Patent ID: 6958048

Claim:
A method of treatment of a patient, said method comprising the steps of: providing a strap, the strap having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a main portion disposed between the first end portion and second end portion, the first end portion having first and second sides with surfaces formed of foam, the main portion of the strap has a first side with a surface which is formed of foam and faces in the same direction as the surface on the first side of the first end portion, the main portion of the strap has a second side with a surface formed of fabric and faces in the same direction as the surface on the second side of the first end portion; positioning the layer formed of foam on the first end portion in engagement with skin on a body of the patient, retaining the first end portion of the strap against movement relative to the body of the patient by wrapping the strap around a portion of the body of the patient and positioning a portion of the layer formed of foam and disposed on the first side of the main portion of the strap in engagement with foam disposed on the second side of the first end portion, and connecting the second end portion of the strap to the second side of the main portion of the strap at a location between the first and second end portions of the strap.