Patent ID: 6923825

Claim:
A foot and calf support and treatment table for extension, flexion, traction, distraction, and lateral movement of the spine and lower body of a patient, the table comprising: (a) a base adapted to rest upon a floor, (b) system support means having an upper end and a lower end integrally secured to said base, said support means including a pivot axis proximal to said upper end thereof; (c) means for selectable reciprocal extension having an upper end and a lower end, one end pivotally attached to said system support means, said selectable extension means providing reciprocal movement of said one end relative to an opposite end thereof; (d) a rigid support platform having a lower part and an upper part, said platform pivotally secured to said pivot axis of said system support means and, further, pivotally secured to said one end of said selectable extension means, thereby providing a resultant rotational motion of said support platform; (e) a body support assembly adjustably positionable relative to said rigid support platform, said assembly having an upper end and a lower end; (f) a lumbar support assembly offset from said body support assembly; (g) means for independent articulation and movement of said lumbar assembly in a plane either above, or tilted relative to, proximal portions of said body support assembly; and (h) a foot/calf support assembly transversely mounted to said rigid platform, said assembly comprising a cushion positionally adjustable relative to a plane normal to said platform and having a range extending below said plane in which the curvature of the lower body of a patient, beneath the center of gravity thereof, may be thereby regulated, whereby a variety of therapeutic effects upon the spine of a patient may be accomplished through dynamic rotation thereof off of the ground, selectable positional adjustment of said rigid support platform relative to said base, and change in position of either or both said lumbar support assembly and said foot/calf support assembly relative to the patient center of gravity.