The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . o ten times to each side,pausing for an instant each timein the upright position as a dis-tinct finish to the movement andto make sure that the posture iscorrect. 5. FOR THE ABDOMINALMUSCLES. — Sit on a stool, orsidewise on a chair, in front ofsome piece of furniture under whichthe toes may be firmly caught toact as a brace and give a the trunk and head perfectlyerect, and the hands on the hips, dropthe trunk backward from the hips toa slanting position (see Fig. 90). The degree
The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . o ten times to each side,pausing for an instant each timein the upright position as a dis-tinct finish to the movement andto make sure that the posture iscorrect. 5. FOR THE ABDOMINALMUSCLES. — Sit on a stool, orsidewise on a chair, in front ofsome piece of furniture under whichthe toes may be firmly caught toact as a brace and give a the trunk and head perfectlyerect, and the hands on the hips, dropthe trunk backward from the hips toa slanting position (see Fig. 90). The degree of the bend willdepend upon the strength of the abdominal muscles which keepthe body from falling backward during the exercise, and whichalso pull it up into the erect position at the close. The lastmovement forms the second and most important part of theexercise. A trembling of the trunk, or a need for great effortin returning to the erect position, indicate that the backwardmovement has been too far. People with very strong abdominalmuscles can drop backward until the trunk is horizontal; but. Fig. Trunk bending to theside. HOW TO CORRECT POOR POSTURE 43 when that can be done, the exercise may better be taken sittingon the floor, still with the toes caught under some firm support,and the hands on the hips. From this position, sink slowlybackward to a recumbent attitude — that is, lying flat on theback; from this raise the trunk again to a sitting position. Atfirst, in rising from the recumbent position, there may be someslight help from the elbows placed against the floor, but thisshould soon be done away with, so that the work will be entirelyby the abdominal muscles. Whether this exercise be taken sitting on a chair or on thefloor, a firm alignment of the head and spine should he maintainedthroughout. A forward yielding of the head, or caving in of thechest, makes the exercise one of the worst aggrq/uations of poor pos-ture imaginable, while correctly done it is o
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