Apparatus and method for foot and shin exercise

Abstract

An apparatus having a top member and bottom member with means of attaching an anatomical appendage is disclosed. The anatomical appendage is a shin strap and toe strap. Apart from having a roller mechanism between the top member and bottom member the apparatus also has a side rolling mechanism to accommodate angular motion while using the apparatus during exercise.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a top member configured to couple a heal strap, a shin pad, knee pad and a toe strap;   a bottom member rotatably attached to the top member and a turntable bearing between the top member and the bottom member for a multidirectional rotation movement;   a rolling mechanism having a ball transfer bearing and a recirculating load transmitting balls about a bottom surface of the bottom member, wherein the ball transfer bearing is assembled by adding the recirculating load transmitting ball in a plurality of layers to a top housing and a main ball is placed on top of the recirculating load transmitting ball in the bottom housing; and wherein top housing and bottom housing is snap fitted without any openings to form a ball transfer bearing; and   a side-mounted rolling mechanism recessed into a side surface of the top member or bottom member.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the turntable bearing is configured to compensate for a point of lock up in the rolling mechanism by rotating the bottom member around the point of lock up. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the rolling mechanism comprises a plurality of inverted ball transfer bearings. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a resistance band-attaching means for attaching an end of one or more resistance bands, wherein the resistance band-attaching means is configured to adjust to an applied resistance band-pulling force such that the applied resistance band-pulling force is normal to the apparatus.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the resistance band-attaching means is configured to adjust independently of the top or bottom member. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the side-mounted rolling mechanism comprises of a number of side-mounted rolling elements individually recessed into a side surface of the top member or bottom member.