Therapeutic waistcoat for the treatment of ailments in the cervical and neck-arm region, e.g. cervical syndrome, omarthrose, periarthritis. The waistcoat tightly encloses the entire upper part of the body and has a collar part at least twice as long as the neck. The collar folds down to form a stiff collar; if desired, an additional neck support may be inserted into it. With or without additional neck support, the collar is dimensioned in a way to assure contact pressure by the collar part on the entire neck region up to the jaw and the base of the skull. The fabric of the waistcoat, including the collar part, consists of an electrostatically active knit made of a mix of polyvinyl chloride and acrylic fibres. The supporting effect applied in the neck region in combination with the increased heat effect caused by the contact pressure results in a therapeutic effect in the cervical range which radiates to the areas of the shoulder and elbow joints.
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