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A portable stretching apparatus can be deployed in a manner that allows one limb of a user to be restrained on a base unit supporting the user's body while another limb is stretched by pulling a cable at one end to move the other limb attached at the other end of the cable. A cable handling device i

A portable stretching apparatus can be deployed in a manner that allows one limb of a user to be restrained on a base unit supporting the user's body while another limb is stretched by pulling a cable at one end to move the other limb attached at the other end of the cable. A cable handling device is arranged so that it can be moved at any position across the width of the stretching device. A measuring device allows a user to measure the relative extent of a stretching exercise.

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1. An apparatus for exercising a muscle of a human body, comprising:a base having a first panel and a second panel; a cable having a first end secured at a first position with respect to the second panel and a second end adapted to be displaced relative to the second panel, the first position being

1. An apparatus for exercising a muscle of a human body, comprising:a base having a first panel and a second panel; a cable having a first end secured at a first position with respect to the second panel and a second end adapted to be displaced relative to the second panel, the first position being adjustable with respect to the second panel; an attachment having a first cable guide, the attachment adapted for securing the first cable guide with respect to the limb, and the first cable guide receiving an intermediate portion of the cable between the first and second ends; a second cable guide retained at a second position adjustable along a width of the base, the second cable guide receiving a second intermediate portion of the cable between the first cable guide and the second end; and a sliding bar mounted on the second panel, the first position being located along the sliding bar, the sliding bar having gripper portions along the length thereof whereby a user of the apparatus may grip the sliding bar.