. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 75.—Creeping with active self-correction. Hyyerextension.—When considerable kyphosis exists, thepatient must learn to extend or even hyperextend his cases with kyphosis in the upper dorsal segment this isbest accomplished by the so-called deep creeping. Thearms are flexed at the elbows in an acute angle, thus bring-ing the shoulder girdle near to the floor, in the manner of 294 LATERAL CURVATURE the dachshund, which animal has a marked dorsal head is carried up
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 75.—Creeping with active self-correction. Hyyerextension.—When considerable kyphosis exists, thepatient must learn to extend or even hyperextend his cases with kyphosis in the upper dorsal segment this isbest accomplished by the so-called deep creeping. Thearms are flexed at the elbows in an acute angle, thus bring-ing the shoulder girdle near to the floor, in the manner of 294 LATERAL CURVATURE the dachshund, which animal has a marked dorsal head is carried up high, though avoiding hyperextension. Fig. 76.—Corrective exercise for left total scoliosis. of the cervical spine. This exercise has also been used byKlapp for cases of old Potts disease with the idea of mobi- EXERCISE TREATMENT OF LATERAL CURVATURE 295 lizing the parts of the spine above and below the affectedarea. Ambling Gait.—This exercise is intended for double curves,as Fig. 74 illustrates. At first the left arm and left leg are
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