JPH10155826A - Corset for medical use - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve lumbago due to a sacroiliac joint or the like by constituting a corset from an upper belt part made of an elastic material for surrounding a front surface side upper abdominal part from the side, a middle belt part made of the elastic material for surrounding the sacroiliac joint and a hip joint at the lower part, and a pair of left and right lower belt parts for surrounding a thigh part at the lower part. SOLUTION: This corset 3 for medical use is entirely formed in a horizontally long sheet shape by an elastic rubber sheet and a bias tape 8 is wound to the outer peripheral edge. Then, first cuts 37 are formed near an upper part at the left and right opposite positions of the outer periphery and second cuts 38 are formed at the lower part. The upper belt part 32 for surrounding the front surface upper abdominal part from the side is formed above a line for connecting the first cuts 37, the middle belt part 31 for surrounding the sacroiliac joint and the hip joint is formed between the cuts 37 and 38 at the lower part, and further, a pair of thigh part winding belts 34 and 35 are respectively formed at the lower part of the second cuts 38 at the lower part. Thus, the upper belt part 322 achieves a part of the function of an anti-gravity muscle, the upper half of the body is held a correct posture and the lumbago is relieved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical corset for reducing back pain.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Low back pain often occurs when a femoral nerve running near a hip joint or a sciatic nerve running near a sacroiliac joint is stimulated. As shown in FIG. 7, the sciatic nerves (21) and (21) are running near the sacral joints (13) and (13), which are the connection between the sacrum (12) and the iliac (11). Femur (17)
A femoral nerve (22) runs near the hip joints (16) (16), which is the connection between (17) and the iliac (11).

The sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) are flat joints,
There is no noticeable movement, but the disease occurs in the part and the iliac (11)
When the binding force between the sacrum and the sacrum (12) decreases, the two tend to move relative to each other in an abnormal direction. When the iliac bone (11) and the sacrum (12) relatively move in an abnormal direction, the sciatic nerves (21) and (21) running in the vicinity thereof are stimulated to cause back pain.

[0004] In addition, there are standing muscles extending from the waist to the back side, internal oblique muscles and external oblique muscles located in the lateral abdomen (both oblique muscles are generally referred to as "internal and external oblique muscles"). When the antigravity muscles cause muscle weakness, the function of the antigravity muscles (function of supporting the body in an upright posture) is hindered, and it becomes difficult to sufficiently support the upper body, and it is difficult to maintain the posture in which the hip bone is extended. Become.
Therefore, in such a case, the sacroiliac joints (13) (13) are overloaded and the back pain becomes more severe.

[0005] Further, when a disease occurs in the hip joint (16) and the bonding strength between the iliac (11) and the femur (17) is reduced, the femur (17) becomes iliac (1).
It becomes easy to move in an abnormal direction with respect to 1). Then, the hip joint (16) is moved by the femur (17) moving in an abnormal direction.
(16) The femoral nerve (22) running in the vicinity is stimulated, and also in this case, low back pain occurs. As a conventional medical corset, there is one formed in a simple band shape. In this case, as shown in the figure, the corset is wound so as to surround the upper abdomen extending from the flank of the upper body to the front side of the body. It has the function of ensuring the rest of the lumbar vertebrae (18) following the sacrum (12). Therefore, this device exerts a certain effect in alleviating low back pain caused by failure of the lumbar vertebrae (18) and the intervertebral disc interposed therebetween.

[0006]

However, since the conventional medical corset (9) keeps the lumbar spine (18) (18) at rest, the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) and the hip joint ( 16) (1
6) The low back pain caused by the disease cannot be effectively prevented. The invention of claims 1 to 3 aims at stabilizing the sacroiliac joints (13) (13) and the hip joints (16) (16), and the sacroiliac joint (1).
3) Prevents excessive load on (13), thereby effectively alleviating low back pain caused by diseases of these sacroiliac joints (13) (13) and hip joints (16) (16) That is the task.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to alleviate the lower back pain more effectively.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a means adopted by the invention of claim 1 is “an upper band made of an elastic material which surrounds an upper abdomen extending from the side of the body to the front side thereof. And a lower portion of the upper band and a sacroiliac joint (13) (1
3) and an intermediate band made of an elastic material surrounding both the outer circumferences of the hip joints (16) and (16) together, and a pair of left and right lower bands arranged continuously below the intermediate band and surrounding the thigh. Is provided. "

To attach the medical corset to the body, the upper band is wound so as to surround the upper abdomen extending from the flank to the front side of the body, and the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) and the hip joint (16) When the intermediate band portion is wound so as to surround the outer periphery of the (16) portion together, and further, a pair of lower band portions connected to the intermediate band portion are wound and fixed to the left and right thigh portions, The mounting work of the medical corset is completed. In this mounted state, the lower band is wound and fixed to the thigh, so that, for example, even when the bending and stretching movement is repeated, the entire corset does not shift upward.

On the other hand, the sacroiliac joints (13) (13) and the hip joints (16) (1)
6) Since the intermediate band surrounding the outer periphery of the portion is made of an elastic material, the wound portion is slightly tightened. Therefore, the femoral head (171) (1) at the upper end of the femur (17) (17)
71) is pressed against the iliac (11) side. Therefore, even if the bonding strength between the iliac (11) and the femur (17) (17) is reduced,
Due to the pressing, the bonding force is strengthened, and the iliac bone (11) and the femur (17) (17) are hardly separated. Therefore, stimulation of the femoral nerve (22) when the femurs (17) and (17) are moved can be prevented.

On the other hand, since the intermediate band surrounds the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) and also tightens these parts, the binding strength between the ilium (11) and the sacrum (12) is strengthened by the tightening. Thus, these fixed states are improved. Therefore, the iliac (11) and sacral (1
The relative movement of 2) in an abnormal direction is suppressed, and thereby the stimulation of the sciatic nerve (21) due to the movement can be prevented.
Further, since the upper band surrounding the outer periphery of the flank portion is also made of an elastic material, the antigravity muscles supporting the body in the standing posture, that is, the inner and outer oblique muscles located in the flank portion and the standing on the back side of the waist. The streaks are in a state of being totally enclosed with the upper band being slightly tightened. That is, the upper band portion is wound around the outer periphery of the antigravity muscle in a slightly tightened state, and the elasticity of the upper band portion exerting the tightening force complements the muscle force of the antigravity muscle, whereby In this state, the upper band portion completely functions as an antigravity muscle together with the internal and external oblique muscles.
Then, as a result of the muscle strength of the anti-gravity muscle being complemented by the upper band, the upper body is supported by a correct standing posture and the sacroiliac joint (13)
(13) No excessive load is applied to the part.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus according to the present invention, comprising: a first detachable connecting member and a first connected member which are separately provided at both ends of the upper band portion; The second detachable coupler and the second coupler to be connected are provided, and the third detachable coupler is provided at each end of each of the pair of lower bands.
And the third connected tool ". As in the invention of claim 3," the first to third connecting tools are male fasteners of a flat fastener, and From the third
Is a female tool that can be coupled to the male tool. "

[0013] With this arrangement, the upper band portion, the intermediate band portion, and the lower band portion are wound around the body, and both ends of the upper band portion, the intermediate band portion, and the first band are connected to the first to third connecting members and the first to third bands. The medical corset can be mounted on the body by connecting and coupling using the connected device, and the mounted medical corset can be removed when the connected state of the connecting device and the connected device is released.

In the case where the acupressure device for pressing the body is provided as in the invention of the fourth aspect, lower back pain can be alleviated by the acupressure effect of the acupressure device.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) and the hip joints (16) and (16) can be stabilized and the antigravity muscles can be improved. Muscular strength is complemented and the sacroiliac joints (13) (13) and hip joints (16) (16) are no longer overloaded, so even if there is disease in the sacroiliac joints (13) (13), The sciatic nerves (21) and (21) and the femoral nerves (22) and (22) are less susceptible to stimulation, and it is possible to effectively prevent the lower back pain caused by the disease.

Further, since the muscle strength of the antigravity muscles is supplemented by the upper band, even the elderly with weak muscles can surely support the body and can move easily.
Furthermore, in the invention of claim 4, since the acupressure tool also exerts a back pain relieving effect, the back pain can be alleviated more effectively.

[0017]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The medical corset according to the present embodiment includes a base sheet (91) formed of an elastic rubber sheet and a surface cloth (96) attached to the surface thereof, as shown in FIG. On the surface, a male tool of a flat fastener, which will be described later, is raised so that the male tool can be detachably connected. A nylon jersey (92) is attached to the back surface of the base sheet (91). As a material of the elastic rubber sheet, for example, neoprene rubber can be adopted.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the medical corset (3) according to the present embodiment as viewed from the back side facing the body side. The medical corset (3) is formed in a horizontally long sheet shape as a whole. The periphery is wound around with a bias tape (8). At the left and right opposing positions on the outer periphery of the medical corset (3), second cuts (38) and (38) below the first cuts (37) and (37) near the upper part are opened. 37) (37)
The entire area above the straight line extending to connect the upper belt portion (32). Further, a pair of left and right thigh winding bands (34) and (35) are provided below the medical corset (3). In the medical corset (3) according to the present embodiment, the upper band (3
2) Of the portions located below (the entire portion below the straight line extending to connect the first cuts (37) and (37)), the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13) and the hip joints (16) and (16) when worn on the body ) Is a region wound around the waist so as to entirely surround the intermediate band portion (31) according to the invention as specified in the first aspect of the present invention, and below the intermediate band portion (31). Claim 1 is the part located at
The invention corresponds to the lower band part which is an invention specifying matter of the invention.

At one end on the back side (body side) of the intermediate band portion (31) and the upper band portion (32), a male tool (311) (3)
21) are sewn, and these male fittings (311) and (321) are connected to the raised portion (95) on the surface of the surface cloth (96) attached to the surface of the medical corset (3). It can be combined. On the back side of the upper band portion (32), when worn on the body, acupressure tools (71) and (72) for pressing inner and outer oblique muscles, which will be described later, which are located in the flank portion, are provided. At the center of the part (31), a shiatsu (73) for pressing a range including the sacrum (12) and the sacroiliac joints (13, 13) is provided. In addition, Shiatsu (71) (7
2) The width and height of the region exhibiting the acupressure function, that is, the effective width A and the effective height B are about 14 cm and about 10 cm, respectively.
Is set to The effective width C and the effective height D of the acupressure tool 73 are set to about 20 cm and about 12 cm, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a cross section of an arrangement portion of the acupressure tool (71), but the other acupressure tools (72) and (73) have the same structure. As shown in the figure, the acupressure tool (71) is formed by sticking a mesh-like ridge (76) made of impact-absorbing rubber to the inner surface of a soft cloth-like base sheet (75). The mesh-like protuberance (76) is composed of four parallel ribs (761) (761) and other parallel four ribs (761) (761) running in a direction intersecting these ribs (761) (761). 761). The width of each rib 761 is set to about 6 mm, and the height of the ridge is set to about 4 mm. or,
The periphery of the acupressure device (71) configured as described above is sewn to the main body of the medical corset (3), and the periphery of the acupressure device (72) (73) having a similar structure. Are also sewn to the main body of the medical corset (3).

The upper side (341) of the thigh winding band (34)
They are sewn to each other in a state where they are abutted on the lower side of the cloth part that follows above. Further, at one end on the back side of the thigh winding band (34), a male tool (342) constituting a planar fastener is sewn in the same manner as the above-described band portion (32) and the intermediate band portion (31). Is being worn. The other thigh wound band (35) has a symmetrical shape with the thigh wound band (34), and a male tool (352) forming a planar fastener at one end on the back side in the same manner as described above. ) Is sewn.

As described above, a surface cloth (96) having a raised part (95) is adhered to the surface of the medical corset (3) (see FIG. 2). In (95), the male fasteners (311), (321), (342), and (352) of the flat fasteners described above can be detachably connected. Therefore, in this embodiment, the raised portion (95) of the outer cloth (96) corresponds to the female tool of the flat fastener described as the invention specifying matter of the third aspect of the present invention. The raised portion (95) also corresponds to the first to third connected components described as the invention-specifying matter of the second aspect of the present invention, and the male components (311) (321) (342) (352) Corresponds to the first to third connectors described as the invention specifying matter of the second aspect of the invention. The male fastener of the above-mentioned flat fastener (311) (321) (3
42) Separately prepare a female fastener for the flat fastener to be connected to (352), and use this for the upper band (32), the intermediate band (31), the thigh winding band (34), and the thigh winding. The male device (311) (321) in the obi (35)
(342) It may be sewn to the end opposite to the arrangement end of (352).

The medical corset (3) is shown in FIGS.
Is attached to the body in such a manner. The upper band (32) is wound from the back of the waist to the side of the flank (59) and the part of the following upper abdomen (50).
1) to the brushed part (9) of the surface cloth (96) of the medical corset (3).
5), thereby connecting both ends of the upper band (32) to the upper abdomen.
(50) Connect and connect at the front.

Next, the middle band portion (31) is moved from the buttocks side to the lower abdomen (5).
1), the both ends of the intermediate band (31), the upper band (32)
In the same manner as above, use the male tool (311) to connect and fix in front of the lower abdomen (51). Next, the thigh winding band (34) (35) is wound from the rear to the upper end region of the thigh (52) (52), and the male tool (342) at each end is wound.
(352) is connected to the raised portion (95) on the other end surface. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 showing a state viewed from the front and FIG. 4 showing a state viewed from the buttocks side, the medical corset (3) is put on the body. And in this state, the sacroiliac joint
(13) (13) and the outer periphery of the hip joints (16) and (16), that is, the hip, buttocks, lower abdomen and side flank (59) and upper abdomen (50) are entirely medical corsets (3 ) And is slightly tightened.

In the medical corset (3), the first notch (3) is formed at the left and right ends of the intermediate band (31) and the upper band (32).
7) Since (37) is formed and the end portions of the intermediate band portion (31) and the upper band portion (32) are separated from each other, as shown in FIG. 3, the first cuts (37) and (37) Is located at the boundary between the lower abdomen (51) and the upper abdomen (50) of the body. Therefore, even if the waist is bent and the upper body is inclined forward, the medical corset (3) deforms by following the shape change of the entire abdomen from the upper abdomen (50) to the lower abdomen (51),
Irrespective of the posture change, the medical corset (3) is always kept in a state of being fitted to the body. That is, the intermediate band (31)
The upper abdomen (50) and the lower abdomen (51) are always kept in a tightened state by the upper band (32).

As shown in FIG. 6, the medical corset (3)
When the body is worn on the body, the elastic intermediate band (31)
Tighten the sacroiliac joints (13) and (13), and the sacrum (12) and iliac
(11) Immobilize (11) to ensure its stability. Therefore,
When the body is moved, the sacrum (12) and iliac bones (11) and (11) become relatively hard to move, so the sciatic nerve (2
1) (21) is less likely to be stimulated.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the medical corset (3) tightens the hip joints (16) and (16) so that the femoral head (171) at the upper end of the femur (17) can be placed on the iliac bone. It is pushing to the (11) side. That is, if the connection between the femur (17) and the iliac (11) is unstable, it is stabilized.
Therefore, the femur (17) is prevented from moving in an abnormal direction with respect to the iliac (11), and the femoral nerve (2) running near the hip joint (16) is suppressed.
2) becomes difficult to receive stimulation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the internal and external oblique muscles (57) and (58) located at the side of the flank (59), that is, the external oblique muscles (58) and (58) overlap with the internal organs. Internal oblique muscle (57) (57)
Further, the standing muscles (25) extending upward from the waist, etc., that is, the antigravity muscles that support the body in the standing posture are surrounded by the upper band (32) as a whole while being slightly tightened, and the muscle strength of these antigravity muscles Is complemented by the tightening force of the upper band. As a result, the upper band portion (32) bears a part of the functions of the antigravity muscles such as the inner and outer oblique muscles (57) and (58), and thereby, even if the muscular strength is reduced, the upper body is in a correct posture. Will be kept. Therefore, the sacroiliac joint
(13) The weight acts on the portion (13) in such a manner that the burden is hardly applied, and from this point, the back pain can be alleviated.

When the medical corset (3) is mounted, the acupressure tools (71) and (72) are placed on the flank (59) as shown in FIG.
To press the inner and outer oblique muscles (57) and (58), and the acupressure tool (73) applies acupressure to the corresponding sacrum (12) and sacroiliac joints (13) and (13). These acupressure effects further alleviate back pain. It is desirable that the medical corset (3) is formed of a material having air permeability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a medical corset according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Development of (3)

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the acupressure device (71) of the medical corset (3) of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the medical corset (3) of FIG. 1 is worn and viewed from the front of the body.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the medical corset (3) of FIG. 1 is worn and viewed from the back of the body.

5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which the medical corset (3) of FIG. 1 is worn on a body.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the positional relationship between the medical corset (3) worn on the body and the skeleton, as viewed from the rear side of the body.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (13) ・ ・ ・ Sacroiliac joint (16) ・ ・ ・ Hip joint (31) ・ ・ ・ Intermediate band (32) ・ ・ ・ Upper band (34) (35) ・ ・ ・ Thigh winding band

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An upper band made of an elastic material surrounding an upper abdomen extending from the flank of the body to the front side thereof, and a sacroiliac joint (13) (13) connected to a lower part of the upper band and connected to a lower part of the upper band. An intermediate band made of an elastic material surrounding both the outer circumferences of the hip joints (16) and (16), and a pair of left and right lower bands arranged continuously below the intermediate band and surrounding the thigh. Medical corset. 2. A detachable first connecting member and a first connected member provided separately at both ends of the upper band portion, and a detachable member provided separately at both ends of the intermediate band portion. Second
And a second connected device, and a third connecting device and a third connected device which are respectively provided on both ends of the pair of lower band portions and are detachable. 2. The medical corset according to 1. 3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the first to third connecting members are male members of a flat fastener, and the first to third connected members are female members that can be connected to the male member. Medical corset. 4. The medical corset according to claim 1, further comprising an acupressure device for pressing the body. 5. The acupressure device is provided at a portion corresponding to a sacroiliac joint and a portion corresponding to internal and external oblique muscles.
The medical corset according to claim 1.