Patent ID: 7874996

Claim:
A method of manipulating a toe joint of a user having a lower leg, an ankle, a foot, a heel and a plurality of toes, said method comprising the steps of: providing a frame assembly comprising a pair of elongate rails spaced apart and substantially parallel and connected proximate a first end by a toe bar having a width at least as wide as two of said plurality of toes; positioning at least a part of a user's foot intermediate said pair of elongate rails with at least said two of said plurality of toes positioned atop said toe bar; positioning an inflatable member atop said foot intermediate said plurality of toes and said ankle; securing said inflatable member to said frame assembly using a strap such that said inflatable member is intermediate said foot and said strap; and inflating said inflatable member such that said strap increases in tension thereby urging at least one of said two toes against said toe bar causing said foot to move in plantarflexion relative to said frame assembly and said at least one of said two toes to move in dorsiflexion.