Abstract: Medical therapeutic equipment for applying tension or compression to various body parts of a patient, the equipment being a rectangular frame structure made up of a plurality tubular elements intended to be placed around the patient lying on a horizontal surface, the rectangular frame structure having an elongated post member with a ring at the end thereof in a generally parallel relationship intended to extend between the legs of the patient, and a pair of anchorage devices, a first adapted to fasten a first selected body part of the patient to the ring, and a second adapted to fasten a second selected body part of the patient to a transverse end member opposite the elongated post member, and further including an apparatus for mechanically drawing the post member and ring away from the opposed transverse end member to activate the equipment.