Step exercise and physical therapy device

a technology of step exercise and physical therapy, which is applied in the direction of cardiovascular exercise devices, gymnastic exercise, sport apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of minor importance, poor mechanical advantage over joints, spontaneous lateral dislocation of patella, etc., and achieve the effect of strengthening the hamstrings and their connective tendons, and strengthening the muscle origin
US20090291807A1Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-26MORING JR TOMMY +2
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
MORING JR TOMMY
Publication Date
2009-11-26
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An improved step exercise platform is presented, that can be used to address specific muscle groups in the legs. The muscle groups can be exercised with a proper angle taken by the foot, which is held at said angle by means of angled steps on the front, back, and sides of the invention.Certain muscle conditions such as Piriformis Syndrome can be treated in physical therapy by means of this invention, and certain training goals can be reached as well.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 61 / 054,843, filed on May 21, 2008.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to the fields of personal exercise equipment and physical therapy devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The present invention addresses the need for a tool to exercise specific muscle groups in a manner to increase the true strength of the muscle.

[0004] True strength of the muscle happens at the tendons usually during the eccentric phase of contraction. Muscle is strengthened by overloading it with an increased stimulus of weight or volume. The tendon of that muscle is strengthened in the same way; each muscle has tendons that are connected from skeletal muscle to bone.

[0005] The more applied tension away from the bone over time, the stronger the attachment to the bone. There are end points to each specific muscle; the one closest to the body the proximal attachment is known as the origin of attachme...

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