Bungy Suit®

A breathable easy to wear suit designed to correct the posture and movements of the patient. It consists of a cap, vest, shorts, kneepads, elbow pads, wrist and finger bands and adapted shoes that are connected through a system of elastics and adjustable straps.

The bungee cord elastics and the adjustable straps put the body in proper alignment to teach the patient the proper pattern of movement. They also tend to approximate the joints, which will stimulate the proprioception that gives the patient a clear feeling of the joints, leading to easier control of movement.

The correct placement of the bungee cords will cause resistance to certain group of muscles , therefore strengthening all muscles responsible for normal pattern of movement.

  The bungee elastics will add a load of (15 - 40 kg.) to the already existing gravitational force making the patient learn to deal with both loads at the same time, which will strengthen the anti gravity force (muscles). This will give more strength to muscles in their fight against gravity once they are off the suit.

The Bungy Suit's elastics of the upper limbs will add a tension force in the direction of the trunk, this will stimulate and strength the muscles responsible for the reaching mechanism and improve the function of the hands.

The Bungy suit’s elastics will also resist the respiratory muscles, resulting in improving the ventilation capacity of the lungs, therefor improving speech.