. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 58.—Upward stretching of arms. into rest, and in a more advanced stage the commands*two and three may be repeated twice or oftener before FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 263 the arms are lowered. But no exercise should be repeatedunless a good posture is maintained throughout the wholeexercise. These general rules apply to all exercises and will not berepeated. 2. Hip-stretching (Fig. 57). At one the hands areplaced on the crests of the pelvis; at two the arms try toextend, and to stretch th
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 58.—Upward stretching of arms. into rest, and in a more advanced stage the commands*two and three may be repeated twice or oftener before FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 263 the arms are lowered. But no exercise should be repeatedunless a good posture is maintained throughout the wholeexercise. These general rules apply to all exercises and will not berepeated. 2. Hip-stretching (Fig. 57). At one the hands areplaced on the crests of the pelvis; at two the arms try toextend, and to stretch the spine; at three the arms relax;and at four they are placed in position. For the descrip-tion of the following exercises the commands are omitted. Fig. 59.—Sideward stretching of arms, for simplicity. They are not absolutely necessary and in alarge clinic may be impractical, but it cannot be denied thatthey are very helpful, and when giving personal attentionto the patient I make constant use of them. The stretching exercises may be combined with deepthoracic breathing. Other stretching exercises are done inthe following ways: 3. The arms are elevated and the patient tries to reachup as high as possible with the fingers, thus stretchingthe body. The average adult may reach two or threeinches higher without raising the heels. Fig. 58 shows the 204 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS patient doing this exercise in sitting, a position in whichmany })ostural exercises may also be done. 4. The arms are raised sideward and the patient tries toreach sideward as far as possible (Fig. 59).
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