. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 64.—Raising head and shoulders from prone position with the trunkprotruding over the edge of the table. resistance on the point where it is most necessary, whilethe other hand, placed under the upper chest, may supportand guide the trunk. In the beginning we have this exercise 270 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS done in three steps: At one the arms and shoulders aredrawn backward; at two the head is raised; and at threethe chest is raised a few inches. Raising up to full heightis not desirab
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 64.—Raising head and shoulders from prone position with the trunkprotruding over the edge of the table. resistance on the point where it is most necessary, whilethe other hand, placed under the upper chest, may supportand guide the trunk. In the beginning we have this exercise 270 FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS done in three steps: At one the arms and shoulders aredrawn backward; at two the head is raised; and at threethe chest is raised a few inches. Raising up to full heightis not desirable as it will increase the lumbar lordosis. 15. In a more advanced stage this exercise may be donewith the patients trunk projecting over the edge of the table(Fig. 04). 16. Knee-elbow position: The patient is taught to curvethe spine forward and backward while the teacher applies. Fig. 65.—Knee-elbow position: Raising against resistance. corrective resistance or assistance. For the raising (Fig. 65)—kyphosis—the resisting right hand rests on the spine andthe assisting left hand on the lower thorax. For the lowering(Fig. 66)—lordosis—the teacher embraces the body of thepatient, having his right arm rest on the sacrum and the leftarm press gently against the lower ribs. 17. Sitting: The most convenient way is to have thepatient sit near the edge of the table, with the knees flexedand the legs hanging down. The patient sits in an erect FAULTY POSTURE—KYPHOSIS 271 position; the assistant places the right arm over the upperpart of the sternum and the left hand over the upper partof the lumbar spine, and advises the patient to curve the spinepressing against both hands (Fig. 67). This exercise is notto be done as the usual forward bending with simultaneousaction of the hip flexors, but only as a curving of the , it should not be done to t
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