PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a massage machine which allows a uses foot to be positioned at a proper position with respect to a foot receiving part before inclining a leg support part related to stretch, thereby can execute proper stretch with respect to a leg to enhance stretch effects on the leg.SOLUTION: When the massage machine inclines upward a leg support part 15 supporting a leg for the purpose of stretch of a rear of leg, by using the leg support part 15 supporting the leg in front of a seat part 12 so as to be inclined, and a foot receiving part 16 receiving a foot at a tip side of the leg support part 15, a part of foot is preliminarily held by holding means of the foot receiving part 16 and the foot is held and restrained, then a calf part of the leg is held, and the leg support part 15 is inclined. Accordingly, the massage machine urges a user that he/she takes a legs direction in less retraining feeling in a state in which an ankle is bent in a generally right angle in a process of the users leg being held. Thereby, the user takes an appropriate posture for the stretch in the whole leg without no change and the stretch of the leg can be executed appropriately and efficiently by means of inclination of the leg support part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】 ストレッチに係り脚支持部を傾動させる前に、足受部に対し使用者の足が適切な位置となるようにして、脚に対し適切にストレッチを実行でき、脚へのストレッチ効果を高められるマッサージ機を提供する。【解決手段】 座部12の前側で傾動可能に脚を支持する脚支持部15と、その先端側で足を受ける足受部16とを用い、脚裏のストレッチを目的として脚を支持した脚支持部15を上向きに傾動させる際に、あらかじめ足受部16の挟持手段で足の一部を挟持して足を保持拘束し、それから脚のふくらはぎ部分を挟持して、脚支持部15を傾動させることから、使用者の足が保持される過程で、足の向きを、拘束感の少ない、足首が略直角に曲がっている状態とするのを使用者に促すことができ、使用者がそのまま脚全体をストレッチに適した姿勢として、脚支持部の傾動による脚のストレッチを適切且つ効率よく実行できる。【選択図】 図1
