47 results about "Gluteal muscles" patented technology

A swimsuit is provided having a hip and thigh portion and a chest portion. Various compression panels may be attached to an inside surface of the hip and thigh portion as well as the chest portion for reducing muscle vibration of the chest muscle, thigh muscle and gluteal muscles. Various urethane layers may be attached external to the hip and thigh portion and the chest portion.

Device and methods for strengthening and toning the abdominal and gluteal muscles. A seat is mounted in a fixed position on a base, and a back is pivotally mounted for movement about an axis toward the rear of the seat, with springs or elastic cords yieldably urging the backrest to pivot in an upward direction toward a raised position. To strengthen and condition the upper, lateral and oblique abdominal muscles and gluteal muscles, an exerciser rests upon the seat, with his back against the backrest, and the elastic cords or springs assist him in raising his back and also allow him to extend to the full range of backward motion while absorbing the impact of that motion. To exercise the lower abdominal muscles and gluteal muscles, the exerciser reclines on the seat, with his legs on the backrest and the elastic cords or springs assisting him in raising his legs and absorbing the impact of lowering them.

A method and apparatus for exercise of the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscle complex against resistance in internal rotation, the tibialis posterior in internal rotation and inversion, the piriformis muscle and its synergists in external rotation and the peroneal muscles in external rotation and eversion is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a stable base having a rotatable foot support plate mounted on the base upward at a predetermined angle from the horizontal in order to dorsiflex the user's foot. Means to adjust the rotational resistance of the rotatable foot support plate is provided. The device includes a back support to assist in maintaining the user's pelvis in a neutral position. The device provides internal and external resistance to isolate and exercise the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscle complex or the piriformis and synergists while the user is in a standing position. It further provides internal and external resistance to exercise the tibialis posterior and the peroneals in either the standing or seated position.

Devices and methods for targeting and isolating specific regions of the gluteus muscle groups use a resistive band extending over an exerciser's pelvis region while performing gluteus bridge exercises. By adjusting the position of his or her body on the exercise board, an exerciser may precisely target and tone specific regions of the gluteus muscle group. Additional anchor points and cables may be used to perform many additional exercises with the exercise system.

This squat exercise machine is comprised of a dynamic seat connected to a dynamic foot-plate where the weights are used to counter the weight of the exerciser and thereby assist him to raise himself from a squatting position to a starting sitting position. The squat exercise machine exercises the thigh muscles otherwise known as the quadriceps and the buttock muscles otherwise known as the gluteus group of muscles. At least one adjustable hand bar is positioned to aid entry to and exit from the machine and at least one handle to help to stabilize the user while exercising.A method for using the assisted squat exerciser is comprised of sitting on the dynamic seat, and with the aid of gravity, allowing the body to lower towards the floor whereupon the legs will be in a squatting position. With the aid of the weights, the thigh and gluteus muscles lift the seated body to its starting sitting position.

Devices and methods for targeting and isolating specific regions of the gluteus muscle groups use a resistive band extending over an exerciser's pelvis region while performing gluteus bridge exercises. By adjusting the position of his or her body on the exercise board, an exerciser may precisely target and tone specific regions of the gluteus muscle group. Additional anchor points and cables may be used to perform many additional exercises with the exercise system.

A lower extremity receiving device is disclosed, which facilitates enhanced gluteal muscle engagement, body stability, and range of motion. The device includes a self-standing sling that can stand upright and ready to receive a user's lower extremity and enable them to commence any combination of hip extension or hip abduction with proper form upon inserting their foot, the sling including a heel socket that surrounds and facilitates rotational movement of the user's heel during the applicable hip extension exercise, and a resistance harness connected to the sling and capable of engaging a resistance-transmitting line for exercise, the harness having a clearance space for providing clearance for a user's foot as they alternately insert or remove their foot. This functional framework of elements enables a user to perform full range of combination of hip extension and hip abduction under resistance, via hands-free insertion of either foot into the sling.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus of evaporative cooling which targets one or more of an animal's muscle tissue areas, as the head and neck, chest, shoulder, back or gluteal muscles, and leg and ankle of the body chest, shoulder, back and gluteal muscles, and does not otherwise restrict movement of the animal. The apparatus of the present invention is formed of a lower layer and an upper layer, which together form a pocket for receiving a cooling means, wherein the pocket is adapted to open and dose. The apparatus of the present invention is contoured to position around one or more body areas of the animal and secured in the position for evaporative cooling of the animal.

Some embodiments provide a gluteus weight training machine for progressive overload resistance training of the gluteus muscles. The gluteus weight training machine includes a frame, a support member linked to the frame, and two resistance members that provide resistance against a downward arcing rotation of the resistance member. Each resistance member includes a pad against which a user's leg applies force in order to perform the downward arcing rotation of the resistance member. Each resistance member further includes a weight assembly that adjusts the amount of weight used as resistance.

The finding concerns a bicycle saddle, which is of a type similar to the saddle described in documents EP 1 590 229 and EP 1 781 528, of the type that has two identical portions (30, 31) arranged symmetrically with respect to its longitudinal axis; at said longitudinal axis there is, in particular, a channel (15) that is open from top to bottom. Such a saddle, at the front, when seen from the side, takes up a bird's beak configuration. Said saddle is characterized in that the two portions (30, 31), at their rear ends, until they reach the extensions (9, 10) that face the central channel, have substantially flat areas (1, 2) (on which the gluteal muscles of the user are intended to sit during the use of the saddle) which are substantially parallel to the ground on which the wheels of the bicycle rest.

A medical dressing and method for applying within a gluteal cleft of a human buttocks. The first and second cheeks of a human buttocks are manually spread and a foam member is positioned intermediate therebetween. The foam member has a substantially angular cross-sectional profile along a central axis thereof, the dimensions of the angular cross-sectional profile suitable for the foam member to be placed in the gluteal cleft. After positioning, the first and second cheek are released, whereby the foam member is fixedly-held in the gluteal cleft. The foam member can be flexible about the central axis, whereby it can conform to the curvature of the gluteal cleft. The foam member can include channels to increase the surface area and provide a conduit for the dispersion of fluids, and holes to provide conduits for the propagation of fluids to the interior of the foam member.

The present disclosure provides an exercise apparatus designed to allow a user to perform a gluteal bridge, typically with resistance, to improve the strength of the user's posterior hip and gluteal muscles. The exercise apparatus is configurable for use in different environments—in a gym, fitness center or training facility, a spa or studio, or a home gym. The exercise apparatus includes a frame assembly, a bench assembly, and a resistance assembly. The bench assembly is pivotally connected to the frame assembly to provide an elevated pivot point about which the bench assembly pivots when the user performs the gluteal bridge movement. The resistance assembly is operably connected to the bench assembly and provides a resistance force that the user overcomes in order to pivotally move the bench through the gluteal bridge movement. The resistance assembly can include a cable, pulley and weight stack, or an elastically deformable band.

The gymnastics apparatus, particularly for exercising the extensor muscles of the inferior limbs, thigh muscles and gluteus muscles, comprises a support frame for a gradually-yielding resistant element suitable for contact with a pelvic-abdominal region of the torso of a user moving from an initial position, in which the lower limbs of the user are bent, to a final orthostatic position, the resistant action of the resistant element being directed along a direction transversal to the longitudinal axis of the thigh bones of the user in movement.

An exercise device focusing on core strengthening and development of abdominal and gluteal muscle groups provides a curved inner track which provides a rolling seat and a flat outer track providing a rolling leg support over which the legs engage, positioning the body in a recumbent position, with contraction and extension of the abdomen compelling the rolling seat and rolling leg support using a pelvic thrusting motion to strengthen and exercise lower back, abdominal, gluteal, quadriceps and hamstring muscles and to improve and refine the shape and condition of the muscle groups.

This invention provides a weighted hip and lower back exerciser for use in isolating and working out a narrowly targeted portion of the lower back or gluteal muscles through weighted internal and external rotation. Weighted hip and lower back exerciser comprises four main sections: the framework, the upper body support section, the weight system, and the weighted leg pivot section. A user secures one of his / her legs onto a leg pad and pivots the leg pad by rotating hip and lower back. Leg pad is connected to weights by a band passing through a pair of pulleys and a pulley cord guide. When the user swivels the leg rest, the user tenses the band thus lifting the weights, and resistance is generated. User will isolate the rotational movement to the hip and lower back by leaning onto a chest support and resting arms on an arm support mounted on a vertical rack above the weight assembly.

The gluteal muscles are exercised using a vertical lift strategy. It is much improved over common buttock exercise methods of sitting, laying, squatting or pushing weight horizontally. The (GM) power lift apparatus is operated in a standing position. Using commercial exercise design methods, the GM power lift apparatus is designed around the lifting of a variable weight plate stack. Three pullies redirect the pull force of the weight plate under the operator's foot as lift on the gluteus maximus muscle group. The new standing design allows improved muscle agitation by making the gluteus maximus muscle group lift a vertical payload, the maximum angle of force. During the power lift stroke, the foot, leg and back muscles are vertically synchronized to horizontal stretched forearms providing greater strength management.

A belt for use in performing hip raising exercises is provided. The hip thrust belt of the present invention comprises a flexible supporting pad coupled to a flexible belt. Hook-and-loop fasteners are provided on the belt to secure the ends of the belt to dumbbells or other weights including barbell weight plates and kettlebells. The hip thrust belt allows the weights to hang on the outer sides of the user's hip and thereby increases the effort required to perform hip raising exercises. Hip raising exercises are believed to strengthen the gluteal and hamstring muscles.

A flexible hula hoop is made of soft, non-abrasive, flexible, stretchy and collapsible material that is filled with liquid weight before use. This flexible hula hoop can have different amounts of liquid weight for the purpose of different levels of exercise. The hula hoop of this invention uses movement with the body of the user to create momentum for the toning of the abdominal, gluteal and thigh muscles, as well as for weight loss and entertainment. Additionally, there is a plug and aperture system to hold liquid in the hollow interior of the hoop while in motion, during transportation, and during storage. In addition, because said hula hoop material is stretchy it is possible to be used for resistance training for the toning of arm, leg and gluteal muscles.

A device for exercising the gluteal muscles. The device is simple, small, portable, and lightweight, comprised of a half roll with a handle in each end. The user, facing down on top of the device at the level of the hip bones, must keep the legs high in a cantilever position which will exercise the gluteal muscles. To keep the legs in cantilever, the hamstrings muscles, lower back muscles, arm muscles, and core muscles are also exercised; the latter muscles are especially exercised if the upper body does not rest on a surface and is used for balance.

An exercise device; the exercise device includes a flexible strap and anchor. The exercise device is used for exercising gluteal muscles of the user and provides users with an exercise tool used to complete different types of squat exercises with ease and convenience in the comfort of their own home.

An undergarment fit closely about the gluteus and thighs, minimizes undergarment contact with the genitals, allows for normal range of motion of the dartos muscles of the scrotum, decreases contact between opposing body parts, provides modesty and provides protection for genitalia from outerwear, promotes testicular and genital health, and protects from electromagnetic radiation.

A wearable resistance apparatus includes a waist band and a pair of leg resistance assemblies. Each leg resistance assembly includes a leg anchor, a foot anchor and at least one resistance band. The resistance bands preferably attach between a waist area and a foot area of a wearer and each extend down a rear of the wearer's legs. When the resistance bands are moved into a resistant position, tension is created in lower body muscles of the wearer, such as gluteal muscles, hamstring muscles and / or calf muscles. The wearable resistance apparatus provides exercise to the wearer during everyday activities and also provides enhanced exercise when performing activities such as walking, cycling, jogging and running.

The invention discloses a cutter for cutting gluteal muscle contracture fascia. The cutter includes an adjustment column, a pair of clamping frames and a pushing knife; each clamping frame has a semi-cylindrical tubular structure, and the two clamping frames are arranged symmetrically; the interior of the adjustment column is hollow, a penetrating strip-shaped groove is arranged in the axial direction of the adjustment column, the width of the strip-shaped groove is the same as the diameter of each clamping frame, and the clamping frames pass through the strip-shaped groove of the adjustment column; an adjustment handle is arranged in the adjustment column, the adjustment handle can rotate axially along the adjustment column, and the adjustment handle and the adjustment column are respectively slidingly connected with the clamping frames; and the length of the pushing knife is smaller than the length of each clamping frame, and the pushing knife is perpendicular to a cross section between the two clamping frames and is slidingly connected in the tube walls of the clamping frames. Compared with the prior art, the cutter effectively reaches a predetermined position under minimally invasive surgery, the cutter has a structure easy to operate, and the pushing knife is not easy to rotate, has high stability, and does not hurt sciatic nerves at the rear; cutters with different modelscan be selected according to the thickness of the fascia, and the adaptability is strong; and an intraoperative incision is small, and a postoperative incision is beautiful.

The exercise device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an arm pivotably connected to the frame and rotatable wherein the arm comprises an arm pivot axis aligned with a user's hip joint; a leg pad pivotably connected to a lower end of the arm and configured to contact the user's leg during use, a handle connected to a lower end of the seat or to the frame and extending therefrom; an arm starting region fixing unit which is provided to fix an exercise starting section; an arm length fixing unit for adjusting the length of the arm; a seat which is configured in correspondence to a hip and a thigh of a leg of two legs of a user so as to support the hip and the thigh of the leg that is not exercising and not to support the hip nor the thigh of the other leg of the user, and thus the seat is separated from the leg pad when viewed from above and is configured to enable the exercising leg of the user to move to the back of the user from a starting pose at which the hip and the thigh of the leg that is not exercising is placed on the seat and the exercising leg is placed on the leg pad and pulled to the chest of the user. Preferably, a leg pad may be configured to contact the user's thigh during use to protect the user's knee and ankle joints while exercising. Also, the exercise device allows the user to exercise the thigh and gluteal muscles while protecting knee and ankle joints of the leg that are not exercising.