. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 29.—Muscles of the back. In this and the following anatomicalpictures the straight lines indicate the direction of the thumb, the dottedlines that of the four fingers. and downward direction—the only muscle group of the bodythus treated—while the flat muscles require massage in thedirection toward the shoulder-joint. 96 APPLIED MASSAGE For the effleiirage of the erector spinse the operatorbegins by grasping the neck, then stroking with both hands. Fig. 30.—Upward or downward stroking


. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 29.—Muscles of the back. In this and the following anatomicalpictures the straight lines indicate the direction of the thumb, the dottedlines that of the four fingers. and downward direction—the only muscle group of the bodythus treated—while the flat muscles require massage in thedirection toward the shoulder-joint. 96 APPLIED MASSAGE For the effleiirage of the erector spinse the operatorbegins by grasping the neck, then stroking with both hands. Fig. 30.—Upward or downward stroking over the muscles along the spine.


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