PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massaging machine by which the waist section can be stretched by using a normal massaging means.SOLUTION: This massaging machine is equipped with a seat section 1, a backrest section 2, a reclining mechanism 3 which changes the posture of the backrest section 2, a treating element 5 which is arranged on the backrest section 2, a vertical driving section which changes the vertical position of the treating element 5, and a strong and weak driving section which changes the projecting amount of the treating element 5. This machine keeps a seat air bag 17 arranged in the seat section 1, and the treating element 5 is controlled in a manner to be projected forward while restraining the buttocks of a person 50 to be treated by the seat air bag 17 by moving the treating element 5 to the waist position of the person 50 to be treated.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】通常のマッサージ手段を用いて腰部をストレッチすることのできるマッサージ機を提供する。【解決手段】座部1と、背凭れ部2と、背凭れ部2の姿勢を変更するリクライニング機構3と、背凭れ部2に配される施療子5と、施療子5の上下位置を変更する上下駆動部と、施療子5の突出量を変更する強弱駆動部とを具備するマッサージ機において、座部1に座エアバッグ17を配し、施療子5を被施療者50の腰位置にまで移動させて座エアバッグ17により被施療者50の臀部を拘束しながら該施療子5を前方に突出させるよう制御する。【選択図】図1
