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

  • Feiss, Henry O.
Date:
[1906?]
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Credit: The function of therapeutic exercises in lateral curvature / Henry O. Feiss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rect relation to the pressure this very resistance may do more harm than the correcting force is doing good. An admirable way to bring about correct pressure is to put the whole body on a stretch and then apply pressure upon the rib deformity, or second, to hyperextend the body and bring the force to bear in that way. In the ribs, the most we can hope for at first by appli- cation of pressure is to gain a flexibility which will permit the straightening column to pull correctly upon the convexity in the ribs. It is not our purpose to go into the details of the application of the various kinds of excercises which may be used. We wish simply to hint at the relation between the function and the appli- cation and we may be able to see from this slight sketch that the first function is to cultivate the active forces in the muscles both by mental stimulation and “local practice, secondly, to bring into play a certain power of mobility in such joints which has become comparatively fixed by the pathological process, and thirdly, to stretch all factors, which on account of their tightness would interfere with such mobility as we are able to gain. HA OE ALIN ATES SLE I NON TT LS Ue 12M MODE TN DET HE GOS) RENT EE i Sl fi t
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