APPARATUS FOR RELIEVING STRESSES FROM SKELETAL MUSCLES, PARTICULARLY, CERVICAL AND LUMBAR VERTEBRAS

摘要

FIELD: medical equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has mat 1 made from foamed material and provided with transverse inclined ribs 2 projecting from mat upper surface and positioned adjacent to legs portion and pillow made from foamed material and provided with ribs 2' projecting from its upper surface. Pillow ribs are inclined to end adjacent to head portion. Divergent inclined transverse ribs 2,2' of mat and pillow stretch spinal column in two opposite directions and widen intervertebral space to release pinched teleneurons and overloaded intervertebral disks. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and enhanced reliability in operation.