Patent ID: 8827880

Claim:
A method of physical therapy comprising the steps of: providing an apparatus ( 10 ) that provides resistance and assistance during core muscle training using dynamic therapeutic movement for chest, knees, abdominal, back and leg musculature to strengthen and condition muscles of the axial skeleton and lower extremities of a performing user; diagnosing and assessing a user's range of motion, strength, endurance and balance of the pelvis and trunk; demonstrating correct movement and balance; and training that user to improve range of motion, strength, endurance and balance of the pelvis and trunk; providing neuromuscular training; moving the user's body parts against selected forces; and applying the selected forces by one or more resistances to the user's body parts to programmed forces facilitating movement of the user's body parts; wherein the dynamic therapeutic movement is carried out through a transverse plane and a vertical axis and through a sagittal plane and a frontal axis.