| CPC C09J 7/00 (2013.01) [A61F 5/01 (2013.01); A61F 13/0273 (2013.01); C09J 7/20 (2018.01); A61F 13/023 (2013.01); C09J 7/40 (2018.01); Y10T 156/1051 (2015.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. An orthopedic therapy apparatus comprising:
a deformable textile body comprising an adhesion surface and a non-adhesion surface opposite to the adhesion surface;
a plurality of elongated threads formed on the deformable textile body;
a first adhesion pad surface disposed on the adhesion surface at a deformable textile body proximal end;
a second adhesion pad surface disposed on the adhesion surface at a deformable textile body distal end; and
a tension member disposed between the first adhesion pad surface and the second adhesion pad surface,
wherein the tension member comprises a first folded side portion and a second folded side portion of the deformable textile body, and
wherein the first folded side portion and the second folded side portion fold around a deformable textile body longitudinal axis to contact and adhere to a deformable textile body middle portion, and
wherein the deformable textile body and the tension member are comprised of a single length of a deformable textile material.
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