JP2007283078A - Posture correcting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a person to be treated himself/herself to perform stretching of the suboccipital muscle groups and between the os occipitale and the first cervical vertebra which is performed by a neck tractor at present time as one of the treatment in orthopedics or the like, using a simple device. <P>SOLUTION: In a posture correcting device: one end of a pillow board and an upper table are connected by a hinge so that the pillow board can be rotated; a spring A is extendably and contractibly mounted between the pillow board and the upper table; the upper table and a lower table are slidably connected by a connecting metal fitting; a spring B is extendably and contractibly mounted between the upper table and the lower table; and an anti-slip material is stuck on the upper face and lower face of the pillow board and the upper table, and the bottom face of the lower table. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a posture correcting device that corrects posture by stretching between the occipital suboccipital muscle group and the occipital bone of a human neck and a first cervical vertebra.

  Human occipital muscles and cervical vertebrae tend to fade and shrink with fatigue and aging. When the occipital muscles and cervical vertebrae atrophy, the jaw rises and the thoracic vertebra is bent to the back to balance the body. It becomes the so-called stoop. Therefore, in order to correct it, in conventional orthopedics, etc., the occipital region was pulled up by a cervical tractor to stretch the occipital muscles and cervical spine.

Although the purpose is different from that of the present invention, the following documents are proposed as instruments for correcting the cervical spine.
JP2000-10552

In order to correct the muscles of the lower occipital region and cervical vertebrae due to fatigue and aging, thereby deforming the thoracic vertebrae, the so-called stoop, the occipital region of the occipital muscle group and the cervical vertebra, especially the 1 Posture correction was performed by stretching between the cervical vertebra and the occipital bone. However, these treatments can only be performed at a medical institution such as orthopedics, and the patient can do it himself. There wasn't.
According to the present invention, the extension of the occipital muscle group and the cervical vertebra is performed with a simple instrument, so that the patient himself can do it.
In JP 2000-10552, an attempt is made to correct the deformation of the second cervical vertebra to the seventh cervical vertebra, which is different from the object of the present invention.
That is, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-10552, it was considered that the cervical vertebra usually in front of the bay would try to return the state where the state of the bay was shifted due to whiplash due to a traffic accident to the state of the previous bay. It is. Therefore, it has a structure that is only applied to the rear neck. In the present invention, the cervical vertebra which is normally in the anterior bay is transformed into a normal anterior bay state from the normal anterior bay state due to atrophy of the lower occipital muscle and cervical vertebrae due to fatigue and aging. I'm trying to get it back.
Therefore, in the present invention, when the back of the head is placed on the instrument while lying on its back, the pillow portion moves upward due to its weight and pulls up the back of the head.

One end of the pillow plate (1) and the upper base (2) are rotatably attached by a hinge (3), and the spring A (4) can be extended and contracted between the pillow plate (1) and the upper base (2). Attach to.
The upper base (2) and the lower base (5) are slidably connected to each other with the connecting bracket (6) and the connecting bracket set screw (7), and between the upper base (2) and the lower base (5). Install the spring B (8) in a telescopic manner.
Upper slip prevention material (9) is stuck on the upper surface and lower surface of the pillow plate (1) and upper base (2), and the lower slip prevention material (10) is stuck on the bottom surface of the lower base (5).
The posture correction instrument which consists of the above composition.

  In order to correct the increase of the anterior bay due to atrophy of the lower occipital muscle and cervical vertebrae due to fatigue and aging and the increase of the posterior bay of the thoracic vertebra, the so-called stoop, the occipital extension treatment currently performed with the cervical retractor By performing the treatment using the present invention, the treatment can be performed by the person himself / herself.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
(A) One end of the semicircular arc-shaped pillow plate (1) and the upper base (2) are rotatably attached by a hinge (3), and a spring is provided between the pillow plate (1) and the upper base (2). A (4) is attached to be extendable.
(B) The upper base (2) and the lower base (5) are slidably attached to the four places with the connecting bracket (6) and the connecting bracket set screw (7), and the upper base (2) and the lower base ( 5), the spring B (8) is attached to be extendable. In order to prevent sliding backward, the upper base (2) has grooves A (2a) and B (2b), and the lower base (5) has grooves C (5a) and D (5b) on both sides. Provided.
(C) The upper antiskid material (9) is applied to the upper surface of the pillow plate (1) and the upper and lower surfaces of the upper table (2), and the lower antiskid material (10) is applied to the bottom surface of the lower table (5). .
Thereby, when putting a head on this instrument, it can prevent that instrument itself moves ahead.
As the anti-slip material, a net-like anti-slip material or the like is commercially available, and these may be used. In addition, since the material is hard when the head is placed on the pillow (1), if the head is placed for a while, the head (1) and the upper anti-slip material (9) It is recommended to put a cushion material with appropriate elasticity in between.
The spring A (4) and the spring B (8) can be replaced with other stretchable materials such as foamed urethane.

An embodiment according to claim 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
(A) One end of the semicircular arc shaped pillow plate (11) and the upper base (12) are rotatably attached by a hinge (13), and a spring is provided between the pillow plate (11) and the upper base (12). A (14) is attached in a telescopic manner. A connecting pin (16) is attached to the lower end of the upper base (12).
(B) A slide groove (15a) is provided at one end of the lower base (15), and a slide fitting (17) is attached to the other end of the lower base (15). Slide holes (17a) are provided on both sides of the slide fitting (17).
(C) A slide pin (18) is attached to the side surface of the upper base (12), the slide pin (18) is slidably connected to the slide hole (17a) of the slide fitting (17), and the connection pin (16) is connected. Fit into the slide groove (15a).
One end of the spring B (19) is fixed to the lower surface of the upper base (12), and the other end is fixed to the upper surface of the lower base (15) and is attached to be extendable.
(D) The upper antiskid material (20) is applied to the upper surface of the pillow plate (11) and the upper and lower surfaces of the upper table (12), and the lower antiskid material (21) is applied to the bottom surface of the lower table (15). .

Example of use

The mode of use of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
When the patient lays on his back and puts the lower back of the head on the present invention, the weight (1) moves forward and closes due to its weight, and the part on which the head is placed moves forward as soon as the head is turned. Move to. At the same time, the upper base (2) slides forward (upward as viewed from the person to be treated) as if turning. The movement distance to the front is about 15 mm by the movement of the pillow plate (1), and the movement distance by the slide of the upper base (2) is about 15 mm to 20 mm, which is about 30 mm to 35 mm in total. That is, when the head is placed, the back head is pulled up by about 30 mm to 35 mm.
FIG. 4 shows the state of use. This aspect is substantially the same in the embodiment according to claim 2.

Between the occipital bone and the first cervical spine, the small occipital rectus muscle and the large occipital rectus muscle and other suboccipital muscle groups straddle, and these muscles are stretched. The cervical vertebra is from the first cervical vertebra to the seventh cervical vertebra. In particular, when the cervical vertebra extends between the occipital bone and the first cervical vertebra, it extends to other cervical vertebrae.
The cervical vertebra has transverse processes on both sides, and there are holes called transverse protrusion holes, through which blood vessels called vertebral arteries and vertebral veins pass. As the occipital muscle group shrinks and the cervical vertebra anterior bay grows, the jaws rise, so the thoracic vertebra posterior bay becomes larger to balance the body. In other words, it becomes stoop. At the same time, the blood vessels of the cervical spine are compressed, resulting in poor blood flow.
From another point of view, there is a Fufu in the center of the back of the spine and acupuncture points called celestial columns on both sides of the vertebra. By returning this to a normal curve using the present invention, the flow of the meridians with the Fufu and the celestial column is improved, and it reaches the whole body.
By the way, if the flow of the Fufu is disturbed, headache, neck stiffness, congestion, psychosis, stroke, etc. may occur, and if the flow of the celestial column is obstructed, posterior headache, insomnia, cervical pain, hypertension, psychosis It is said that obstacles such as will occur.
Therefore, the above obstacle is removed by returning the curvature of the cervical spine to the normal position.
The present invention can be used by a person himself / herself at home to perform self-treatment.

  Front view and right side view of the present invention   Perspective view of the present invention   Side view showing an embodiment of claim 2   Reference diagram showing the state of use of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

1 Pillow 2 Upper table 2a Groove A
2b Groove B
3 Hinge 4 Spring A
5 Lower stand 5a Groove C
5b Groove D
6 Connecting bracket 7 Connecting bracket set screw 8 Spring B
9 Upper slip prevention material 10 Lower slip prevention material 11 Pillow plate 12 Upper base 13 Hinge 14 Spring A
15 Lower base 15a Slide groove 16 Connecting pin 17 Slide fitting 17a Slide hole 18 Slide pin 19 Spring B
20 Upper slip prevention material 21 Lower slip prevention material

Claims (2)

  One end of the pillow plate and the upper base are connected by a hinge so that the pillow plate can be rotated, and a spring A is attached to be stretchable between the pillow plate and the upper base, and the upper base and the lower base are connected. Connected slidably with metal fittings, spring B is attached between the upper base and the lower base, and the anti-slip material is pasted on the upper and lower surfaces of the pillow plate and upper base and the bottom of the lower base. Orthodontic appliance.   One end of the pillow plate and the upper base are connected by a hinge so that the pillow plate can be rotated, and a spring A is stretchably attached between the pillow plate and the upper base, and slide pins are provided on both sides of the upper base. Attach a connecting pin to the lower end of the upper base, attach a slide fitting to the upper surface of the lower base, provide a slide groove on one end of the lower base, and insert the upper base connecting pin into the lower base slide groove. The spring B is slidably connected between the upper base and the lower base, and one end of the spring B is attached to the lower surface of the upper base and the other end is extendable to the upper surface of the lower base. Posture correction device that fits into the slide holes of the metal fittings and has anti-slip materials attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the pillow plate and upper base and the bottom surface of the lower base.

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