Massage & Exercises Combined: A permanent physical culture course for men, women and children; health-giving, vitalizing, prophylactic, beautifying; a new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements; with 86 illustrations and deep breathing exercisesJensen, Albrecht
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Massage & Exercises Combined: A permanent physical culture course for men, women and children; health-giving, vitalizing, prophylactic, beautifying; a new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements; with 86 illustrations and deep breathing exercises
Jensen, Albrecht
Exercise therapy; Massage
Massaging each arm and side alternately from the wrist along the upper
aspect of the arm up over shoulder to the base of the neck, then from
the wrist again along the under side of the arm over armpit and part of
shoulder blade down the same side of body and across the lower chest to
the opposite side; at the same time exercising the arms and shoulders.
_Detailed Description_
_Position._—Standing or sitting erect in a bed or chair.
[Illustration: EXERCISE NO. 2.
Fig. 2 A. Fig. 2 B.
Fig. 2 C. Fig. 2 D.
Fig. 2 E. Fig. 2 F.]
Stretch the left arm to the front, holding it at such an angle that the
tip of the fingers are at the same height or slightly higher than the
top of the head, the fingers held straight and together, with the thumbs
close. Place the right hand, with the fingers and thumb close, over the
upper side of the left arm at or on the wrist in such a way that the hand
and fingers are bent transversely over the arm, and so that the palm of
the hand and fingers are pressing equally on top and both sides of same
(Fig. 2 A).
Stroke thus from there along the upper side of the outstretched arm,
continuing over shoulder to the base of the neck (Fig. 2 B). Then let the
hand slip loosely backward the same way over the arm to the wrist. Now
clutch the out-stretched arm underneath at the wrist in such a way that
the thumb is on the inner side and the four fingers on the outer side of
the arm (Fig. 2 C). Stroke thus the out-stretched arm underneath from the
wrist up to the armpit, at the same time raising it slowly to a nearly
perpendicular position. Then continue downward underneath the shoulder
with the four fingers around as far as possible on the shoulder blade,
and the thumb in the armpit (Fig. 2 D). Continue downward the same side
of body, the fingers being kept as far over toward the back as possible
and the hand held transversely to the side of the body and bent in such a
way that it presses equally with the palm and the fingers. When the hand
has thus passed just below a line horizontal to the nipple of the left
breast (Fig. 2 E) let it move across the chest underneath the nipples to
the other side, in that way, thus not altering the position of the hand
itself (Fig. 2 F).
During this massage of the left side and across the lower chest, the left
arm should still be held in its out-stretched position over the head.
Upon completing the movement on the right side and changing to the left,
release the right hand from the chest and put out the right arm, holding
it in the same position as was the left, in the beginning. At the same
time let the left arm be brought down with its hand on the upper side of
the right wrist and begin to stroke the right arm and side in the same
manner as the left. In thus changing from one arm and side to the other,
practically no stop should be made.
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