Abstract: Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. The winding of the one or more continuous threads forms a thread pattern that imparts desired characteristics to components of the article of footwear. Thread lines of the thread pattern may be bonded together. In some embodiments, thread lines may be bonded with a bonding layer.

Abstract: The device disclosed herein and its method of use offers an accessible, portable device and method for treating carpal tunnel and repetitive stress syndrome sufferers by providing repeated deep tissue massage for a human forearm, wrist and hand. The device comprises at least a pair of massage members, urged together within a frame that may be stabilized on a table top by one hand of a user, between or through which the user's treatment hand, wrist and forearm are inserted and withdrawn for the duration desired. The intensity of the massage may be altered by a compression member which, after being set by the user, does not require the user's continued effort to maintain during massage. In one embodiment of the device, the pair of opposed massage members is maintained in its opened position once the user's arm has been fully inserted, allowing withdrawal of the arm without applying any further pressure. This provides for an effective device and method of massage for an edemic arm.

Abstract: The device disclosed herein and its method of use offers an accessible, portable device and method for treating carpal tunnel and repetitive stress syndrome sufferers by providing repeated deep tissue massage for a human forearm, wrist and hand. The device comprises at least a pair of massage members, urged together within a frame that may be stabilized on a table top by one hand of a user, between or through which the user's treatment hand, wrist and forearm are inserted and withdrawn for the duration desired. The intensity of the massage may be altered by a compression member which, after being set by the user, does not require the user's continued effort to maintain during massage.