A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Body inclination to tlie left. the proper relation of the head and neck to the left shouldermust not be disturbed in this forced stretch to the left(Fig. 147). (e) Chest Pressing with the Right Hand.—The patient 204 OETHOPEDIC SUEEGPiY. holding the left arm in the first position presses the right handfirmly against the dorsal convexity. This posture may be em-ployed to advantage if there is a long right dorsal curve, whenit is an efiicient aid to the left-sided pull of the tvro formerexercises. (/) KiGHT Xeck FiE:\r.—The right hand is placed behindthe neck, v
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Body inclination to tlie left. the proper relation of the head and neck to the left shouldermust not be disturbed in this forced stretch to the left(Fig. 147). (e) Chest Pressing with the Right Hand.—The patient 204 OETHOPEDIC SUEEGPiY. holding the left arm in the first position presses the right handfirmly against the dorsal convexity. This posture may be em-ployed to advantage if there is a long right dorsal curve, whenit is an efiicient aid to the left-sided pull of the tvro formerexercises. (/) KiGHT Xeck FiE:\r.—The right hand is placed behindthe neck, v^^ithout, however, distttrbing the improved position Fig. Right neck firm. induced by the first exercises. AYith both hands placed behindthe head, the arms being in a symmetrical position, there isbetter mechanical fixation of the head, neck, and upper part ofthe trunk during the next exercise (Fig. 148). (g) Left Hip Twisting Backward.—In posture (d) thepelvis was swayed slightly to the right; it is now twisted slightlybackward on the left side to overcome the twist in the lumbar LATERAL dUEVATUBE OF THE SPINE. 205 Fig. 149.
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