Sensory motor stimulation garments and methods

Abstract

A garment includes a form-fitting shirt with an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The form-fitting shirt is fabricated from an elastomeric material. The garment includes a spine band and four shoulder bands, each shoulder band radiating from the spine band and extending over a respective shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt toward the anterior portion, and the four shoulder bands comprise two inner shoulder bands and two outer shoulder bands. At least one of the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over each shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt has a first width at a first location on the anterior portion and a second width different from the first width at a second location on the anterior portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A garment, comprising:
 a form-fitting shirt comprising an anterior portion and a posterior portion, the form-fitting shirt fabricated from an elastomeric material;   a spine band attached to the posterior portion of the form-fitting shirt and also fabricated from an elastomeric material, the spine band extending longitudinally across the posterior portion of the form-fitting shirt from a neck region of the form-fitting shirt to a bottom edge of the form-fitting shirt; and   four or more shoulder bands, each radiating from the spine band and extending over a respective shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt toward the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt, and the four or more shoulder bands comprise at least two inner shoulder bands and at least two outer shoulder bands, where the at least two inner shoulder bands are positioned between the at least two outer shoulder bands, the at least two inner shoulder bands are spaced apart from the at least two outer shoulder bands, and at least one of the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over each shoulder region of the form-fitting shirt has a first width at a first location on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt and a second width different from the first width at a second location on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein:
 for the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over a respective shoulder region, one of the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band has a terminal width on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt that is greater than an intermediate width on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt.   
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 2 , wherein:
 for the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over a respective shoulder region, a terminal width of an anterior end of the inner shoulder band is greater than a width of the inner shoulder band at a location, on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt, that is different from the anterior end of the inner shoulder band.   
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 3 , wherein:
 for the inner shoulder band and the outer shoulder band extending over a respective shoulder region, a terminal width of an anterior end of the outer shoulder band is less than a width of the outer shoulder band at a location, on the anterior portion of the form-fitting shirt, that is different from the anterior end of the outer shoulder band.