WEARABLE ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE FOR LOWER BODY POSTURE CORRECTION AND IMPROVED ERGONOMICS
The present disclosure is directed to a wearable orthopedic device for lower body posture correction and improve human ergonomics. Embodiments of the present disclosure include shorts that have specially positioned and tensioned panels for providing a wearer with a neutral pelvis. In certain embodiments, the device targets the body's proprioceptors to train the body to properly align itself.
1 . A wearable orthopedic device, comprising:
a waistband;
a right leg and a left leg;
a right side panel running vertically from a bottom of a right side of said right leg to a right side of said waistband and curving to extend horizontally along said waistband around the anterior and posterior of said device;
a left side panel running vertically from a bottom of a right side of said left leg to a left side of said waistband and curving to extend horizontally along said waistband around the anterior and posterior of said device, wherein said left side panel and said right side panel are directly connected at a central location on the anterior of said device directly below said waistband and a central location on the posterior of said device directly below said waistband;
a right front panel on the anterior of said device directly connected along said right side panel and extending to a bottom of a front side of said right leg;
a left front panel on the anterior of said device directly connected along said left side panel and extending to a bottom of a front side of said left leg, wherein said left front panel and said right front panel are directly connected at a central location on the anterior of said device directly below said anterior connection of said right and left side panels;
a right back panel on the posterior of said device directly connected along said right side panel and extending to a bottom of a back side of said right leg;
a left back panel on the posterior of said device directly connected along said left side panel and extending to a bottom of a back side of said left leg, wherein said left back panel and said right back panel are directly connected at a central location on the posterior of said device directly below said posterior connection of said right and left side panels;
an inseam panel running along the bottom of said device from a bottom of a left side of said right leg to a bottom of a right side of said left leg, said inseam panel directly connected between said right and left front panels and said right and left back panels,
wherein said right side, left side, and inseam panels comprise a double-layer fabric with an interior fabric and an exterior fabric, said interior fabric comprising a mesh material,
wherein said right front, left front, right back, and left back panels comprise a single-layer fabric such that said right front, left front, right back, and left back panels have a greater elasticity than said right side, left side, and inseam panels,
wherein each connection along an edge of said right side panel, left side panel, or inseam panel comprises a first stitch and each connection not along an edge of said right side panel, left side panel, or inseam panel comprises a second stitch, wherein said first stitch is heavier than said second stitch.
2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein said double-layer fabric on said right side panel and said left side panel is configured to reduce stretch on a wearer's IT band.
3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein said double-layer fabric on said inseam panel is configured to reduce internal rotation of a wearer's femurs.
4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein said first stitch is a flat-lock stitch.
5 . A wearable orthopedic device, comprising:
a waistband;
a right leg comprising a ride side panel, a right front panel, and a right back panel;
a left leg comprising a left side panel, a left front panel, and a left back panel;
an inseam panel;
wherein said right front, left front, right back, and left back panels comprise a single-layer fabric, and said right side, left side, and inseam panels comprise a double-layer fabric with an interior fabric and an exterior fabric, wherein said right side panel runs vertically from a bottom of a right side of said right leg to a right side of said waistband and curves to extend horizontally along said waistband around the anterior and posterior of said device, and wherein said left side panel runs vertically from a bottom of a left side of said left leg to a ride side of said waistband and curves to extend horizontally along said waistband around the anterior and posterior of said device, and wherein said single-layer fabric has a greater elasticity than said double-layer fabric, and
wherein seams along edges of said right side panel, said left side panel, and said inseam panel to other portions of said device comprise a first stitch type, and seams not along an edge of said right side panel, said left side panel, and said inseam panel comprise a second stitch type, wherein said first stitch type comprises a higher thread density than said second stitch type.
6 . The device of claim 5 , wherein said left side panel and said right side panel are directly connected at a central location on the anterior of said device directly below said waistband and a central location on the posterior of said device directly below said waistband.