System for instant diagnosis and treatment of soft tissue disorders
First Claim
1. A device suitable for effecting instant pain relief on pain-spasm-pain neurological reflex cycles that cause pain and functional disability in muscles suffering from acute and chronic soft tissue disorders, said device comprising maps for locating golgi tendons on muscles of the human body, a tensiometric instrument (8) capable of measuring and transmitting pressure values and means for displaying the said values;
- characterized in that the device further comprises;
a stimulator tip (1), which is suitable for applying local pressure to golgi tendon receptors, and which is attached to said tensiometric instrument (8);
an indication means (3) suitable for enabling the patient to inform the device of actual golgi tendon pain pressure threshold upon feeling associated pain; and
a vibrator tip (2) and means (9) for actuating said vibrator tip for applying vibration onto the treatment area.
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Abstract
A system and method for instant and permanent pain relief on pain-spasm-pain neurological reflex cycles that cause pain and functional disability in muscles suffering from acute and chronic soft tissue disorders is disclosed. The invention comprises a device for diagnosing PSP (pain-spasm-pain) cycles by creating a calibrated mechanical stimulation on the Golgi Tendon (GT) receptors of related muscle fibres, over which pain relief is later on provided by simultaneously applying calibrated pressure on said GT receptors. The system involves diagnosis and treatment steps performed instantly, in consequence of which the muscles permanently retain their normal physiological and mechanical values. The system proposed by the invention is characterized by a stimulator tip which is used to apply mechanical pressure the golgi tendon receptors beneath the skin, and which is attached to said tensiometric instrument (8) used for measuring the GT pain pressure thresholds and GT inhibition pressure thresholds.
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16 Claims
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1. A device suitable for effecting instant pain relief on pain-spasm-pain neurological reflex cycles that cause pain and functional disability in muscles suffering from acute and chronic soft tissue disorders, said device comprising maps for locating golgi tendons on muscles of the human body, a tensiometric instrument (8) capable of measuring and transmitting pressure values and means for displaying the said values;
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characterized in that the device further comprises;
a stimulator tip (1), which is suitable for applying local pressure to golgi tendon receptors, and which is attached to said tensiometric instrument (8);
an indication means (3) suitable for enabling the patient to inform the device of actual golgi tendon pain pressure threshold upon feeling associated pain; and
a vibrator tip (2) and means (9) for actuating said vibrator tip for applying vibration onto the treatment area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of diagnosing and treating pain and functional disability in muscles suffering acute and chronic soft tissue disorders, comprising the steps of:
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locating golgi tendons (GT) in muscles with PSP continuous reflex cycles, applying pressure to the GT points on the damaged muscles via a generally spherical tip (1) attached to a tensiometric instrument, measuring GT pain pressure threshold on the GT receptors whence the patient feels the pain associated with the applied pressure, applying a gradually increasing pressure to the GT points until the pressure value reaches GT inhibition pressure threshold corresponding to measured GT pain pressure threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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