. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. ree inches in front of the wall; nowhe should lean forward as far as he can without touchingthe wall with his buttocks. This exercise should also bedone with the arms stretching up—and sideward as in Exer-cises Nos. 3 and 4. The difficulty is increased in the followingorder: (a) Hands on crest; (h) hands on neck; (c) armsstretched sideward; (d) arms stretched upward. 9. A similar exercise is done backward. Here care mustbe taken not to simply bend the trunk backward, thusincreasing the lu
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. ree inches in front of the wall; nowhe should lean forward as far as he can without touchingthe wall with his buttocks. This exercise should also bedone with the arms stretching up—and sideward as in Exer-cises Nos. 3 and 4. The difficulty is increased in the followingorder: (a) Hands on crest; (h) hands on neck; (c) armsstretched sideward; (d) arms stretched upward. 9. A similar exercise is done backward. Here care mustbe taken not to simply bend the trunk backward, thusincreasing the lumbar lordosis which is anyway exaggeratedin most of these cases. Also it should not become anythingresembling the relaxed posture. This will be best avoidedby a simultaneous effort to flatten the lumbar curve. In the next group similar exercises as described underNos. 8 and 9 are done with one foot forward. This maybe carried out in two variations. 2m PAVLfV POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 10. Tho patient places one leg forward, a distance of abouttwo or three feet, with the knee slightly flexed; then raises his. Fic. 61.—Falling-out exercise from standing position. arms upward or sideward, stretches, and relaxes, and repeatsthe exercise once or oftener; finally he returns to the originalposition (Figs. 61 and 62). PAVLTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 267 11. The patient returns to position each time when hehas finished the stretching exercise. This exercise may alsobe done with any of the other arm exercises; furthermore, it
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