The treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : with appendix giving an analysis of 1000 consecutive cases treated by posture and exercise exclusively, without mechanical supports . lbowsand wrists extended the whole time (repeated twentytimes). 7. Lying prone on the ground, Avith heels fixed as in4; trunk kept raised from the ground (extended);simultaneous extension of the arms upwards, outwards,and downwards, from a position of elbows flexed andclose to the trunk (repeated four times). 8. Standing with back against door, feet together,arms directed upwards, and hands grasping two - pegs LA
The treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : with appendix giving an analysis of 1000 consecutive cases treated by posture and exercise exclusively, without mechanical supports . lbowsand wrists extended the whole time (repeated twentytimes). 7. Lying prone on the ground, Avith heels fixed as in4; trunk kept raised from the ground (extended);simultaneous extension of the arms upwards, outwards,and downwards, from a position of elbows flexed andclose to the trunk (repeated four times). 8. Standing with back against door, feet together,arms directed upwards, and hands grasping two - pegs LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE. 47 fixed into the lintel above the door ; pelvis rotation onvertical axis to the right and to the left (repeatedtwelve times) ; also the same exercise hanging with thefeet raised off the ground and the sacrum kept touchingthe door (repeated three times). The orthopedichanging-peg., of which fig. 19 is a sketch, is manu-factured by Mr. Ison, of 101, Hampstead Road, London,, and Mr. Stevens, of 83, Waldegrave Road, is easily fixed by four screws into the lintel of anydoor ; and if this is too high for the patient, a block of Fig. wood or a hassock under the feet brings the pegs withinreach. 9. Lying prone, the forehead supported on the hands,placed one above the other; one hip circumduction fromwithin out and from without in ; the knee kept extendedthe whole time (a shot-bag, weighing five to ten poundsfor children and women, and ten to twenty pounds foryouths and men, is attached to the foot to increase theseverity of the exercise). (Repeated ten times.) 10. Walking forwards and backwards, with the armsdirected upwards by the sides of the head and holdinga stick (or other position of the arms, constituting thekeynote position); also with the arms directed downwardswith the palms forwards. (One hundred steps in eachposition.) This home prescription is practised usually, as statedabove, for half an hour twice a day for six months,
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