Patent ID: 7645219

Claim:
A therapeutic device that helps support at least one of a head, upper back, sacrum, thighs and calves of a user, wherein the user is generally reclined above at least one of a floor and a bed, the therapeutic device comprising: a flexible mat adapted to be set upon at least one of the floor and the bed; a cradle for supporting the calves of the user, the cradle comprising a calf-engaging surface and a curved lower surface, the curved lower surface being supported by the flexible mat, the curved lower surface being harder than the calf engaging surface; a resiliently flexible springboard connecting the cradle to the flexible mat; a sacrum/lowback-supporting member for supporting the sacrum of the user, the sacrum/lowback-supporting member comprising a contoured and supportive body engaging surface and a downward facing contact surface, the downward facing contact surface resting upon the mat, the downward facing contact surface being harder than the contoured and supportive body engaging surface, the sacrum/lowback-supporting member being spaced apart from the cradle; and a back/head-supporting member for supporting the upper back of the user, the back/head-supporting member being spaced apart from both the cradle and the sacrum/lowback-supporting member, wherein: a) the cradle, the sacrum/lowback-supporting member, and the back/head-supporting member being distributed along a longitudinal line; b) the sacrum/lowback-supporting member being interposed between the cradle and the back/head-supporting member; c) the cradle being manually rockable about a rocking axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; d) the sacrum/lowback-supporting member being manually rockable back and forth about a rotating axis that is substantially vertical and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and e) the cradle and the sacrum/lowback-supporting member being manually movable relative to each other.