PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a posture correction method and posture correction device for correcting a chin-up posture for viewing a screen of a personal computer and a head-lowered posture caused by lowering the eyes for a long time for playing a game on a smartphone or the like.SOLUTION: A posture correction device 1 that is worn on a face F by winding an annular and elongate band 2 from the chin C at the lower side of the nose N to the neck K at the rear of the ear E, pulls the chin backwards so as to prevent an abnormal shape of the cervical vertebra and alleviate loads applied to the neck and shoulders. The elongate band to be worn on the face comprises a flexible sheet material. The width of the elongate band is configured narrower than an interval between the nose and the chin.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】パソコンの画面を覗きこむ顎出し姿勢や、スマートフォンのゲームなどで長時間下を向くうつむき姿勢を矯正する姿勢矯正方法及び姿勢矯正具を提供する。【解決手段】環状にした長細バンド2を鼻Nの下方の顎Cから耳Eの後方の首Kに巻くようにして顔Fに装着した姿勢矯正具1により、顎を後方に引いて頸椎の形状異常を防止し、首や肩の負担を軽減するようにした。顔に装着する長細バンドが柔軟性あるシート材よりなり、前記長細バンドを鼻と顎の間隔より狭い帯幅にした。【選択図】図1
