JPH09135857A - Body stretcher and method of stretching body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively alleviate a lumbago, a gait disorder, a shoulder stiffness or the like by providing belts for holding the ankles, the back of the head, the chin and the side parts of the upper arms, and by allowing a part of the floor panel of a bed to be movable so that the human body can be stretched without fastening the human body. SOLUTION: The floor panel of a bed is divided into three parts, that is, movable floor panels 2a, 2b and a stationary floor part 2c are provided. Further, a breast holding belt 5c and a jaw or head holding belt 8c are provided on the head board 7 side so as to be adjustable in length. Further, a holding belt 4c is provided on the foot board 6 side. During the use of a body stretcher 1, the holding belts 4c, 5s are fastened to both ankles and the breast part of a patient. Then, the patient himself manipulates a moving lever 3 of a bed frame 9 so as to move the movable floor panels 2a, 2b through the intermediary of a link mechanism including a sector gear, a pinion and a worm gear. With this anangement, the human body is stretched, and when the ankles are lifted up by about 3cm to 5cm, the pulling of the moving lever 3 is stopped, and thus stretched condition is held as it is.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a body retractor and a body retracting method for retracting a cervical spine, a lumbar spine, a hip joint, and a knee joint in a supine posture without restraining the body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, regarding the human body,
Traction therapy is widely applied to various diseases in the orthopedic field. That is, reduction of fractures and dislocations and maintenance of reduction position, local rest and good limb position retention for joint diseases especially arthritis, correction of joint contracture, correction of deformity in spinal diseases,
It is used for reducing vertebral fractures and dislocations, and for keeping the spine and spinal cord at rest.

There are two types of traction methods: manual traction and direct traction. The manual traction is to pull through the skin. A belt with a sponge is applied to the affected limb and an elastic bandage is wound and fixed on the belt, and pulling force is applied by the pulley and the weight. Also, as a method of pulling up and down depending on one's own weight, there is a hanging pulling method. For direct traction, a Kirschner steel wire is inserted into the bone, and then a tension bow is installed and traction is added.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned manual traction, it is impossible to apply a strong traction force, and in addition, a method of binding all bodies for traction is adopted. For this reason, the patient feels discomfort, and the marks of the device remain on the body even after being pulled, which is not preferable. In addition, once the body is tied to the bed, it is difficult to remove it easily, and it is inconvenient for stools, meals, etc.In addition, manual operation is required to adjust the pulling force such as elastic bandage wrapping and fixing. It was necessary and could not be easily done by one patient. Also, in the case of a hanging health device, it is necessary to support the entire weight of the body with only both hands, and there is a problem that it is only possible to hang it for about 2 to 5 minutes, that is, tow. Furthermore, direct traction is capable of strong traction, but it is not easily available because it requires surgery to pierce the bone with Kirschner steel wire.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a towing machine and a towing method for pulling a body in a supine posture so that the head and the legs are separated without binding the body. Is. Further, the present invention provides a towing machine and a towing method in which the towed person himself / herself can easily start and release the tow, and further adjust the tow force with a single lever.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a body traction machine of the present invention has an adjustable length holding ankle, occipital region, lower jaw, and upper arm arm during traction of the body. Having a belt, the gist is that the bed floor plate partly moves, the body traction method of the present invention is a body traction method in a supine posture, in the ankle part of the body, a wide holding belt is formed into a crossed loop shape, Inserting into the loop of the belt from the tip of the foot and holding it without binding the ankle part, in the chest of the body, the upper part of both shoulders, the parallel belt passing through both axillary parts respectively, the holding method in the form of forming a loop on the back,
Further, the gist is to pull the cervical spine, lumbar spine, hip joint, and knee joint while holding the occipital region or the jaw in a loop shape with a boat-shaped holding belt formed of a thick member having a width about twice that of the holding belt.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The bed material according to the present invention is
The frame may be made of any material such as wood, metal and resin as long as it has a certain level of strength, but the floorboard is preferably a slightly hard material because it is better that the body does not sink too much. The ankle, chest, chin, and occipital region holding belts are soft to touch the skin, and because it is necessary to pull the body, a thick fabric of 2-3 mm or synthetic fiber is preferable. It is preferable that the holding belt fixing metal fittings for the chest and ankles are located approximately 20 cm above the floor plate, and the boat-shaped holding belt for the head is located 10 to 20 cm above the floor.

There are several possible methods for driving the floor board,
Any method may be used, whether manual or automatic. As a possible method for moving one floor plate, a drive sprocket and an idle sprocket are arranged, and both ends of a chain wound by engaging with these sprockets are pivotally attached to the connected slide plates, There is a type in which a slide shaft is moved in a horizontal direction from a drive sprocket through a chain by rotating a drive shaft on which the drive sprocket is keyed by a required angle by operating a handle.

A belt and a pulley may be used instead of the sprocket and the chain. As a method of moving the two floor plates, it is conceivable that the drive shaft is rotated by swinging the handle and this rotation is transmitted to the screw shaft to move the nut body screwed to the screw shaft.
By changing the pitch of the screws 2 and 2b, the floor board can be moved as shown in FIG.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a body traction machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a usage state diagram of the first embodiment. FIG. 3A is a view showing a state of holding the occipital region for cervical spine traction in another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a holding state of the jaw for cervical spine traction in another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a moving state of the floor board in the first embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the movement mechanism of the floor board in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a moving state of the floor board in the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a floor plate moving mechanism in the second embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 7, 1 is a body traction machine, 2
Indicates a floor plate, 2a and 2b are moving floor plates, and 2c is a fixed floor.
A plate, 3 is a moving lever, 4 is an ankle holder, and 4a is
Left foot fixing bracket, 4b right foot fixing bracket, 4c ankle
A holding belt, 5 indicates a chest holder, and 5a indicates a left chest holder.
Fixed bracket, 5b is a right chest fixing bracket, 5c is a chest holding bell
6 is a footboard, 7 is a headboard, 8 is a head restraint
Shows the holding tool, 8a, 8a _TwoIs a fixing bracket for the right side of the head, 8
b, 8b_TwoIs a right side head fixing fitting, 8c is a holding belt,
9 is a bed frame, 10 is a pillow, 11 is a fan gear, 12 is a pini
ON, 13 is a screw gear, 14 is a drive shaft, 15 is a nut
Body, 16 for drive sprocket, 17 for idle sprockets
It is a rocket, 18 chains.

[Embodiment 1] This embodiment is a body traction machine in which a bed floor plate is divided into three parts, and two of them on the upper body side move. A description will be given based on FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, the body tractor No. 1 is moved by providing a moving floor board 2a (length 68 cm) 2b (length 45 cm) and a fixed floor board 2c on a bed frame 9 having a width of 60 cm and a length of 2 m and 27 cm. The headboard 7 is attached to the end of the floor plate 2a, and the footboard 6 is attached to the end of the fixed floor plate 2c (length 53 cm). Here, the bed frame 9 is provided with a lever 3 for moving the movable floor plates 2a, 2b.

Further, the head board 7 has a chest fixing bracket 5 attached thereto.
a5b, head fixing metal fittings 8a ₁ 8a ₂ 8a ₃ 8a ₄ are provided. The chest fixing metal fitting is installed 20 cm above the floor plate and the head fixing metal fitting is attached 35 cm above the floor board so that the head fixing metal fitting can be adjusted for the patient. The footboard 6 is provided with two fixing fittings on the right and left sides (8a ₁ a ₂ 8b ₁ b ₂ ), and ankle fixing fittings 4a 4b are provided on the footboard 6. In addition,
The distance between the two fixing fittings 4a is 15 cm. Chest holding belt 5c is for holding the upper body, 150-160 cm
A cotton rope with a length of 5 cm and a thickness of 2 mm is used. The length of the chest holding belt 5c end can be adjusted with Velcro. The jaw or head holding belt 8c is formed by using a cotton tape having a width of 10 cm and a length of 50 cm at the contact point of the jaw or the back of the head in a boat shape to form a jaw or head holding belt 8c. The length of the head holding belt 8c is also adjusted by using a velcro.

As shown in FIG. 5, the moving mechanism transmits the swing of the handle to the drive shaft 14 through the fan gear 11 to the pinion 12 and the screw gear 13. At this time, the method of threading the drive shaft 14 is made different for 14a and 14b, and 14a is set to 1
The cutting method is set so that the movement width is wider than that of 4b.
In this way, the nut body 15 screwed onto the drive shaft is set to a desired degree, that is, the floor plate 2a is about 20 cm and the floor plate 2b is
It is possible to move about cm.

As a specific method of using such a body traction machine, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 (b), a patient is put on a holding belt around his ankles and chest. This chest and both ankle traction method is mainly suitable for treating knee joint, hip joint, low back pain and spine disease. When the belt can be set on each part of the body, the patient himself operates the moving lever 3 at the center of the side of the bed frame to move the floor plate as shown in FIG. This pulls the body and stops pulling the lever just when the ankle part is raised by 3 to 5 cm, and continues to be pulled for 7 to 20 minutes.

This kind of traction method was applied to a 65-year-old woman who complained of knee pain to the extent that the engine of a motorcycle could not be started, and the knee joint was towed two to three times a week for about 15 minutes each time.
As a result, in the third week, there was no problem with the pain in my knees and I could start the motorcycle engine. As described above, the present invention exerts a great effect particularly for treating the knee joint.

[Embodiment 2] Using a machine similar to that of Embodiment 1, without pulling the chest, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), holding belts are applied to both ankles and the jaw to mainly pull the cervical spine. went. At this time, when a belt is applied to the jaw, it is effective to pull the cervical spine by using the pillow 10 as shown in FIG. Also, little people if 8a ₂ 8b using both sides of the bracket so that the combination of neck fixing bracket if big human 8a ₁ 8b _1
It is better to use the ₂ inner metal fittings. Depending on the person, it may be effective to pull the occipital region while holding it as shown in FIG. 3C, instead of holding the chin. That is, in the traction of the cervical spine, it is necessary to pull the spine and the cervical spine so as to form an angle. When pulling the cervical vertebra, the 7th cervical vertebrae are mainly pulled up to the thoracic vertebra to the 8th, and numbness of the hands can be removed. When a 56-year-old man who complained of numbness in the left arm due to cervical vertebrae compression three times every several days was subjected to such body traction, the numbness and pain in the left arm were completely cured.

[Embodiment 3] The moving floor plate in the embodiment is a single 2d plate as shown in FIG. 6, and the moving mechanism includes a drive sprocket 16 and an idle sprocket 17 as shown in FIG. Arranged, the ends of the chain 18 wound by engaging with these sprockets are moved to the moving floorboard 2d.
It uses the one that is pivotally attached to. In addition, the patient was not held in the neck, and only the ankle and chest were pulled as shown in FIG. 3 (c). This method was applied to a 70-year-old man with severe knee pain every other day for 7 to 20 minutes depending on the condition of the day, and after 4 months, the pain was relieved considerably, and the severe pain did not run during walking. . When a 60-year-old woman suffering from low back pain was applied once a week for 12 to 15 minutes by the same method, the back pain disappeared after each towing, and the number of back pain itself decreased from about the second month.

[0019]

As described above, if the body towing machine of the present application is used, the body can be stretched 15 to 15 times without being bound.
It can be pulled about 20 cm, and as a result, the lumbar spine, hip joint, knee joint, and cervical spine are pulled, which is effective for back pain, knee pain, gait disorder, neck, shoulder stiffness, and numbness of limbs.
In addition, the body towing machine of the present invention is convenient because it is possible for a single patient to be pulled to perform everything from setting the holding belt to the body to adjusting the movement of the bed floor plate. It is easy to suspend or restart the tow. Therefore, there is no discomfort to the towed person due to the non-restraint property, and there is no feeling of fatigue like hanging health appliances. Further, the degree of traction can be easily changed even during traction, and fine traction can be performed according to the symptoms and effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a body traction machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a usage state diagram of the first embodiment.

3A is a side view showing a holding state of a jaw portion for cervical spine traction in another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a side view showing a use state in the first embodiment of the present invention. Is.
FIG. 7C is a side view showing a state of holding the occipital region for cervical spine traction in another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a moving state of the floorboard according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a moving mechanism of the floor board according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a moving state of the floorboard according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a floor plate moving mechanism according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Physical Traction Machine 2 Floor Boards 2a, 2b Moving Floor Board 2c Fixed Floor Board 3 Moving Lever 4 Ankle Retainer 4a Left Foot Fixing Fixture 4b Right Foot Fixing Fixture 4c Ankle Holding Belt 5 Chest Retainer 5a Left Chest Fixing Fixture 5b Right Chest Fixing bracket 5c Chest holding belt 6 Footboard 7 Headboard 8 Head holder 8a ₁ , 8a ₂ Left head fixing bracket 8b ₁ , 8b ₂ Right head fixing bracket 8c Holding belt 9 Bed frame 10 Pillow 11 Fan-shaped Gear 12 Pinion 13 Screw gear 14 Drive shaft 15 Nut body 16 Drive sprocket 17 Idle sprocket 18 Chain

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A body towing machine having a holding belt whose length is adjustable for holding the ankle, the back of the head, the lower jaw and the side of the upper arm when the body is towed, and the bed floor plate partially moves. 2. A body traction method in a supine position, wherein a wide holding belt is formed in a cross loop shape at the ankle portion of the body and is inserted into the loop of the belt from the tip of the foot to hold the ankle portion without binding. In the chest, the holding method is such that the parallel belts that pass through both shoulders and both the axillae form loops on the back, and the occipital region or jaw is formed with a thick member that is about twice the width of the holding belt. While holding in a loop with the ship-shaped holding belt,
A method of pulling a body characterized by pulling the lumbar spine, hip joint, and knee joint.