Rehabilitative equipment for home use

[calistair]

Thanks for the replies guys.
Much appreciated.

Thomas, thanks for the advice. I think that the ankle/foot is a good place to focus on as I understand that it is one of the most common areas of injury. I know that the rehabilitation and strengthening of this area is important because it helps lessen the risk of reinjury and so forth. I have drawn up a quick concept that might work and have attached it to this post (Concept 2 copy). I would appreciate your thoughts on what you think about it. I'm not sure if the way it works will cause too much pain to the foot if it is strapped in like that but if it doesn't, I think it could work the patient’s foot in multiple directions and strengthen it accordingly.

Canuck, I am trying to focus on the people that can not physically make it to the required amount of physio-sessions because of their injury or for people that can’t afford to go to or receive home treatment. I thought that one physio session a week or every fortnight would be good for the physiotherapist to analyze the improvements and go on to prescribe the next set of exercises. I know the risks involved with patients that are inexperienced with exercise and I would like to cater for it in my design and try to avoid these problems. I also understand that group exercise is good as it motivates the patients and can make them more enthusiastic about their rehabilitation. Maybe something to do with group exercise out patients could be improved.

I have developed a concept for those patients that are bedridden and find it difficult to move around. It is also attached to this post (Concept 1 copy). The shape of this concept allows it to be used in any size bed and caters for various groups of exercises and positions. One thing that I worry about is the structural integrity of the shape, but I think this could be overcome with some clever design solutions. Please give me your feedback on what you think or what improvements could be made.

Thanks
Calistair