Patent ID: 7993296

Claim:
A method for applying pressure to a person's body, comprising: (a) positioning a first component to partially surround a first side of an appendage of a person's body; (b) positioning a second component to partially surround a second, opposite side of the appendage; and (c) drawing together the first component and the second component to compress the appendage between the first component and the second component, using a tensioning system that joins the first component and the second component, such that the first and second components collectively define an apparatus that encircles the appendage with the appendage axially extending beyond opposite axial ends of the apparatus; (d) wherein the first component comprises opposite end portions, and the second component comprises opposite end portions, the opposite end portions of the first component being received within the opposite end portions of the second component; and (e) wherein the second component comprises at least one channel receiving an end portion of the first component.