Patent ID: 7481747

Claim:
A method of measuring hip flexion, including: positioning oneself on a substantially flat surface, engaging one's right foot with a first stirrup element of a tool that also comprises a second stirrup element, a handle, and attachment elements attaching the first and second stirrup elements to each other and to the handle, engaging one's left foot with the second stirrup element, positioning oneself so that one's back is against the substantially flat surface, and wherein the right leg is substantially fully extended and is directed away from the substantially flat surface, the left leg is bent, and the left foot is adjacent the right calf, grasping the handle, and pulling the handle towards one's chest while the right leg remains straight, and moving the first stirrup element towards one's head to a position in which one's lumbo/sacral spine area moves away from the substantially flat surface, and measuring the hip flexion.