JP6786062B1 - Exercise aids for arms and shoulders - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To loosen shoulders, chest and back in a supine position with a stretching exercise called "scapula peeling" or "scapula loosening" and a posture in which the legs are bent sideways. It provides a safe exercise aid that can easily and effectively perform shoulder stretching exercises and rehabilitation exercises, is easy to wear, and is not burdensome to own. SOLUTION: This is an exercise aid made of a cushion that covers from the hand to the upper arm, has a hole for extending the thumb and the remaining four fingers from the inside to the outside of the cushion, and has a conical spiral shape. The cushion is composed of a bag made of an elastic material or a vinyl chloride material filled with a flexible material or air, and is characterized in that the smaller diameter is heavier than the larger diameter one. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a device that assists in stretching and rehabilitation exercises of arms and shoulders.

In recent years, stretching exercises and stretching exercise aids have been developed for the purpose of reducing muscle fatigue of arms and shoulders and rehabilitation. One of the stretching exercises for the arms and shoulders is the exercise called "scapula peeling" or "scapula loosening" in which both arms are stretched to the side of the shoulder and twisted from the base of the arm.

Further, in some conventional exercise devices, a drive motor automatically performs stretching exercises and rehabilitation exercises of arms and shoulders (see Patent Documents 1 to 3).

In addition, the guide protrusion of the shaft core slide part attached to the end of the rotation arm is fitted into the circular guide groove formed in the eccentric guide plate assembled to the support, and the rotation arm is moved upward. There is a shoulder joint rotation device that features a larger radius of rotation as it is rotated, and a height-adjustable chair is provided facing the strut, and the chair is adjusted up and down and the distance between the strut. The positions of the shoulder joint and the axis and the range of motion of the shoulder joint are adjusted (see Patent Document 4).

Japanese Patent No. 4475081 Japanese Patent No. 4848514 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-277151 Japanese Patent No. 3091705

However, most of the stretching exercises require proper confirmation of body movements and breathing methods before and during the exercises, and it is difficult to continue with unfamiliar exercises.

In "scapula peeling" and "scapula loosening", there is a problem that it is difficult to twist the arm from the base when performing in the supine position. This is because there is friction with the floor, and when you try to keep your arm straight, your arm is stressed and your muscles contract. On the contrary, if the force is released too much, it is difficult to twist the upper arm from the base even if the forearm can be supinated and pronationed.

When performing "scapula peeling" or "scapula loosening" in a sitting or standing position, muscles that support the arms in place are required to extend both arms while stretching the back muscles and twist at shoulder height. Therefore, it is difficult for a person with few muscles to maintain that posture.

In addition, since the size of the conventional arm and shoulder exercise devices is heavy for a general household to own, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the surroundings during use.

Therefore, in the present invention, in a general household, a stretching exercise called "scapula peeling" or "scapula loosening" in a supine position and a posture in which the upper leg is bent while lying sideways are used to loosen the shoulders, chest, and back. The purpose is to provide safe exercise aids that can easily and effectively perform arm and shoulder stretching exercises and rehabilitation exercises, are easy to wear, and are not burdensome to own.

In order to achieve the above object, the exercise aid according to the present invention is made of a cushion that covers from the hand to the upper arm, and has a hole for extending the thumb and the remaining four fingers from the inside to the outside of the cushion. The exercise aid has a conical spiral shape or a ring cross section in the short side direction, and the cushion is a bag made of an elastic material or a polyvinyl chloride material, and is filled with a flexible material or air. It is a configuration. Here, the flexible material refers to cotton, styrofoam beads, small pieces of plastic, and the like. Further, the exercise assisting tool is characterized in that the smaller diameter is heavier than the larger diameter.

When the arm is passed through the exercise aid and the exercise aid is wrapped around from the hand to the upper arm, the arm is lifted from the floor due to the thickness of the exercise aid when the arm is extended with the palm facing up in the supine position. It will be almost parallel to the lifted floor.

Since the exercise aid is in the shape of a conical spiral and the smaller diameter is located on the fingertip side, the hand is lower than the upper arm, that is, it is closer to the floor, so the arm and the floor are not completely parallel. This is to prevent the elbow joint from bending naturally when the arm is relaxed when the hand and upper arm are at the same height. As a result, the arm is extended just by passing the arm through the exercise aid.

After that, the thumb and the remaining four fingers are put out from the holes provided respectively to the outside of the exercise aid, and the four fingers other than the thumb are sometimes put out from the hollow holes as they are to the outside of the exercise aid to assist the exercise. You can easily move your arm while keeping your arm straight with less force by lightly grasping the tool. In addition, the exercise aid eliminates the worry that something will hit the hand or arm directly when the arm is moved.

Even if the hollow hole is larger than the user's arm and there is a slight gap between the exercise aid and the arm, it can be used without any problem because it grips the fingertip side of the exercise aid.

Since the hole is a long dashed line in a spiral shape, the user can put out his finger from the position closest to his arm, that is, he uses an exercise aid regardless of the length of the user's arm. can do. At this time, there is no problem in using the exercise aid even if the fingertip side is left over. If the total length of the exercise aid matches the length of the arm, the four fingers other than the thumb are taken out from the hollow holes as they are, and the thumbs are taken out from the nearby holes to the outside of the exercise aid.

This exercise aid is a bag made of elastic material and is packed with flexible material. With this configuration, exercise aids can be used regardless of the thickness of the arm.

The cushion makes it easier to ensure the safety of the surroundings, and because it is smaller and lighter than the conventional exercise device, there is no burden on ownership and the cost can be reduced.

By making the fingertip side of the exercise aid heavier, it is possible to rotate the arm more than usual, and when exercising to stretch the muscle, the load is applied to the fingertip side, so that the muscle can be stretched more than usual.

If the cushion is made of a polyvinyl chloride material and an air plug is provided to fill the air, the convenience of carrying is improved.

By raising the arm position from the floor, the shoulder force is relaxed and the range of motion is widened, and the rounded exercise aid facilitates abduction and adduction of the shoulder joint in the supine position. In addition, it is easy to perform "scapula peeling" and "scapula loosening" exercises in the supine position, and it is also possible to twist the arm from the base at a desired position other than just beside the shoulder. It is also easy to abduct and adduction the shoulder joint while repeating the twisting motion. Gripping the assistive device lightly with the thumb and the remaining four fingers facilitates the twisting movement of the arm.

Furthermore, when the arm is in the supine position next to the ear, raising and lowering the arm as if tapping the floor extends from the forearm to the side and the latissimus dorsi. By applying the weight of the exercise aid to the entire arm, especially to the fingertip side, the muscles can be stretched more than usual.

Even if you lie sideways with your arms with exercise aids on top and your legs bent up, and your arms with exercise aids extended sideways to open your chest wide, Even when the shoulder joint is abducted and abducted from that state, the weight of the exercise aid is applied to the entire arm, especially to the fingertip side, so that the chest muscle can be stretched more than usual. In addition, the exercise of twisting the arm from the base in the same posture is also effective, and this can also be facilitated by lightly grasping the exercise aid.

In the same posture as above, abduction and adduction of the shoulder joint while contracting and extending the arm with the palm facing up can loosen the chest muscles and the muscles around the scapula. At this time, if the exercise aid is moved so as to slide the floor, the height of the arm can be kept constant due to the thickness of the exercise aid.

The entire shoulder can be loosened by turning the arm from the base in the same posture as above in a circular motion. In this exercise as well, a light grip on the upper part of the exercise aid facilitates the exercise of turning while keeping the arm straight. In addition, the weight of the exercise aid is applied to the entire arm, especially to the fingertip side, so that a larger circle than usual can be drawn. You may also exercise to twist your arms in the air. At this time as well, lightly grasping the exercise aid facilitates the twisting exercise.

It is a perspective view of the exercise assisting tool of this invention at the time of use. It is a perspective view of the exercise assisting tool of this invention. It is a perspective view from the side with a small diameter of the exercise assisting tool of this invention. It is a perspective view of the exercise assisting tool of this invention when the donut-shaped cushion is superposed. It is sectional drawing in the short side direction of the exercise assisting tool of this invention. It is a perspective view of the exercise assisting tool of this invention of a spiral shape when made with a polyvinyl chloride material.

The exercise aid of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the exercise assisting tool of the present invention during use.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is an exercise aid in the shape of a conical spiral that covers from the hand to the upper arm. Align the conical spiral exercise aid so that the smaller diameter is on the fingertip side and the larger diameter is on the upper arm side, and the upper arm end of the exercise aid is about 6 cm from the elbow. Pass your arm through the hollow hole so that it is located a meter above.

Then, put your thumb and the remaining four fingers out of the exercise aid through the nearby holes. At this time, there is no problem in using the exercise aid even if the fingertip side is left over. If the total length of the exercise aid matches the length of the arm, the four fingers other than the thumb will be pulled out from the hollow hole as they are, and the thumb will be pulled out from the nearby hole to the outside of the exercise aid.

Then, lightly grasp the exercise aid with your thumb and the remaining four fingers to use it.

As shown in FIG. 2, a hollow hole (2) is also formed by forming a long round bar cushion in a conical spiral shape, and the overlapping portions are sewn together so that the shape of the conical spiral is not deformed.

At this time, instead of sewing everything together, sew at intervals. This spaced portion serves as a hole for the thumb and the remaining four fingers to be pulled out from the inside to the outside of the exercise aid. The hole must be long enough to allow four fingers other than the thumb to come out. Also, in order to increase the number of holes, the part to be sewn should be as short as possible.

As shown in FIG. 5, this exercise assisting tool has a bag body (3) made of an elastic material and is packed with a flexible material (4). Flexible materials refer to cotton, styrofoam beads, and small pieces of plastic.

From the viewpoint of design, both ends of the spirally formed round bar may be treated so that the exercise assisting tool becomes a tubular truncated cone.

By making the weight of the exercise aid one-third from the fingertip side and the remaining two-thirds about the same, the fingertip side becomes heavier.

If the user is a child, an elderly person, or for rehabilitation purposes, the fingertip side of the exercise aid may not be heavy if necessary.

When the exercise aid is made by measuring the arm for personal use, the total length and diameter of the exercise aid and the size of the hollow hole may be changed. In addition, the weight can be set to personal preference depending on the material and amount to be packed. A hole for extending the finger from the inside to the outside of the exercise aid is also provided at an appropriate position. Since it is for personal use, the holes do not have to be spiral, so instead of forming from a long round bar cushion, it is made from a tubular truncated cone cushion, or by stacking donut-shaped cushions as shown in FIG. You may.

As shown in FIG. 5, the above-mentioned exercise aid has a circular cross section in the short side direction of the exercise aid.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, this exercise aid may be filled with air by providing an air plug (5) in a bag made of a polyvinyl chloride material. Due to the characteristics of polyvinyl chloride, the shape of the spiral is maintained to some extent by filling with air, and if the overlapping parts are sewn together, the length and thickness of the user's arm are limited, so it is not necessary to sew.

An air-filled cushioned spiral-shaped exercise aid may be wrapped around the arm and engaging portions (6, 7) for fixing may be provided at both ends of the exercise aid. As the engaging part, a simple surface fastener (Velcro or Magic Tape (registered trademark)) is attached, and by attaching a surface fastener to be the engaged part on the other end surface, engagement and attachment / detachment can be performed more easily. It is possible. The engaged portion (7) may be provided longer than the engaging portion (6) so as to accommodate various arm thicknesses.

Alternatively, in the case of a configuration in which air is filled with a polyvinyl chloride material, a cylindrical truncated cone-shaped exercise aid is provided with an air plug and an engaging portion in the long side direction, and the hole is formed by a spiral long dashed line. It may be provided.

In the case of an air-filled exercise aid, a gel or the like may be inserted into the fingertip side of the exercise aid to make the fingertip side slightly heavier.

1 Exercise aid 2 Hollow hole 3 Bag body 4 Flexible material or air 5 Air plug 6 Engagement part 7 Engagement part

Claims (5)

An exercise aid used during stretching and rehabilitation exercises for the arms and shoulders. The cushion that covers from the hand to the upper arm is in the shape of a conical spiral with a hollow hole inside, and a hole for pushing the fingers out of the cushion. Exercise aid with the tip and sides. It is an exercise aid used during stretching and rehabilitation exercises for the arms and shoulders. Donut-shaped cushions are layered to cover the upper arm from the hand so that the overall shape is a truncated cone and a hollow hole is formed inside. An exercise aid with holes on the tip and sides to expose the outside of the cushion. The exercise assist device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cushion is a bag made of an elastic material, and a flexible material made of at least one of cotton, styrofoam beads, and plastic pieces is packed therein. An exercise aid characterized by being present. The exercise aid according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cushion is a bag made of a polyvinyl chloride material, and an air plug for filling air is provided therein. The exercise assisting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one-third from the smaller diameter side is heavier than the remaining two-thirds.

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