Patent ID: 6988979

Claim:
A method for the treatment of cellulite for the temporary reduction thereof, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an exercise bench, comprising: (i) a frame having legs; (ii) a seating surface attached to the frame to support a body of a user, the seating surface located at a height above a floor upon which the frame is placed that is greater than about twenty inches such that an average user's feet do not fully touch the surface upon which the frame is placed; and (iii) a textured surface on the seating surface having a sufficient quantity and height of protuberances to enable reduction of cellulite when skin of the user is placed on the surface, the skin is kept relatively fixed relative to the textured surface, the body of the user is moved relative to the textured surface such that fat tissue is moved relative to the textured surface; (b) moving legs of the user such that movement of the skin of the buttocks and thighs of the user's body supported on the seating surface remains generally fixed relative to the seating surface but providing for movement of fat tissue beneath the skin, thereby possibly decreasing viscosity of a subcutaneous fat layer of the user and increasing blood flow; whereby cellulite of the user is temporarily reduced.