying mode is fabric typically employed for clothing and has elasticity suited for clothes. It should be understood that elasticity herein means what is a property suited to clothing, not what especially demands the restorative capability of rubber (elastomers). Examples that can be cited of the material (fabric) constituting the trousers  200  (lower-body piece  30 ) are: natural-fiber textiles (e.g., cotton fiber (cottons), silk fiber (silks), etc.), and synthetic-fiber textiles (e.g., polyester fiber, etc.), as well as textiles blended from natural-fiber textiles and synthetic-fiber textiles (e.g., polyester-and-cotton mixed yarns, etc.), and blended textiles of a plurality of kinds (e.g., nylon-polyurethane fiber, rayon fiber-acrylic fiber-polyester fiber, acrylic fiber-polyester fiber-rayon fiber-polyurethane fiber, etc.). Furthermore, materials such as linen and sheep&#39;s wool can be employed. 
     In the clothing (trousers)  200  of the present embodying mode, on the lower-body piece  30  (or on the material constituting the lower-body piece  30 —herein, on the material constituting the breeches) a lower-body support unit  40  is formed. In the configuration of the present embodying mode, the lower-body support unit  40  is composed from: a lower-body first support section  41  situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles (“ 901 ” in  FIG.  3 ( a ) ); a lower-body second support section  42  situated in sites following the iliacus muscles (“ 902 ” in  FIG.  3 ( a ) ); and a lower-body third support section ( 43 ) situated in sites following the piriformis muscles (“ 905 ” in  FIG.  3 ( c ) ). 
     The lower-body first support section  41  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  41   a  and  41   b  that extend along a portion of the psoas major muscles ( 901 ). The pair of strip pieces  41   a  and  41   b  extend upward from points  45  ( 45   a  and  45   b ) that correspond to the locations that are the starting points of the lower ends of the psoas major muscles. In the example illustrated in  FIG.  12   , the pair of strip pieces  41   a  and  41   b  do not extend as far as the upper end of the psoas major muscles. Nevertheless, the lower-body piece  30  may be lengthened upward, and the pair of strip pieces  41   a  and  41   b  may be further extended upward so as to follow the entirety of the psoas major muscles. 
     The lower-body second support section  42  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  42   a  and  42   b  that extend along the iliacus muscles ( 902 ). Being that the strip pieces  42   a  and  42   b  extend along the iliacus muscles ( 902 ), preferably they are formed to extend from end to end (from the start point to the end point) of the iliacus muscles. And while depending on the wearer&#39;s figure there will be cases where they are not formed to follow the entirety of the iliacus muscles ( 902 ), to the extent possible they preferably are created putting together a lineup of sizes (or otherwise made to order) in forms such that the one end and the other end of the iliacus muscles (the start point and the end point (or the origin area and the terminal area)) may correspond to the start point and the end point of the strip pieces  42   a  and  42   b . In addition, with configurations according to the present embodying mode, while one in which the pattern is that the lower-body first support section  41  and the lower-body second support section  42  are formed integrally is illustrated, the configuration may be formed by combining a lower-body first support section  41  pattern and a lower-body second support section  42  pattern. 
     The lower-body third support section  43  of the present embodying mode is constituted from a pair of rectangularly shaped structures (strip pieces)  43   a  and  43   b  that extend along the piriformis muscles ( 905 ). Being that the strip pieces  43   a  and  43   b  extend along the piriformis muscles ( 905 ), preferably they are formed to extend from end to end (from the start point to the end point) of the piriformis muscles. And while depending on the wearer&#39;s figure there will be cases where they are not formed to follow the entirety of the piriformis muscles ( 905 ), to the extent possible they preferably are created putting together a lineup of sizes (or otherwise made to order) in forms such that the one end and the other end of the piriformis muscles (the start point and the end point) may correspond to the start point and the end point of the strip pieces  43   a  and  43   b.    
     In the present embodying mode, the lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43  are constituted from a taping medium. The lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43 , constituted from the taping medium, impart the sense of tape (or cloth) having been applied to the sites of the given muscles ( 901 ,  902 , and  905 ) on the clothing (shirt)  100 , by which the support sections, stimulating the given muscles ( 901 ,  902 , and  905 ), can assist them. In one example of the present embodying mode, the lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43  are constructed by affixing taping media to the obverse surface (the exposed surface) of the lower-body piece  30 . Likewise, the lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43  can be constructed by affixing taping media to the reverse surface (the body-side surface) of the lower-body piece  30 . It will be appreciated that constructing the lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43  by affixing taping media to both the obverse surface and the reverse surface of the lower-body piece  30  is also possible. 
     For the taping medium constituting the lower-body support unit  40  in the present embodying mode, the same taping medium as that constituting the upper-body support unit  20  can be employed (for example, Kinesio® tape, sports tape, therapeutic tape, etc.) Nevertheless, it does not matter if what is employed for the taping medium constituting the lower-body support unit  40  and for the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  differ. 
     Also, the width of the lower-body first support section  41 , the width of the lower-body second support section  42 , and the width of the lower-body third support section  43  of the present embodying mode each can be made, for example, not greater than 50 mm (preferably 25 mm to 1 mm), and the same conditions as those for the width of the taping medium constituting the upper-body support section  20  can be used. Nevertheless, it does not matter if what are different conditions (numerical values) for the width of the taping medium constituting the lower-body support unit  40  and the width of the taping medium constituting the upper-body support unit  20  are employed. Similarly as with the explanation of the taping media constituting the upper-body support unit  20 , with the lower-body support unit  40  also, a method of applying that focuses pointedly on the end portions (the origin area and the terminal area) on either side of the corresponding muscle is effective, while for the widths ( 41 ,  42 ,  43 ), those that are slenderer rather broader (widths on an order corresponding to the muscle—e.g., 1 mm to 10 mm) are effective. This is inferred to be because, in the same way as with the upper-body support unit  20 , setting the taping medium constituting the lower-body support unit  40  pinpointedly onto the corresponding muscle brings about a modulating effect (concentrating, as opposed to blurring, power), resulting in a more secure support for muscle movement. Experiments conducted by the inventors in the present application ascertained that the effectiveness of the taping medium constituting the lower-body support unit  40  rose in the order: therapeutic-tape width (50 mm), half that width (25 mm), and pinpointed width (10 mm or less). It should be understood that taping media that exceed 50 mm in width defocus the media&#39;s stimulation of the muscles (muscle activation), such that 50 mm or less (preferably 25 mm or less) is better, but since suitably applying taping media to the appropriate muscles according to the person might be impractical, there can be situations where a technique is adopted such that taping media are applied over a broad range, at widths exceeding 50 mm or widths near that (e.g., 50 mm to 100 mm), slightly sacrificing effectiveness. 
     In the configuration of the present embodying mode, the width of the lower-body first support section  41 , the width of the lower-body second support section  42 , and the width of the lower-body third support section  43  each can be made the same (e.g., a width such as 5 mm or 10 mm). The advantage in that case is that the taping media constituting the lower-body support unit  40  can be employed in common. By the same token, the width of the lower-body first support section  41 , the width of the lower-body second support section  42 , and the width of the lower-body third support section  43 , rather than being made the same, may equally well differ. This is because varying the width of the lower-body first support section  41 , the width of the lower-body second support section  42 , and the width of the lower-body third support section  43  makes it possible that the movements of the different muscles can be further activated, and also because there can be instances where from the demands of design it is better that the widths be altered. 
     Meanwhile, given that the human body (skeleton and muscles) is fundamentally mirror-symmetrical, the lower-body first support section  41 , the lower-body second support section  42 , and the lower-body third support section  43  are respectively arranged in a mirror-symmetrical form. In reality, however, the roles of the muscles on the right side and the left side can be different (for example, in a right-footed person, the muscles for kicking, etc. with the right foot are developed), and in that respect, there are instances where it is preferable to dispose, in line with each individual, the support sections bilaterally asymmetrically, following the stream of the muscles on the right side and the left side. In addition, when for reasons such as the demands of design—as opposed to right—left differences (subtle differences in each individual) in location of the muscles—it is desired to render the support sections in a disposition that is not bilaterally symmetrical, making changes within the range in which the lower-body support unit  40  in the present embodying mode exhibits its functionality is possible. Further, for a lower-body support unit  40  in the present embodying mode, it is preferable to render the lower-body support unit  40  with the end portions being at either side (the origin area or the terminal area) of the corresponding muscles; but in cases where, given the demands of design and like reasons, altering its form is desired, making changes within the range in which the lower-body support unit  40  in the present embodying mode exhibits its functionality is possible. 
       FIG.  14    and  FIG.  15    are a front-side view and a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the trousers  200  involving the present embodying mode. Within the figures, the diagonally hatched areas correspond to the supporting areas. Specifically, the supporting areas (diagonally hatched areas) correspond to the lower-body first support section  41  (the psoas major muscles  901 ), the lower-body second support section  42  (the iliacus muscles  902 ), and the lower-body third support section  43  (the supraspinatus muscles  905 ). In the explanation set forth above, the lower-body support unit  40  ( 41 ,  42 , and  43 ) was constructed from a taping medium but is not limited to that, as long as regions that are the supporting areas as illustrated in  FIG.  14    and  FIG.  15    may be created. For example, the supporting-area regions can be created by altering the substance and the weave of the lower-body piece  30  constituting the trousers  200 . In such implementations, the lower-body support unit  40  of the present embodying mode can be constituted integrally with the material constituting the lower-body piece  30 . Also, the materials and components with which the supporting areas can be made may otherwise be arranged in the interior of the material constituting the lower-body piece  30 . Alternatively, clothing (trousers)  200  of the present embodying mode may be manufactured by forming storing sections such as pockets or the like in sites corresponding to the supporting areas (in sites on the obverse face, in the interior, or on the reverse face of the lower-body piece  30 ), and in those storing sections inserting items that may demonstrate a force that is supporting (a support force, or force that imparts the feel of being rested upon by tape or cloth). In addition, as long as supporting areas are formed in the manner illustrated in the drawings, supporting areas further may equally as well be formed in other locations. And the instance of creating the supporting areas by applying taping media can make not just pants for sports (shorts for soccer, shorts for tennis, golf pants, etc.), but also pants such as suit pants (slacks) and denim trousers (jeans) demonstrate the same beneficial effects. 
     Next, referring to  FIG.  16    and  FIG.  17   , an explanation will be made of a configuration in which a shirt  100  and pants  200  involving the present embodying mode are combined. FIG.  16  and  FIG.  17    are a front-side view and a rear-side view illustrating a configuration, involving a mode of embodying the present invention, in which a shirt  100  and pants  200  are combined. The user (wearer)  500  is wearing a top/bottom set of clothing  300 —namely, is wearing both the shirt  100  and the pants  200 . 
     As indicated in  FIG.  16    and  FIG.  17   , combining the shirt  100  and pants  200  (top/bottom clothing) involving the present embodying mode makes possible the creation of supporting areas with respect to, as indicated in  FIGS.  3 ( a ) and ( c ) , sites following the psoas major muscles  901 , sites following the iliacus muscles  902 , sites following the supraspinatus muscles  903 , sites following the teres major muscles  904 , and sites following the piriformis muscles  905 . In particular, as indicated in  FIG.  16   , the upper-body first support section  21  and the lower-body first support section  41  are combined, wherein as a result supporting areas can be created by the taping media (or other means) in sites following the psoas major muscles  901  (zones spanning their entire range). 
     Further, the mode may be not only combining the shirt  100  and pants  200  (top/bottom clothing) involving the present embodying mode, but also a skinsuit in which the top/bottom clothing is made unitary.  FIG.  18    and  FIG.  19    respectively illustrate the front-side configuration and the rear-side configuration of clothing (a skinsuit)  400  involving a present embodying mode. 
     In a skinsuit  400  involving the present embodying mode, the upper-body piece  10  includes the lower-body piece ( 30 ) to take on a unitary configuration (top/bottom clothing main-body section). In order to make it easier to put on and take off the skinsuit  400 , in a portion thereof (the back etc.), buttons, a zipper, or the like may be provided. The skinsuit  400  is tantamount to coveralls for construction venues and coveralls for work (e.g., automotive servicing etc.) in workshops, as well as to full-body tights, wet suits used for surfing or scuba diving, and swimsuits, etc. 
       FIG.  20    and  FIG.  21    are a front-side view and a rear-side view illustrating supporting areas in the skinsuit  400  involving the present embodying mode. Within the figures, the diagonally hatched areas correspond to the supporting areas. Since the details overlap what has been described above, for the sake of brevity a description thereof will be omitted; meanwhile, details such as that a continuous support unit  50  (upper-body support unit  20  and lower-body support unit  40 ) in which the upper-body first support section  21  and the lower-body first support section  41  are combined may be constructed from tape media, and that supporting-area regions can be created by altering the clothing substance and weave are as described above. 
     Referring now to  FIG.  22    and  FIG.  23   , an explanation will be made of the configuration of pants (briefs)  600  involving a present embodying mode.  FIG.  22    and  FIG.  23    are a front-side view and a rear-side view illustrating the configuration of briefs  600  involving the present embodying mode. 
     In the briefs  600  involving the present embodying mode, along the upper end  31  of the lower-body piece  30 , a waistband  39  (elastic section) is provided. Therein, as illustrated in  FIG.  22   , a continuous support unit  50  is formed in the briefs  600 , in which an upper-body first support section  21 , a lower-body first support section  41 , and a lower-body second support section  42  of the above-described embodying modes are combined. Also, as illustrated in  FIG.  23   , at the upper ends of the wearer&#39;s legs  501  (nearby the buttocks), a lower-body third support section  43  ( 43   a  and  43   b ) is formed situated in sites following the piriformis muscles  905 . According to experiments by the inventors in the present application, an effect was established where in test subjects who wore the briefs  600  of the present embodying mode for three weeks, their waist size decreased naturally (there was a test subject who experienced a dieting effect of a 10-cm reduction in waist size). 
     An implementation utilizing the briefs  600  of the present embodying mode can be combined with the shirt  101  illustrated in  FIG.  24    and  FIG.  25   .  FIG.  24    and  FIG.  25    are perspective views illustrating, respectively, the front-side configuration and the rear-side configuration of clothing (the shirt)  101  involving a mode of embodying the present invention. The upper-body first support section  21  situated in sites, along the shirt  100  illustrated in  FIG.  8   , following portions of the psoas major muscles ( 901 ) is not formed on the shirt  101  involving the present embodying mode. The rest of the configuration of the shirt  101  involving the present embodying mode is similar to that of the shirt  100  illustrated in  FIG.  8   . Although the shirt  101  illustrated in  FIG.  24    lacks the upper-body first support section  21 , a section that corresponds to it is formed on the briefs  600  illustrated in  FIG.  22   , so that combining the two forms complementary articles. 
     Here, experiments by the inventors in the present application established that lower-body movement in those who wore pants ( 200  or  600 ) of the present embodying mode was stabilized, and that even if pants ( 200  or  600 ) of the present embodying mode are not worn, capacity for movement improved during exercise in which the shirt  101  illustrated in  FIG.  24    and  FIG.  25    was worn. This is inferred to originate in that given that the upper-body second support section  22  situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ), and the upper-body third support section  23  situated in sites following the teres major muscles ( 904 ) are formed on the shirt  101  of the present embodying mode, these muscles ( 903  and  904 ) are activated by their being supported, so that the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians can be made to flow spontaneously. It should be noted that where the shirt  100  and the shirt  101  of the present embodying modes are compared, the shirt  100 , being better balanced, is preferred (for example, in some cases such differences as post-exercise fatigue occurring less appear.) 
     Embodiment Examples 
     Next, referring to  FIG.  26    through  FIG.  28    and  FIG.  29    through  FIG.  31   , an explanation of embodiment examples (experimental examples and comparative examples) utilizing clothing involving modes of embodying the present invention will be made. 
       FIG.  26    is a table presenting results prior to having test subjects wear (comparative examples: “before”), and after having them wear (embodiment examples: “after”), a shirt  101  of the present embodying mode (what is represented in  FIG.  24    and  FIG.  25   ). The test subjects were seventeen individuals: No. 1 through No. 17. A shirt  101  of the present embodying mode, in which a taping medium was applied to the reverse side of an ordinary T-shirt, was manufactured, and that was utilized as the embodiment examples. The width of the tape employed was 25 mm. Specifically, a product with the name “Black Silica Knee Supporter” (manufactured by Holon KK; quality-assurance-label materials: cotton, nylon, and polyurethane) was cut into tape strips to make it into a taping medium, and this was bonded to the predetermined locations. 
     Under “Single-Leg Stance” in  FIG.  26   , the number of seconds that standing on one leg was possible is entered, which was measured with 60 seconds being the limit. 
     Under “Forward Bend,” angles during a standing forward bend (and the before—after change) are presented. For “Forward Bend,” rather than being measured by hand, in order to secure objectivity the angles are in a posture-analysis report from images shot and analyzed with a posture-analysis app produced by SysNavia KK (a smartphone app for Android). One example of the posture-analysis reports (for test-subject No. 13) is presented in  FIG.  27   . In  FIG.  27   , (e-1) is the “before wearing” (comparative example) forward-bend result, and (e-2) is the “after wearing” (embodiment example) forward-bend result. Similarly, here (a-1) through (d-1) are “before wearing” (comparative example) results, while (a-2) through (d-2) are “after wearing” (embodiment example) results. Since the forward-bend results are easily understood because they explain flexibility, they are presented in the  FIG.  26    table, yet with the other items (a-2) through (d-2) as well, where the axis became upright the results can be interpreted as flexibility having improved. 
     Under “Arm Wrestling” in  FIG.  26   , persons of about the same physique and arm strength were paired, and results being at how many seconds did one of them win (before/after) are presented. “Aiki-Age” is a test of the action of a test subject&#39;s lifting upward both his or her hands being held down in a state in which both hands of the test subject are pressed down by a partner with both of his or her hands. A was-not-able-to-lift result is “×,” while lifted-after-some-time is “Δ.” Was-able-to-lift-immediately is “◯.” The criterion for “◯” was within 5 seconds, and for “Δ,” 10 to 20 seconds. The other items also basically follow these criteria. 
     “Rise” is a test of the action of a test subject&#39;s standing in a held-down state in which the shoulders of the test subject, seated in a chair, are being pressed down. A was-not-able-to-get-up result is “×.” “Arm-Twist” is a test of the action of a test subject&#39;s returning his or her arm from a twisted state in which a partner is twisting it. “Nursing Care” is an action (count of seconds) in which the test subject raises up a volunteer who is lying down. Not being able to raise the person up is “×.” 
     In  FIG.  26   , “Activeness Level,” “Stableness Level,” “Pleasantness Level,” and “Alertness Level” are items whose indices (two-dimensional gauges of feeling) cannot be captured in numeric figures as to improvement in capacity for movement. These “two-dimensional feeling gauges” are according to the paper, “Psychological Effects That Wearing Compression Garments for Sports Exert” in  Hosei University Physical Education  &amp;  Sports Center Proceedings , Tadashi Nakazawa et al., Vol. 30, pp. 29-34 (2012). A questionnaire (in item-scoring form) for the two-dimensional feeling gauges is presented in  FIG.  28   . 
     In the experimental results set forth in  FIG.  26   , from “Single-Leg Stance” it is seen that the numeric values (second counts) for test subject No. 5 and test subject No. 13 showed significant improvement. (The other test subjects were mostly able to keep the single-leg stance going from the beginning.) It should be noted that the numeric value for test subject No. 11 sunk significantly, but this was that the person ended up laughing and could not stand, such that essentially the value is one to be omitted from the table; despite its having been entered as an experimental result, it may be ignored. 
     In “Forward Bend” presented in  FIG.  26   , the before—after change improved an average 5.5°, establishing that dressing in a shirt  101  of the present embodying mode improved flexibility. For No. 13, merely from being dressed in the shirt, the forward-bend numbers improved 17°; the subject&#39;s flexibility rose pronouncedly. This also may be discerned clearly from comparing (e-1) and (e-2) in  FIG.  27   . Not from exercise, massage, stretching, etc., but simply from wearing a shirt  101  of the present embodiment example, the difference was remarkable. 
     In “Arm Wrestling” set forth in  FIG.  26   , the before—after change also improved—an average 6.3 seconds. With “Rise” as well, the before—after change improved—an average 1.6 seconds. And with “Arm Twist,” the before—after change in subjects who were successful increased. 
     In “Nursing Care” also, the before—after change improved—an average 6.6 seconds. It should be noted that for Nursing Care test subjects No. 5 and No. 16, because with the shirt  101 , the volunteer was not raised, he/she was dressed in trousers  200 , enabling him/her to be raised, and on that account, the “Δ” mark is entered in the table. 
     In this way, just looking at the averages for the seventeen test subjects indicates that improvement in capacity for movement was clearly established. What is more, when not just the average numbers but the individual test subjects are looked at, volunteers who improved remarkably are found here and there. 
     From the respective results (two-dimensional feeling gauges) for “Activeness Level,” “Stableness Level,” “Pleasantness Level,” and “Alertness Level” in  FIG.  26    as well, it will be seen that on average, activeness level went up 4.1 points, stableness level went up 3.2 points, pleasantness level went up 6.9 points, and alertness level went up 1.2 points, wherein with all the items the scores improved. Accordingly, with the two-dimensional feeling gauges as well, the effectiveness of the shirt  101  of the present embodiment example was confirmed. 
     Next,  FIG.  29 ( a ) through ( c )  set forth the results of experiments for improvement in actions during tennis. Where the number of the test subject is the same (e.g., No. 21), the person is identical. In the experiments, tests were carried out with sportswear (tennis wear) onto which taping media (therapeutic tape of 50 mm width) were applied in the given sites represented in  FIG.  3    for the muscles  901  through  905 , to render the sportswear in the condition of the clothes  300  illustrated in  FIG.  16    and  FIG.  17   . 
       FIG.  29 ( a )  presents results for the forehand;  FIG.  29 ( b ) , results for the backhand; and  FIG.  29 ( c ) , results for the serve. “Comparison” is results in which ordinary sportswear was worn, while “Dressed” is where, in the experiments, tests were carried out with the sportswear onto which taping media (therapeutic tape of 50 mm width) were applied in the given sites represented in  FIG.  3    for the muscles  901  through  905 , to render the sportswear in the condition of the clothes  300  illustrated in  FIG.  16    and  FIG.  17   . In  FIG.  29 ( a ) through ( c ) , where (the cells where) the results were particularly good, they are shown highlighted. 
     As to the results for the forehand in  FIG.  29 ( a ) , in terms of the average values, although the ball spin was almost the same, in that the swing speed had a change percentage of 103.3 (105.6 km→108.9 km) while the ball speed had a change of 106 (104.1 km→110 km), the ball speed went up by approximately 6 km. To raise ball speed 6 km, fitness training is necessary, as is bettering one&#39;s form, yet these results are remarkable in that they are only from wearing a shirt  100  of the present embodying mode. Especially if the wearer were at the level of top amateur or professional player, the advantages of raising ball speed simply from wearing a shirt  100  (or depending on the case, pants  200 ) would be immeasurable. In particular, such an increase in speed makes the difference as to whether a player who may be at the professional level can become a top-level pro; while in a separate sport, baseball, the increase ties in with the distinction as to whether a player who may be at the draft-candidate level can turn pro in the draft, and if it is in professional baseball, the increase ties in greatly with the distinction as to whether a player can become a top-level pro. 
     As to the results for the backhand in  FIG.  29 ( b ) , also looked at with the average values, both the swing speed, with a 103.7 (85.3 km→88.4 km) change percentage, and the ball speed, with a 104.5 (92.4 km→96.5 km) change percentage, went up. 
     As to the results for the serve in  FIG.  29 ( c ) , while there was no large change, this was inferred to be because, owing to the necessity that the serve enter the opponent&#39;s court, though flexibility and capacity for movement improved, it would unlikely be reflected in the numeric figures. 
       FIG.  30    and  FIG.  31    are respective results (average values of four player&#39;s forehand strokes) in tennis played before wearing and after wearing a shirt  100  and pants  200  of the present embodying modes. Specifically, the results graphed in  FIG.  31    are from tests that were carried out with the sportswear of the tennis played in the  FIG.  30    results, onto which taping media (therapeutic tape of 50 mm width) was applied in the given sites represented in  FIG.  3    for the muscles  901  through  905 , to render the sportswear in the condition of the clothes  300  illustrated in  FIG.  16    and  FIG.  17   . In both figures, (a) plots ball spin; (b), swing speed, and (c), ball speed. The measurements were performed employing a “Smart Tennis Sensor” manufactured by Sony Corp. The same is true with the test results in  FIG.  29   . 
     As is understood from looking at both sets (comparative examples and experimental examples) of graphs, the ball revolutions went up from +4.5 (noting that slices are negative numbers) to +4.8; the swing speed went up from 108 km to 114 km; and the ball speed went up from 99 km to 111 km. With all the items remarkable effectiveness was confirmed. Especially, just wearing the clothing ( 100  and  200 ) of the present embodying modes threatens to elevate ball speeds by 10 km or more. What is more, in this experiment, for the player in whom the number-one change in ball speed showed, it was 98 km→124 km (127%). 
     In the foregoing, configurations and embodiment examples of the present embodying modes have been described. As may be understood from the foregoing explanation, according to clothing (a shirt)  100  of the present embodying modes, on an upper-body piece  10  for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, an upper-body support unit  20  is formed, and the upper-body support unit  20  includes an upper-body first support section  21  situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles ( 901 ), an upper-body second support section  22  situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ), and an upper-body third support section  23  situated in sites following the teres major muscles ( 904 ), thereby activating the muscles by their being supported, so that the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians can be made to flow spontaneously. As a result, the wearer&#39;s muscles (or otherwise, entire body, including the muscles and joints, etc.) are supported in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care, making improved capacity for and flexibility in movement possible. 
     In addition, according to clothing (trousers)  200  of the present embodying modes, by combining with clothing (lower-body clothes) in which on a lower-body piece  30  for covering at least a portion of the lower half of the body, a lower-body support unit  40  is formed—with the lower-body support unit  40  including a lower-body first support section  41  situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles ( 901 ), a lower-body second support section  42  situated in sites following the iliacus muscles ( 902 ), and a lower-body third support section situated in sites following the piriformis muscles ( 905 )—in the lower half of the body, in the same way as with the upper half of the body, the muscles are activated by their being supported, so that the natural, Conception-Vessel, and Governing-Vessel meridians can be made to flow spontaneously. What is more, the lower-body third support section situated in sites following the piriformis muscles facilitates maintaining one&#39;s up-and-down and front-and-back balance. 
     In the shirts  100  of the above-described embodying modes, the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) are disposed extending slightly upward, as indicated in  FIG.  9   . This will be that way when the shirt  100  is made to be comparatively snug on the body, so as to go along the directions in which the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ) extend, while with a shirt  100  that is slightly loose-fitting on the body (baggy), there will be instances where, with the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) being arranged on the shirt  100  so as to follow along the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ), when the shirt  100  is taken off, the arrangement (extension) of the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) will differ slightly from what is indicated in  FIG.  9   . Likewise, as indicated in  FIG.  4 ( a ) , since the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ) have width, depending on which striae the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) are disposed over within the range over which the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ) run parallel, the arrangement of the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) in some cases will be altered compared with what is depicted in  FIG.  9   . This is the same for the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b )—namely, since the teres major muscles ( 904 ) too have width, also depending on which striae the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b ) are disposed over—there will be instances where the arrangement (extension) of the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b ) will differ slightly from what is indicated in  FIG.  9   . 
       FIGS.  32  and  33    are one example of a shirt  100  of a present embodying mode, and correspond to the above-described embodying mode of  FIG.  9    and  FIG.  11   , respectively. In the illustrated shirt  100 , the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) extend more or less in parallel, while the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b ) extend downwardly a bit. If the shirt  100  is made roomier, or in like situations, there will be instances where the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) extend downwardly a bit when the shirt  100  has been taken off and made flat. Also, if the shirt  100  is made roomier, or in like situations, there will be occasions where the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b ) extend more or less in parallel (or in some cases, extend upwardly somewhat). With these arrangements, after the dispositions of the upper-body second support sections  22  ( 22   a ,  22   b ) and the upper-body third support sections  23  ( 23   a ,  23   b ) are determined in patterns following the supraspinatus muscles ( 903 ) and the teres major muscles ( 904 ), they will assume the configuration example as illustrated in  FIG.  32    and  FIG.  33   , when the upper-body second support sections  22  and upper-body third support sections  23  are viewed in terms of the configuration of the shirt  100  unitarily. It should be noted that with the shirts ( 100 ,  101 ,  102 ) of the present embodying modes, in instances where the support sections ( 21 ,  22 ,  23 ) are arranged on the inner side of the shirt body, comparatively looser shirts, due to the contact stimulation, will tend to more readily bring out the effectiveness of the present embodying modes. 
       FIG.  34    illustrates a modified example of a shirt  102  involving a present embodying mode.  FIG.  34    corresponds to the above-described embodying mode of  FIG.  10   , while the back-side configuration of the shirt  102  in the present embodying mode is that illustrated in  FIG.  11    as well as  FIG.  33   . 
     In the shirt  102  illustrated in  FIG.  34   , in addition to the upper-body first support sections  21  ( 21   a ,  21   b ), an additional upper-body support section  21   e  (or an upper-body fourth support section) is formed. The additional upper-body support section  21   e  (upper-body fourth support section) is disposed extending from a starting point to an infraumbilical site ( 21   g ), where a point shifted toward a location on the left ribs, with the site of the solar plexus ( 21   f ) as a reference, is taken as the starting point. By and large, the solar plexus ( 21   g ) is in a spot about three fingers below the navel. The angle at which the additional upper-body support section  21   e  extends (the angle of its inclined extension) is, with a perpendicular line as a reference, 20° to 25° (in one example, approximately 23° (23.4°)). 
     Forming the additional upper-body support section  21   e  (upper-body fourth support section) enlarges the body&#39;s rotation. Compared with the situation where a shirt  102  of the present embodying mode is not being worn (comparative example), when a shirt  102  of the present embodying mode is being worn, the body&#39;s rotation along the horizontal increases by 10 to 20° both left and right (adding the respective left-right angles of increase, the gain is 20° to 40°). This increase angle is the average value for a plurality of test subjects. Forming of the upper-body support section  21   e  (upper-body fourth support section) increases the angle of rotation along the horizontal and is therefore suited to playing golf. It will be appreciated that since the amount of rotation increases when a shirt  102  of the present embodying mode is utilized in golf, in order to stabilize the lower body, dressing in trousers  200  of the present embodying modes is preferable. 
       FIG.  35    presents test results for golf result when shirts  102  and trousers  200  of the present embodying modes were worn. The test was carried out by six test-subject volunteers (No. 31 to No. 36). The comparative examples are results in which the volunteers performed golf swings without being dressed in shirts  102  and trousers  200 , and meanwhile, the embodiment examples are results in which they performed golf swings while being dressed in shirts  102  and trousers  200 . The test location was a golf practice range, and the clubs used were irons. Flight distances and left/right fade were measured by sight, wherein “Left  10 ” in the figure (in the table) expresses a bending of 10 meters to the left. Also, under “Remarks” the test subject&#39;s thoughts/feelings are noted. 
     For all six test subjects (No. 31 to No. 36) flight distances extended. Therein, with the experimental results (and the test subject&#39;s thoughts/feelings), it was found that on top of the increase in flight distance from sped-up swings, the effects from the lessening of left/right fade that stabilized swings and shots was significant as well. What is more, there were a number of thoughts/feelings (“tension disappears,” “hitting lightly,” “have heft”) saying that the subjects got rid of tension in the swing, allowing them to take relaxed shots. Still further, looking not only at the thoughts/feelings of the test subjects, but also the experimental results, shows that the proportion of “Center” shots in the embodiment examples increased compared with the comparative examples. 
     Being dressed in a shirt  102  (and trousers  200  for lower-body stability) of the present embodying modes can, in addition to the effects of a shirt  100  ( FIG.  10   , etc.) of the above-described embodying modes, make the body&#39;s rotation angle along the horizontal (the angle through which the shoulders turn) greater. In other words, forming the additional upper-body support section  21   e  (upper-body fourth support section) enlarges the body&#39;s rotation, and makes improving swing (e.g., golf swing) capability possible. 
     In clothing  100  ( 101 ,  102 ,  200 ,  300 ,  400 ,  600 , etc.) of the present embodying modes, when tape (cloth tape) having a heat-activated adhesive is utilized as the taping medium, a tape product  800  as illustrated in  FIG.  36    can be employed. The tape product  800  is constituted from a cloth part (tape part)  810 , and a core part (wind-on center part)  820  around which it is wound. The cloth part (tape part)  810  of the present embodying mode is cotton (e.g., interlock cotton  40 ), but may be another cloth material (or tape material). The width of the cloth part (tape part)  810  is from 10 mm to 30 mm (in this example, 20 mm±5 mm). The cloth material (e.g., cotton) is exposed on a first surface (obverse face)  811  of the cloth part (tape part)  810 , and a heat-activated adhesive is coated onto a second face (reverse face)  812  thereof. The heat-activated adhesive is a substance that becomes an adhesive under an iron, adhering (bonding) by being subjected to approximately 15 to 20 seconds&#39; heat with an (e.g., 140 to 160° C., dry) iron. The heat-activated adhesive is, for example, an aqueous silylated-urethane polymer adhesive, but is not particularly limited. 
     In the foregoing, preferred modes of embodying the present invention have been described, yet such descriptions are not limiting items, and of course, various modifications are possible. The above-described embodying modes as well as the configurations of modified examples as well as the techniques are mutually applicable. For example, with the configuration of a shirt  100  ( 101 ) of the present embodying modes, given the difficulties during nursing care with changing a patient&#39;s clothes or with the patient changing clothes, the configuration may be a mode in which the front is made to open by putting buttons or a zipper on the shirt. Although with regard to shirts, T-shirt modes were principally described, in golf, since collared shirts are basically required, it is preferable to configure the embodying modes as collared shirts. Further, since the lower-body third support section  43 , situated in sites following the piriformis muscles  905 , alleviates intensification of the feeling of being tugged at by an attractive force, in situations where there need not be concern about that odd sense, the lower-body third support section  43  can be taken off. Although the direct application of tape to the body is not to be denied, clothing ( 100 ,  101 ,  102 ,  200 ,  300 ,  400 ,  600 , etc.) of the present embodying modes is more convenient. It should be noted that according to the inventors in the present application having made trials, compared with cases where clothing of the present embodying modes is worn, the effectiveness is reduced (for example, by half) in cases where direct taping is applied to the body. In addition, while in the above-described embodying modes, examples for sports (tennis, etc.) were amply illustrated, there are also advantages in situations apart from sports, in that during hauling work, heavy lifting is lightened (eased), and in that nursing care on the part of who is being nursed as well as on the part of who is nursing is made easier. 
     INDUSTRIAL UTILIZABILITY 
     According to the present invention, clothing that supports the wearer&#39;s muscles, joints, etc. to enable capacity for and flexibility in movement to be improved in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care can be made available. 
     DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE MARKS 
     
         
         
           
               10 : upper-body piece 
               11 : collar section 
               12 : sleeve sections 
               15 : trunk portion 
               15   a : front waist 
               15   b : rear waist 
               19 : lower edge 
               20 : upper-body support unit 
               21 : upper-body first support section 
               21   e : additional upper-body support section (upper-body fourth support section) 
               22 : upper-body second support section 
               23 : upper-body third support section 
               31 : waist section 
               32 : opening 
               35 : above-crotch section 
               35   a : front waist 
               35   b : rear waist 
               36 : below-crotch section 
               39 : waistband 
               40 : lower-body support unit 
               41 : lower-body first support section 
               42 : lower-body second support section 
               43 : lower-body third support section 
               50 : continuous support unit 
               100 : shirt (T-shirt) 
               101 : shirt 
               102 : shirt 
               200 : trousers (pants) 
               400 : skinsuit 
               600 : briefs 
               810 : cloth part (tape part) 
               800 : tape product 
               901 : psoas major muscle 
               902 : iliacus muscle 
               903 : supraspinatus muscle 
               904 : teres major muscle 
               905 : piriformis muscle 
               1000 : athletic wear