. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 9.—Pushing cane sideward; abduction of arm. 4. The following cane exercise has been found of greatuse in cases of moderate limitation of the shoulder and of theextension of the elbow. The cane is held on the back, thenthe affected arm is raised up as high as possible and thepatient has to bring scapula, elbow and wrist as much aspossible in a straight line, pressing these three points againstthe cane. For comparison and to get a right idea the sameexercise is done also on the other s
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 9.—Pushing cane sideward; abduction of arm. 4. The following cane exercise has been found of greatuse in cases of moderate limitation of the shoulder and of theextension of the elbow. The cane is held on the back, thenthe affected arm is raised up as high as possible and thepatient has to bring scapula, elbow and wrist as much aspossible in a straight line, pressing these three points againstthe cane. For comparison and to get a right idea the sameexercise is done also on the other side. In this exercisethe affected arm extends actively, the other hand pushespassively, and both together force the shoulder and the 48 APPARATUS, SPORTS AND GAMES elbow in a straight line (Fig. 10). In Chapter XIV severalother cane exercises are Fig. 10.—Pushing cane upward; extension of shoulder and elbow. EXERCISES WITH ROPES AND PULLEYS. Another cheap and simple apparatus is that made of arope and a few pulleys. Figs. 11 to 16 will serve as examples,though the varieties which are possible with this arrangementare numerous. In most houses or apartments the screwsfor the pulleys can be applied without any damage to thewalls and doors. EXERCISES WITH ROPES AND PULLEYS 49 A weak and lame shoulder may again serve as an such eases if motion is at all possible the elevators of thearm are frequently too weak to lift it with sufficient ease andcomfort. The deltoid, which often atrophies very quickly inaffections of the shoulder must be assisted, because danger existsthat most of the elevation is done by the anterior serratus, with
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