Abstract: The upper extremity exercise apparatus is a device intended to be used by humans to exercise their upper extremity. The apparatus exercises the upper limb in multiple planes in gravity assisted, gravity eliminated, and against gravity positions. It can be used in a standing, sitting, or lying position. The exercise apparatus consists of a long tubular structure generally made from plastic. A short movable sleeve, generally made from plastic, surrounds the long tubular structure. The movable sleeve has a slightly bigger inner diameter than the tubular structure's outer diameter. The difference in size allows the movable sleeve to migrate freely along the length of the apparatus. To operate the apparatus, the user positions his or her hand onto the movable sleeve. One hand stabilizes the apparatus while the other hand smoothly moves the sleeve in multiple planes.

Abstract: A pair of handles are provided for attachment to an exercising apparatus having at least one that cable that provides resistance to a force exerted on the cable. Each handle is formed of a handgrip of a size suitable for grasping in the hand of a user. Each handle also includes a single, solid, rigid rod bent to define a straight, cylindrical grip attachment portion that fits within the hand grip, a straight proximal portion that is inclined relative to the grip attachment portion at two angles, considered in two orthogonal planes of reference, both of which contain the axis of the grip attachment portion, an arcuately curved intermediate portion, and a straight, distal portion. An omnidirectional cable coupling is provided at the distal portion of the rod. The rods are formed in mirror image to each other, considered in the second reference plane.

Abstract: The above and related objects are achieved by providing a hand exerciser comprising a ball like chamber in a ball like device with or without a clicker, grip like or spring like mechanism in it used to help strengthen the hand, fingers and forearm.

Abstract: A strapped exercise assembly comprising an impinger which seats in a channel nest, part of a channel within a connection bar so that the operator can quickly adjust the length of an elastic cord, strap or sheet used for the exercise or substitute one such member for another. The impinger is shaped to fit snugly within the channel to hold the elastic cord or other member in place. The connection bar has two strap channels to form the hand held part of the handgrip but no securing channels for the cord or other elastic member, simplifying the structure from that of another assembly which otherwise has many similar features.

Abstract: A chest exerciser includes a hollow seat with top and bottom walls, and left and right side walls interconnecting the top and bottom walls. Each of the side walls has a horizontally extending slide groove which has front and rear groove ends proximate to front and rear ends of the hollow seat, respectively. Each of a pair of lever members includes an inner shaft which has a pivot end extending through the slide groove in a respective side wall and pivoted to the hollow seat about a vertical pivot axis, an outer tube sleeved on the inner shaft and having an abutment end abutting against an outer wall surface of the respective side wall, and a resistance unit for providing resistance to relative axial movement between the inner shaft and the outer tube.

Abstract: An exercising belt which has a cylindrical bar attached to it in a right angle for mounting conventional weight plates with 1″ or 2″ caliber mounting holes in their center, which are the standard weight plate sizes currently sold in the market place. The purpose of the belt is to facilitate weight training by attaching weight plates to different body parts as: legs (leg raises, leg extension and flexion), chest (abdominal crunches, back extension), and waist (pull ups, dips).

Abstract: A training device for acquiring the correct hand motion associated with the different types of sport and for strengthening the wrist and forearm. The device is simple and portable. It utilizes a combination of a magnet and a plunger, the magnet having a sufficient force to keep the plunger attached but not strong enough to prevent the plunger from dislodging from the magnet when a user snaps the device. The device is designed so that the snapping sound caused by the plunger hitting a wall synchronizes with the impact on the muscles felt by the user during a hand motion.

Abstract: A device and a method for measuring wrist motion is provided. The device allows for direct determination of wrist position in the radial/ulnar and flexion/extension planes, without needing calibration or determination of the center of rotation of the wrist. The goniometer forearm component is adapted to be releasably affixed to a forearm of a user. A hand component is also provided adapted to be releasably affixed to a hand of the user. The displacement measuring devices include cables adapted to be connected to the hand component. The displacement measuring devices are configured to ultimately measure angular displacement of the hand component relative to the forearm component.

Abstract: A precessional gyroscopic exercise device includes a housing containing a tiltable rotor assembly. The housing and the rotor assembly may be coupled together by a tilt assembly that defines a fixed precession axis for the rotor assembly and allows the rotor assembly to be tilted relative to the fixed precession axis. When the rotor is spinning, and the rotor assembly is tilted contact between the spinning axle and the interior surfaces of a circumferential channel in the housing causes the rotor assembly to rotate about the fixed precession axis, producing a gyroscopic precessional torque—this torque, and resultant wobbling of the device, is opposed by the user for the exercise effect. The tilting mechanism may be associated with handles on the outside of the device, allowing the user to selectively control the tilting of the rotor assembly. The handles may be rotatably coupled to the device, permitting operation of the device using a pedaling motion.

Abstract: A wrist exerciser includes a spherical hollow casing having a top opening. A ring is received within the casing and substantially coincident with a great circle of the casing. A rotor is rotatably received in the casing by being rotatably supported by the ring. The rotor has a circumferential groove defined in an outer surface thereof for receiving a rope wound around the rope. By manually pulling to unwind the rope through the top opening, the rotor is rotated in the casing. A number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are arranged on the outer surface of the rotor in a predetermined fashion. A power supply device is mounted to the rotor and electrically connected to the LEDs via a microprocessor based control circuit for conducting on/off the LEDs in accordance with operation modes performed by the microprocessor. By making use of the persistency of human vision, a limited number of the LEDs may display complicated messages, including the rotational speed of the rotor.

Abstract: A therapeutic glove apparatus has a first glove half formed of a flexible material and shaped to cover one side of a person's hand and has a bladder broken into cells and filled with a viscous liquid, such as a fluid clay material. A second glove half is formed of a flexible material and shaped to cover the other side of a person's hand and is movably attached to the first glove half and also has a bladder having a plurality of cells formed therein filled with a viscous material, such as a fluid clay. Attaching straps have hook and loop material thereon for attaching the first and second glove halves for removably attaching a therapeutic glove over a person's hand. The therapeutic glove allows a person to exercise the muscles of the hands, fingers, and wrists by movement against the resistance of clay while applying heat or cold to a person's hand.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for exercising a hand. A doughnut-shaped elastomer is provided. The elastomer is held with the bottom portion nested in the bottom of the palm of the hand and with the top portion gripped by the four fingers of the hand. As the fingers squeeze the elastomer, the top portion of the elastomer rolls or twists while the bottom portion of the elastomer remains stationary in the palm of the hand. The twisting of the top portion causes the elastomer to bow or arch into the hand, supporting the hand and generating a comfortable sensation in the hand while the elastomer is compressed with the fingers.

Abstract: A wrist exerciser includes a spherical hollow casing having a top opening. A ring is received within the casing and substantially coincident with a great circle of the casing. A rotor is rotatably received in the casing by being rotatably supported by the ring. The rotor has a circumferential groove defined in an outer surface thereof for receiving a rope wound around the rope. By manually pulling to unwind the rope through the top opening, the rotor is rotated in the casing. A number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are arranged on the outer surface of the rotor in a predetermined fashion. A power supply device is mounted to the rotor and electrically connected to the LEDs via a microprocessor based control circuit for conducting on/off the LEDs in accordance with operation modes performed by the microprocessor. By making use of the persistency of human vision, a limited number of the LEDs may display complicated messages, including the rotational speed of the rotor.

Abstract: A hand operable exercising machine includes a handle, an inertial rotation body rotatably mounted on the handle, and an electronic counter secured on the handle. The handle includes a pivot rod, two detachable connecting seats secured on the two ends of the pivot rod, and two handgrips pivotally mounted on the two detachable connecting seats respectively. Thus, the user's hands may hold the two handgrips to rock and rotate the inertial rotation body, so that the inertial rotation body may be rotated by the inertial action of the inertial weight, thereby exercising the muscles of the user's hands.

Abstract: A cyclonic rotor is a arm muscle trainer, comprising a semicircular shield and a rolling ball, where the round shield is composed of an outer shield and inner shield. These two shields are superposed and expanded conically downward with a larger space at the bottom to contain a rolling ball. In the interior of the semicircular shields, there are two lock ears to be inserted into the T-type channel on the handle. The lock ears and the handle are fastened firmly together by two outer screws which come from the exterior of the semicircular shields. While holding the handle, waving the rotor, the ball rolls within the hollow space. If waving slowly, the ball rolls slowly; if waving fiercely, the ball rolls fast and violently and continues self-rolling with centrifugal and inertia force and effects vigorous training on arm muscle.

Abstract: The present invention is a variable resistance hand gripper ideally suited for use in exercising and strengthening the muscles of the hand and forearm. In order to provide optimum-strengthening capabilities, the present invention includes a plurality of removably resistance devices that are removably secured to the hand gripper device. The user can select the number of resistance devices so as to provide a device that includes adjusting capabilities. The device further comprises a pair of handles pivotally secured and having a upper section and a lower section. The upper section includes the resistance devices and the lower section receives the hands of the user. Adding or removing these conventional resistant elements will provide for the resistance to increase or decrease, as deemed necessary for peak muscle strengthening during utilization by the user.

Abstract: Fingers clenched during sleep (the ‘trigger finger’ condition) can be prevented from locking up by limiting the degree of flexure (closure) that the fingers can experience. An object of compressible resilient material, which may be a soft rubber ball, is affixed proximate the palm of the hand. As the fingers curve to become flexed they wrap around the object and the degree of flexure is limited to a non-locking amount by the gradual but increasing resistance of the object to compression. To keep the ball in place during sleep the person may wear a glove, and the ball is removably affixed to the exterior palm portion of the glove, perhaps with hook and loop fasteners. The glove may be of thin stretchable material that is also breathable and having finger sections that omit the ends thereof. The appliance can be used for hand exercises, and different degrees of effort can be obtained by selecting a compressible resilient object having a desired degree of resistance to compression.

Abstract: A wrist exercise includes a casing defining an interior space rotatably receiving a rotor. The casing includes upper and lower casing members. The upper casing member has a first mating edge forming a first mating device. The lower casing member has a second mating edge forming a second mating device for mating the first mating device to attach the lower casing member to the upper casing member whereby a circumferential groove is defined between the first and second mating edges. A first retention ring is at least partially fit over the upper and lower casing members and forms an inwardly-projecting portion fit into the groove to securely retain the upper and lower casing members in position.

Abstract: Grasping the device by its handles, and applying motive force through wrist and forearm motion, the pair of arms and the final component of the device may be made to simultaneously or individually whirl about their axes of rotation in an infinite variety of sequences and an assortment of styles. Holding the device by either handle, or by both of its handles, and applying concentration and steadiness of hand, there are several balancing configurations which may be achieved. Setting the device on a surface, there are additional balancing configurations which may be attained.

Abstract: A rhythmic motion driver having a case containing flywheels. A spring is within the case that compresses and expands in response to oscillatory motion of a bar that extends through an opening in the case. The spring compression and expansion is slowed but not dampened by the movement of the flywheels.

Abstract: An upper body exercising apparatus 10 including a first 12 and second 13 housing unit mounted for rotation relative to one another and including elongated arm members 22 and 33 wherein the housing units 12 and 13 are further provided with a chain drive unit 14 and an adjustable tension unit 15 for selectively positioning the first 12 and second 13 housing units relative to one another, and for varying the resistance to displacement from the selected position of the housing units 12 13.

Abstract: An elastic spherical hand muscle developer is constructed having an elastic spherical body formed of an inner layer and an outer layer, an air chamber defined within the spherical body and surrounded by the inner layer, an air valve embedded in the spherical body and adapted for pumping air into the air chamber, and at least one handle formed of a part of the inner layer and outer layer of the spherical body, each handle defining a through hole for the insertion of the hand.

Abstract: A balancing exercise device for an individual, having a flexible hemisphere having a flat circular surface and a hemispherical side surface and being made out of flexible resilient material which will compress when placed under pressure and pair of attachment straps respectively affixed on oppositely disposed sides of the hemispherical side surface and which are connected by connecting members respectively located on each attachment strap so that a body part is held against said flat circular surface when the attachment straps are connected.

Abstract: An inexpensive and durable elastomeric pocket-portable hand-exerciser device for medical-therapeutic or to build-up an athlete's hand-strength. Appearing substantially in the form of an O-ring in axial-view aspect, however preferably offered to buyers in distinct generic-variant configurations;—as a triad-set or quad-set, or individually, each iteration having physically different cross-sections, as follows: A.) presenting vertical elliptical cross-sections in one transverse aspect, and pronated elliptical cross-sections in a 90-degree axially-rotated alternate transverse aspect;—thus being ultimately easy to radially deform by squeezing in the first plane, yet more difficult to radially deform in the alternate radial direction . . . B.

Abstract: An illuminating hand-shaking exerciser with a triple rotating axle mainly comprises a main shell having internal rotary collars connected to shells by an axle. When two semi-spherical covers of two sets of matching shells are closed against each other, a space is provided for internal rotary collars. One shell holds several lighting coils. The internal rotary collars are placed in the order of large, medium and small collars. The small collar has a groove at inner edge to lock an inertial magnetic weight inside. When the user grasps the shell and shakes it around, the large, medium and small collars will rotate three-dimensionally. Further, due to inertial rotation by the inertial magnetic weight inside the small collar, the entire exerciser will shake vigorously. Meanwhile, the lighting coils will illuminate due to inertial rotation of the magnet. Thus, the exerciser provides hand exercise with entertaining effect of illumination.

Abstract: A rolling ball hand-shaking exerciser comprises at least one main casing and one ball coated externally with soft material which rolls internally in the casing. The casing constitutes two identical semispherical shells interlocked integrally and extend outward to form tow handles. At the central beak of the shell a string of small pellets encircles one layer after layer with slightly projected head. When the player holds the handles and turns it around an orbit, the ball rolls in an inertia revolution manner with the limited space inside of the casing, it creates a vibration and damper action to achieve the hand exercise, and the pellets work as the massaging material as well.

Abstract: A rotating play device capable of training wrist coordination has a main body of a semi-spherical cage frame braided by the bar skeleton with several ring rails of different breadths formed respectively along the looping ring portions on the spherical surface, crossed and connected on the top surface of the cage frame by several radial and longitudinal rails. A holding cover is mounted on the top surface of the cage frame for the user to hold by finger holes formed in the holding cover. When in use, a ball is placed in the cage frame, and the user holds and rotates the main body of the device by controlling the strength of the wrist and the arm to make the ball roll inside the main body via centrifugal.

Abstract: A stretching mate device includes a shaft having two hand grips rotatably secured on the ends for allowing the hand grips to be rotated relative to each other and relative to the shaft. The hands of two persons may solidly or firmly or stably hold and grasp the hand grips for stretching or exercising purposes. The stretching mate device may also be used to conduct weighing exercises as that of the dumbbells. A spring may be secured to the hand grips for recovering the hand grips after the hand grips are rotated relative to each other against the spring.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention a device for reducing hand contracture resulting from injury or trauma is disclosed comprising at least one column comprising a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks having at least one attachment means enabling the plurality of blocks to be assembled into at least one column, and a securing band able to encircle a hand when the at least one column is positioned at a base of the fingers on the palm and extending toward the fingers of the hand. In addition methods are disclosed for reducing hand contracture using the device of the present invention as well as kits comprising the components of the device of the present invention for assembly by the user.

Abstract: A hand-shaking exerciser outfitted with an internal rotor comprises a hollow casing and a rotor shaft. The hollow casing consists of two identical semispherical shells interlocked integrally and extending outward to form two handles. At the far top of the shell, many small hard pellets are installed. The internal inertia rotor shaft is composed of two crown plates, an inertia weight and a wheel plate, one of which has an oval head at one side and one sleeve at other to receive the inertia weight. Two crown plates will hold and lock the inertia weight and wheel plate firmly to constitute an integral rotor shaft. When the player holds the handles and shakes the exerciser, the rotor shaft will make a free inertia rolling within the casing. The vigorous rolling of the rotor shaft will produce powerful vibration force acting as a massaging force to achieve the practical purpose.

Abstract: The invention herein of a rotating play device capable of training wrist coordination has a main body of a semi-spherical cage frame braided by the bar skeleton with several ring rails of different breadths formed respectively along the looping ring portions on the spherical surface, crossed and connected on the top surface of the cage frame by several radial and longitudinal rails; a holding cover is mounted on the top surface of the cage frame for the user to hold; some finger holes are formed on the holding cover for the user to choose for inserting the fingers; while in use, a ball body will be placed in the cage frame, the user will hold and rotate the main body of the device by controlling the strength of the wrist and the arm to make the ball body roll inside the main body via the function of the centrifugal force; through the controlling of the rotatory method and speed of the main body during the playing process, the effect of training the coordination of the wrist and exercising the wrist strength w

Abstract: A portable finger exercising device for exercising and strengthening the muscles responsible for controlling the movement of the fingers, hand and arm of a human. The device can be configured to exercise and strengthen the muscles of the fingers and hand responsible for forming a closed-fist, as well as the muscles responsible for straightening fingers from the closed-fist position. During either movement, the muscles of the fingers, hand and arm are exercised by moving each finger against a counteracting force exerted by resilient or elastic members of the finger exercising device. The finger exercise device includes a base member or a glove-like body member which is adapted to be adjustably and removable attached to an operator's hand. The base member or body member is capable of releasably receiving a plurality of resilient or elastic members at locations generally corresponding to the location of the operator's fingers.

Abstract: Weighted exercise gloves shaped like boxing gloves. The shape and distribution of the weight about the gloves allows the user to have resistance weight at the end of his arms without having to grip the weight. The weight is equally distributed across the hands and lower forearms, and there is no requirement to grip the weight of the gloves, thus stress on the wrists is minimized.

Abstract: Gloves and harnesses for allowing patients to do rehabilitation and reeducation exercises. A first version allows a therapist to exercise a second person's hand(s) including their fingers, wrists, and arms by overlying the palm(s) of the therapist's hand(s) over the dorsum back of the patient's hand(s). The therapist wears a glove(s) having fasteners extending from the sides of the pinkie, fourth finger, middle finger, index finger and thumb, and a wrist portion, for wrapping about the corresponding fingers and wrist of the patients hand(s). The fasteners can include hook and loop straps, and self adhesive straps, and the like. A second version is a grasp assistance glove used by a single person where a patient wears a glove(s) having fastener straps extending outward from the tips of the pinkie, fourth finger, middle finger, index finger, and thumb portions, and a fastener attached to the palm portion of the glove.

Abstract: An occupational-therapy/physical-therapy apparatus is disclosed and includes at least one pivotal or rotatable resistance against which the body part being exercised is located. A resistance bar is biased to act against the body part, which bias is adjustable. Operatively associated with the resistance bar is at least one stabilization bar that is used to support a part of the body in close proximity to the body part engaged against the resistance bar, in order to provide the most optimal support to the body part being exercised. Each of the resistance bar and the stabilization bar has a multitude of degrees of freedom of motion, which in the preferred embodiment total six degrees of freedom, so that numerous types of exercises may be performed on numerous different body parts, and so that the most optimal orientation of the body part may be achieved, where both horizontal, vertical and angular orientations of the body parts may be accomplished while the body part is being exercised.

Abstract: A personal exerciser has a back plate, two connecting plates, at least one elastic member and two lateral arms. Each connecting plate is pivotally connected to opposite sides of the back plate. Each elastic member is connected between the two connecting plates. Each lateral arm is attached to each connecting plate, and the angle of the lateral arm is adjustable relative to the back plate. With such a personal exerciser, the elastic members will be stretched while at least one of the arms is pivoted relative to the back plate. An exercising or conditioning effect can be provided. In addition, because the angle between the back plate and each lateral arm is adjustable, the exerciser can be used in different ways. The use of the exerciser becomes more versatile.

Abstract: A writing implement that includes an elastomeric hand exerciser object and integral amusement device. The elastomeric exerciser, preferably a shaped ball, has a diameter that allows the ball to fit between fingers and a palm of a closed hand of a user such that manual gripping and releasing of the ball exercises hand, finger and forearm muscles/ligaments of the user and thereby diminishes repetitive stress states of muscles/ligaments of the hand, fingers and forearm. The shaped ball is secured to one end of a transparent barrel that has a writing implement secured to the other end. An amusement device is positioned within the transparent barrel.

Abstract: An exercise device for enhancing the mobility of a user who may be suffering from tendinitis of the wrist. The device includes a forearm brace portion that is hingeably connected to a hand brace portion with a spring element connecting the two brace portions together. The spring element can be changed to vary the resistance against which the user works. Straps and loops connect portions of the user's hand and forearm to the device.

Abstract: The present invention includes a band for a person's limb or digit. The band has a body portion, at least one first strap portion extending in cantilever fashion from one side of the body portion toward another side of the body portion and at least one second strap portion extending in cantilever fashion from the another side of the body portion toward the one side of the body portion. The body and strap portions define an opening for receiving a limb or digit. The first and second strap portions flex when the band receives the limb or digit to securely and comfortably hold the band on the limb or digit. The band also includes at least one weight releasably securable to the body portion for increasing or decreasing the weight of the band.

Abstract: A hand and wrist exerciser having an outer frame comprising left and right outer posts, upper and lower members connected to the left and right outer posts, and intermediate portion, configured such portion at an angle of less than 180 degrees with respect to the upper and lower members forming an arch thereby. The upper member has slots on the lower side thereof and the lower member has slots on the upper side thereof. A pair of gripping posts, slidably connected to the upper and lower members, have bars inserted therethrough which enable the gripping posts to slide toward the outer posts in one direction. Tension springs, located within the upper and lower members, hold each of the gripping posts toward the intermediate portion.

Abstract: The invention is a semi-resilient exercise grip that has a non-resilient particulate core surrounded by a resilient rubber covering. Within the core there is also a dry lubricant such as talc that allows the particles to move over each other without damage. The outer covering may consist of a single thick latex layer, a thin latex layer surrounded by a thick rubber layer or a number of thin latex layers. The semi-resiliency of the grip enables a user to deform the grip and thereby change its shape. The grip can be moved within the hand to allow the user to deform it repeatedly while changing the grip's shape each time.

Abstract: A precessional device featuring a pair of axles each containing at least one flywheel forming a pair of rotors. The pair of axles are each mounted on circular track assemblies in which they rotate and generate a precessional torque that provides variable resistance along a first axis and a balancing of the precessional torque along a second axis.

Abstract: A portable, multi-faceted exercising and massaging device with adjustable turning resistance, having a stationary handle affixed to one end of the main shaft and a pressure adjusting handle with an orifice and axial screw threading affixed to the other end of the main shaft with a safety nut and two systems for receiving pressure between the inner rims of the bail bearings and handles. Around the main shaft are attached two external tubes with the mentioned ball bearings within the remote ends and joined at the adjacent ends through the central core, which is comprised of a tubular shaft with a central sleeve and connecting ring firmly attached at its middle onto the shaft, of two resistance sleeves and of two pairs of washers.

Abstract: A new, novel and useful wrist, hand and finger exercise device. The wrist, hand and finger exercise device is designed to facilitate the exercising and concomitant strengthening of the wrist, hand and fingers while engaged in the activity for which the exercise is directed. This invention allows the user to exercise during the activity with minimal restriction or interference from the device itself. This invention is particularly beneficial in strengthening the wrist, hand and fingers for users engaged in various dextrous activities, such as: typing; playing of instruments; surgery; arts of coiffure; fine art; and mechanical work, etc.

Abstract: An adjustable massaging exerciser worn on a wrist comprises a flexible band member and a string. The flexible band member has a first end, a second end, an upper end, a lower end, an outer peripheral surface, and a pair of elongated holes. The first end and the second end circularly approach each other with a hiatus therebetween so that each of the upper end and the lower end forms an open loop. The holes are respectively formed through the upper and lower ends and in an opposite adjacency to the hiatus. A plurality of bosses are formed on the outer peripheral surface. The string has string ends and is flexibly placed through the first hole and the second hole while forming a flexible hook about the lower end of the band member. The string ends are hooked at upper entrances of the holes to support the flexible hook that can be hooked on a user's finger or a thumb.

Abstract: A therapeutic hand exerciser includes a resilient core and a fabric exterior lining. The core is soft, pliable and smooth when squeezed. The soft smooth feel of a segmented polyurethane fabric, such as LYCRA®, also provides a more pleasurable feel than a rubber cover. The addition of the thermo plastic urethane (TPU) lining prevents the core material from passing through the fabric cover.

Abstract: A means and method for exercising particularly hand, wrist, and lower forearm muscles and tendons as a preventive measure against overstressing the muscles and tendons leading to possible carpal tunnel syndrome. A specific exercise device consisting basically of a rod with two cushiony hand grips is disclosed to enable the user to practice the exercise method.

Abstract: A manually squeezable and resilient exercise ball having an outwardly protruding, rounded nipple that simulates the nipple of a woman's breast, and a ring on the surface of the ball encircling the nipple and having an irregular surface simulating the areola of a woman's breast.

Abstract: The invention is a therapeutic rehabilitation device for person having carpal tunnel syndrome or recovering from carpal tunnel surgery, the device being made of a formed flexible pad of moldable thermoplast covered in foam padding for post surgical treatment of the flexor retinaculum ligament using palm pressure or by applying pressure between the index finger and thumb.

Abstract: A therapeutic device is provided for use in the treatment and/or rehabilitation of injuries to bodily extremities, such as the hands or feet. In the device a capsule or chamber is provided which is at least partially filled with a Newtonian or non-Newtonian liquid. An area approximating the shape of the extremity to under therapy, such as a hand, is formed and made an integral part of the capsule such that the extremity undergoing therapy may be inserted to move freely within the liquid physically coming into contact with the liquid. In one embodiment the capsule is molded from a single piece of transparent rubber with a fluid chamber formed at one end and a glove-like area formed at the other. The fluid chamber is filled with a liquid, such as medical grade silicone or organic polymer liquid, and then the glove-like area inverted to be located within the outer walls of the capsule.