The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . Fig. 78. Correcting the head and neck positions bypushing in the chin. 220 THE POSTURE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Fig. 7q. — Wing shoulder blades on a childtwelve. even by assistance from the The shoulder-blade posi-tion, which, if hidden by theclothing, may be judged forextreme cases by the eartest described in Chapter IX,and also by feehng for thefiat back, may need furtherassistance from the very thin children thelower angle of the shoulderblades may sometimes befelt even when the blad
The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . Fig. 78. Correcting the head and neck positions bypushing in the chin. 220 THE POSTURE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Fig. 7q. — Wing shoulder blades on a childtwelve. even by assistance from the The shoulder-blade posi-tion, which, if hidden by theclothing, may be judged forextreme cases by the eartest described in Chapter IX,and also by feehng for thefiat back, may need furtherassistance from the very thin children thelower angle of the shoulderblades may sometimes befelt even when the bladesare lying flat on the back;in such cases the one simple of standing in profile to theteacher. If the upper partof the spine be backward, orthe chest depressed, the cor-rection should be made byplacing one hand, or a book,at the waist line in front tosteady the body, and withthe other hand at the backover the shoulder blades,pushing the upper part ofthe body forward (Figs. 76and 77). The head andneck positions may have tobe assumed by a direct efforton the part of the child, orteacher, as shown in Fig. 78.
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