. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. sm needed for the correct balance is set to failures must be corrected at once; the most frequentmistake in the beginning is to lean the trunk backward, hol-low the lumbar spine, and push the abdomen forward. Afterthis is corrected by instructive assistance the position restis taken, and the whole maneuvre started anew. Again intaking the position rest the same mistake is done, andmust be corrected. No other exercise should be done untilthe patient is able to bring his body into
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. sm needed for the correct balance is set to failures must be corrected at once; the most frequentmistake in the beginning is to lean the trunk backward, hol-low the lumbar spine, and push the abdomen forward. Afterthis is corrected by instructive assistance the position restis taken, and the whole maneuvre started anew. Again intaking the position rest the same mistake is done, andmust be corrected. No other exercise should be done untilthe patient is able to bring his body into proper poise. i\fter this postural drill has been practised for about hveto ten minutes the patient is allowed to rest lying. If thereis sufficient assistance available the time of resting is bestspent with massage of the back, for which it is wise to havethe patient lie down in such a way as to have the thorax 260 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS fully expanded and the abdominal organs free from some of the exercises from the lying position are doneand the postural drill is repeated once Fig. 56.—Head-stretching. As soon as the patient has learned how to keep a properposition simple exercises are done. We generally begin withhead-stretching and hip-stretching. PAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 261 1. Head-stretching (Fig. 56). At one the hands areclasped on top of the head; at two the patient tries toflex his elbows, thereby stretching his spine; at three thearms are relaxed; and at four they are placed in positionat the side. During the forcible flexion the shoulders must
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