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High friction scapular retraction straps for application directly to the tops of the respective shoulders of a patient and connected with tension straps to draw the gripper straps and, consequently, the shoulders rearwardly, and including fasteners to fasten to a garment worn by the patient to hold

High friction scapular retraction straps for application directly to the tops of the respective shoulders of a patient and connected with tension straps to draw the gripper straps and, consequently, the shoulders rearwardly, and including fasteners to fasten to a garment worn by the patient to hold the shoulders rearward.

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1. A dynamic thoracic posture garment device for improving the posture of a patient, comprising: an elastic garment for stretching around the thoracic of the patient including back, side and front panels, the front panels including pectoral areas and terminating in adjacent marginal edges, and shoul

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A dynamic thoracic posture garment device for improving the posture of a patient, comprising: an elastic garment for stretching around the thoracic of the patient including back, side and front panels, the front panels including pectoral areas and terminating in adjacent marginal edges, and shoulder straps connected between the back panel and respective side panels to form arm openings;the back or side panels being formed with respective strap openings spaced below the level of the arm openings;a garment fastener device attached to at least one of the marginal edges for fastening to the other marginal edge to hold the garment stretched to grip at least the thoracic;first releasable fasteners mounted on the front surfaces of the respective front side panels;elongated scapular retraction gripper straps fastened on their respective one ends to the interior of the respective pectoral areas to extend upwardly within the shoulder straps to, when the garment is donned by a patient, project over the respective shoulders of the patient and terminate in respective second ends, the respective straps being formed with downwardly facing high friction surfaces for gripping the patients respective shoulders, and the garment free of straps under the patient's armpits;an elastic belt attached to the garment for encircling the area of the patient's torso and including belt free ends;belt fasteners on the free belt ends for releasably fastening the belt free ends together;elongated tension straps attached on their respective one ends to the respective second ends of the gripper straps and projecting inside the garment diagonally across one another on the inside of the back panel to extend out through the respective strap openings to terminate in respective free tension strap ends configured to overlie the respective first fasteners, the tension straps including respective second fasteners on the respective free ends for adjustably fastening to the respective first fasteners whereby the garment device may be placed on a patient, with the gripper straps over the shoulders and the respective gripper surfaces gripping the shoulders, the tension straps extending across one another in the back to project outwardly through the holes, the front panels drawn together and the garment fastener device fastened to hold the garment stretched to grip at least the thoracic, so that when tension is applied to the free ends of the tension straps to draw down on the respective second ends of the respective gripper straps force will be applied to the high friction surfaces to the respective shoulders to, as the tension forces are applied to the respective second ends, the shoulder straps will tend to draw the tops of the respective shoulders rearward and, while continuing to apply the tension, the second tension strap fasteners may be attached to the first tension strap fasteners. 2. A dynamic thoracic posture garment device for improving the posture of a patient, comprising: an elastic garment for surrounding the thoracic of the patient, including pectoral areas and terminating at the front side in marginal edges;the garment including strap access slots on the opposite sides thereof at a location disposed in the thoracic or sacral area of the garment when donned by a patient;a garment fastener device attached to one of the marginal edges for fastening to the other of the marginal edges to hold the garment stretched about at least the thoracic of the patient;elongated scapula gripping straps attached to the interior of the garment in the pectoral areas and configured to, when the device is donned by a patient, extend upwardly and rearwardly over the shoulders of the patient and terminating in respective free ends;a pair of elongated tension straps attached to the free ends of the scapula gripping straps, extending diagonally across each other on the interior of the back of the garment and projecting guidingly through the access slots to be formed with respective free ends disposed, when the garment is worn by the patient, on the opposite sides at the front of the garment;first releasable fasteners on the respective free ends;second fasteners on the opposite front sides of the garment for adjustably fastening to the respective first releasable fasteners. 3. An orthopedic method for dynamically improving the posture of a patient including: applying an elastic garment to the patient extending around the thoracic pectoral areas of the patient, the garment including high friction scapula retractor gripper straps anchored on their respective one ends to the garment at the respective pectoral areas;applying the scapular retraction gripper straps in direct contact with at least the tops of the patient's respective shoulders, the scapular retraction gripper straps being disposed within the elastic garment at the tops of the patient's shoulders;applying tension to the respective gripper straps on the respective one sides of the patient to maintain tension, crossing the tension straps on the back of the patient and to drawing the respective gripper straps rearwardly on the respective shoulders to maintain the tops of the respective shoulders drawn rearwardly to hold the upper extremities of the patient's shoulders rearwardly. 4. A dynamic thoracic posture garment device for improving the posture of a patient, comprising: elongated gripper strap devices, when the garment is donned by a wearer, extending from the pectoral areas of the wearer, over the tops of the wearer's shoulders and downwardly and inwardly across the wearer's back to cross over one another and terminate at the respective opposite sides of the wearers torso, the gripper strap devices including gripper straps having high friction elements on the underside of the straps extending over the tops of the shoulders;an elastic garment for fitting over the wearers torso to be held frictionally in place on the torso and having a front panel;the gripper strap devices being anchored directly to the interior of the garment in the respective pectoral areas; andfasteners on the opposite sides of the garment in the waist area for releasably connecting with the respective free ends of the gripper strap devices. 5. A method of holding the tops of a wearer's shoulders drawn rearwardly including: selecting a pair of elongated gripper strap devices formed on the underside with high friction gripping material to be positioned directly on the wearer's shoulders, the strap devices selected of a length to extend from the respective pectoral areas of the wearer up and rearwardly over the opposite shoulder to project downwardly and inwardly across the wearers back to cross over one another;placing the strap devices on the wearer to project from the respective pectoral area rearwardly over the tops of the shoulders and then downwardly across the wearer's back to terminate in respective strap ends;placing an elastic garment on the wearer so that the strap devices are inside the garment at least at the tops of the shoulders, the garment including the respective gripper straps to hold the gripper straps in position;applying tension by the respective gripper strap devices to cause such strap devices in the area of the tops of the shoulders to be drawn rearwardly thereby drawing the tops of the respective shoulders rearwardly; andthe ends of the gripper strap devices being secured to the garment to maintain the respective shoulders and associated scapulae drawn rearwardly.