. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 57.—Hip-stretching. not be raised and care should be taken that the balance ofthe trunk is not altered. In the beginning the hands of theassistant have hardly time to leave the patients body becausethere is always something to correct. When the exercise is finished, the position rest is takenand the patient allowed to relax for ten to fifteen seconds. 202 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS Wlicn a certain training]: is reached the exercise may berepeated twice or ofteiier before the patient is
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 57.—Hip-stretching. not be raised and care should be taken that the balance ofthe trunk is not altered. In the beginning the hands of theassistant have hardly time to leave the patients body becausethere is always something to correct. When the exercise is finished, the position rest is takenand the patient allowed to relax for ten to fifteen seconds. 202 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS Wlicn a certain training]: is reached the exercise may berepeated twice or ofteiier before the patient is allowed to go. 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
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