Patent ID: 8308616

Claim:
A head weighting appliance for kinesitherapy treatment that loads the spine in a manner to evoke the body's righting reflexes as an adjusting procedure for spinal correction, rehabilitation, and maintenance, comprising: a hollow, conformal lower ring adapted to fit comfortably around a skull; a first adjustable closure closing and securing said lower ring at a variable circumference; an upper ring having metal shot only in one half of the upper ring in a forehead-adjacent weight region to apply weight load at a frontal section of said a skull, said upper ring connected to said lower ring; at least one coupling pad provided about an upper, outer surface of said upper ring, operative to selectively couple extra weight to said upper ring to permit correction of tilt and adjustment of weight loading; and a second adjustable closure distal to said forehead-adjacent weight region closing and securing said upper ring at a variable circumference.