. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Gymnastic Exercise in Co-rrecHon.—By this term ismeant that form of exercise in whicli the patient istaught a correct standing position, and is then ma<le to. Fig. 3173.—Modined Hofla-Schede Appliance for Correciiou bvPressure. Fig. 3174. ^Iiijwiui; .\ iu Kuyiija* Puiitiun. hold such a position during the time of the exercise,which is discontinued as soon as this position is lost. It is a recognized fact that the muscles become accus-tomed to positions
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Gymnastic Exercise in Co-rrecHon.—By this term ismeant that form of exercise in whicli the patient istaught a correct standing position, and is then ma<le to. Fig. 3173.—Modined Hofla-Schede Appliance for Correciiou bvPressure. Fig. 3174. ^Iiijwiui; .\ iu Kuyiija* Puiitiun. hold such a position during the time of the exercise,which is discontinued as soon as this position is lost. It is a recognized fact that the muscles become accus-tomed to positions in which they are used, as is seen inthose professions in which some malposition is as-sumed, and the muscles become either shortened orlengtliened by such use. This is also seen in cases of lat-eral curvature when the individual has become so accus-tomed to the position of distortion that when placed ina straight iiosition he at once expresses himself as feelingcrooked. If all exercises are carefully Ciirricd out in acorrected position the results will uecessaril} lie morebeneficial. This method of exercising in a corrected position maybe maintained by mechanical means, accomplished eitherby stiaps, by apparatus with the screw pressure, or bythe manual retention in which the patie
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