The application of therapeutic exercises in lateral curvature / Henry O. Feiss.

  • Feiss, Henry O.
Date:
[1907?]
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Credit: The application of therapeutic exercises in lateral curvature / Henry O. Feiss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are asked to watch the child and by means of frequent but gentle reminders to aid the child in its new carriage. Starting with this so-called “poise” we can give a series of movements directed to cultivate a subconscious state wherewith the patient will involuntarily hold himself in the best possible attitude while he is making other movements of varifold char- acter. An important movement to teach (Hoffa) is one in which the patient places his two hands on his hips and stretches himself by means of the trunk muscles into a forced position. (Fig. 2.) Such a position tends to symmetrize the body but is difficult at the start. It is taught by the physician or instructor placing his hand a short distance above the head and asking the patient to touch the palm of his hand without getting on his toes. From this position of stretch- ing a very good movement is one in which the patient bends forward (Fig. 3) main- taining the stretched position, then still maintaining this position, he comes back to the straight and then relaxes. In connec- Fic. 8 tion with this exercise he should be taught to practice a posture something of the sort illustrated in Fig. 4. If it is a right dorsal scoliosis, the left hand is placed on the left hip and the right hand on the right chest at the point of the greatest deformity. At the word given the patient thrusts hard against the chest deformity and exerts counter pressure on the left hip. This gives an apparent correction which is quite marked and is a good exercise to practice at home. To immobilize stiff joints and to stretch tight factors we resort to apparatus. Fig. 5 is an illustration of a simple apparatus copied from Berger and Banzet and con- sists of two vertical uprights fastened to the wall and two bars running through these uprights which may be placed at any
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