. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 71.—Hip and knee flexion in suspension. The most valuable exercise which is done by the patientalone without help of another person or apparatus is thecreeping exercise which has been developed by from the observation that four-footed animals EXERCISE TREATMENT OF LATERAL CURVATURE 291 almost never have scoliosis, Klapp made a perfectly logicalstep in advising the knee-hand position as a rational way toperform exercises in the treatment of lateral we
. A manual of therapeutic exercise and massage, designed for the use of physicians, students and masseurs. Fig. 71.—Hip and knee flexion in suspension. The most valuable exercise which is done by the patientalone without help of another person or apparatus is thecreeping exercise which has been developed by from the observation that four-footed animals EXERCISE TREATMENT OF LATERAL CURVATURE 291 almost never have scoliosis, Klapp made a perfectly logicalstep in advising the knee-hand position as a rational way toperform exercises in the treatment of lateral we cannot quite share the enthusiastic claims ofKlapp and his pupils about the immense value of his method,. Fig. 72.—Suspension on Swedish ladder. By flexion of hip and knee a certaincorrection of the spine may be obtained. we consider it an excellent exercise which favors mobilizationand muscle-building in a harmless position. Simple Creeping Exercise.—The patient goes down on hisknees and hands and creeps forward in a fairly rapid tempo. 292 LATERAL CURVATURE
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