. The practice of pediatrics. when the trunk is inclinedforward from the hips withchest and head held wellerect. In giving a new exercisethe body should be bare, inorder that the effects maybe carefully noted. In giving correctivebending and twisting move-ments the bending shouldbe toward the side of theconvexity, with added pres-sure at the point of greatestcurvature, and the twistingmovement toward the side ofthe concavity, with pressureover the point of the con-vexity. The following aresome of the special exercises:(A typical S-shaped curve,convexities, right dorsal andleft lumbar, has been
. The practice of pediatrics. when the trunk is inclinedforward from the hips withchest and head held wellerect. In giving a new exercisethe body should be bare, inorder that the effects maybe carefully noted. In giving correctivebending and twisting move-ments the bending shouldbe toward the side of theconvexity, with added pres-sure at the point of greatestcurvature, and the twistingmovement toward the side ofthe concavity, with pressureover the point of the con-vexity. The following aresome of the special exercises:(A typical S-shaped curve,convexities, right dorsal andleft lumbar, has been takento illustrate the treatment. These exercises can be reversed. A singleor triple curve will have to be studied out with back bared.) 1. Hanging from bar; pressure over convexities. (See Fig. 134.) 2. Hanging from bar. Place your hand over point of greatest con-vexity, and push patients body sideways. 3. Hanging from bar. Have patient extend the leg correspondingto the side of lumbar convexity backward against Fig 134.—Spine being stretched by weightbody, pressure over convexities. 792 THE PRACTICE OF PEDIATRICS 4. Lying prone on table; left hand on neck, right on hip: raise body(see Fig. 128, but with hands placed in accordance with text). 5. Lying prone on table; hands on neck. Carry patients legs to-ward the convexity of the lumbar region. 6. Patient sits astride a stool; hands back of neck. Twist body toleft; make pressure over right dorsal region. 7. Sitting on stool; left hand back of neck, right at hip; right legextended backward. Bend body forward; resist patient as he raisesbody, using pressure over convexities. (See Fig. 135.)
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