A self-operated apparatus particularly adapted for massaging a user's wrist and forearm affected by repetitive strain injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome comprises two clamping arms hingedly joined at one end and provided with cooperating handles at the other ends. Rollers and balls are mounted on opposite median sections of the arms. The hinged ends of the arms are universally attached to a support that can be strapped over the user's thigh, whereby an arm can be adjustably clamped between the sets of rollers and balls by bringing the two handles together and the arm and wrist massaged by translating and rotating movements of the arm along an axis perpendicular to the mounting axes of the rollers and balls.
A handheld massage device has a body including a handle portion and a head portion forming a socket in which a roller ball is removably received. The user can provide increased pressure and can better control a motion during a massage by way of the device. A rolling aspect of the roller ball provides a distinctive massage, especially when a ball of a predetermined size, material, and/or other physical characteristics is used in the device. The massage device may include a set of roller balls, and the method may include selecting a roller ball from the set based on one or more desired characteristic and/or associated therapeutic property to impart a particular healing or other benefit to the subject person.
A treatment device for a user's hand and/or wrist. The treatment device includes a housing having an outer surface defined at least partially by a membrane adapted for placement against the user's hand and/or wrist. The treatment device creates localized outwardly deformations in the membrane adapted to create a massaging effect in the user's hand and/or wrist.
A hand held temple massager having a handle and two spaced-apart arms extending in substantially the same plane from an end of the handle. Each arm includes a distal portion and a proximal portion, the latter integrally connected to the handle. The distal portion of each arm includes means to capture and retain a pressure member with temple-engaging portion for applying pressure directly to the temple area of a user to treat and prevent a tension headache. The massager includes pressure adjustment means disposed between said first and second arms to tailor the pressure applied by the massager, and may also include a small vibrating motor powered by batteries.
A stand for supporting a vibrator/massaging device provides a swiveling and pivoting relationship through a ball joint connection between the massaging device and the base stand. The base stand comprises a suction cup bottom which enables attachment to a variety of flat surfaces. The stand has a receptacle for receiving a shaft end of the massaging device in a snug fit, and has a slot in its side wall for receiving an electrical cord for the massaging device.
A medical device for applying a cyclic therapeutic action to a subject's foot, the device including a platform with at least three independently actuable inflatable bladders staggered therealong to solely underlie the subject's heel, his plantar arch and his foot's front portion including its metatarsals and its toes, respectively, whereby a traveling compressive wave can be cyclically applied to his foot's underside only.
