Patent ID: 7749146

Claim:
A method of therapeutically, self-applied treatment of muscular aches, pains and stiffness, and wherein an affected muscle underlies a selected epidermal acupressure Ashi Point; said method comprising the steps of: providing an elongate, substantially tubular structure formed from a web of flexible material, said tubular structure having at least one internal pocket located intermediate the end portions of said tubular structure and containing an independent, spherical, hand-graspable, resilient object within said pocket, and further providing individual internal pockets respectively located at each of the free end portions of the tubular structure, and wherein each of said pockets is peripherally resealable and sized to contain said hand-graspable spherical object; locating said pocketed resilient spherical object proximate to said Ashi Point; grasping the free end portions of said tubular structure, each portion containing a hand-graspable object; stretching said tubular structure while grasping the free ends thereof and in opposed directions away from the location of said intermediate pocketed object to thereby apply pressure to said Ashi Point; and maintaining said pressure for a prescribed time period.