A device for exercising and strengthening the muscles of the spinal column
and vertebrae joints and for the spine recreation, designed taking in
account that our backbone bio kinematics operate better moving in the
horizontal position based on "four legs", comprises: a bearing
framework with fore and rear pivot points, two hand striding units and
two foot striding units pivotally mounted to corresponding fore and rear
pivot points and depending downwardly therefrom; a kinematic transmission
connecting the left and right pairs of the striding units with
possibility to swing the hand and foot striding units in opposite
direction, provides the user with a steady balance and allows to imitate
a natural walking or running-type motions with the extremities based on
the foot and hand supports while keeping his/her torso suspended freely
above the foot and hand supports and with the spine in a substantially
free horizontal position whereby the only support for the users body is
the foot and hand supports; The main and very individual training load
is the user's own weight. Simulating running/galloping-type motions the
user stretch and bends his/her spine in the vertical plane, performing
walking motions the user bends his/her spine left and right in the
horizontal plane, thus balanced exercising of muscles and joints of the
spinal column is provided.