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 with the right hand from the outer side of the left thigh,
upward over the left hip and lower side of trunk, continuing from there,
inward and upward over the left nipple or breast and upper chest and
across the latter outward to the right armpit. Then, stroking with the
left hand from the outer side of the right thigh upward over the right
hip and lower side of trunk, and continuing from there, inward and upward
over the right nipple or breast and upper chest and across the latter
out to the left armpit; at the same time bending the upper body slightly
forward and to the right and left.
_Detailed Description_
_Position._—Standing erect, with heels about eight inches apart
and feet nearly parallel, legs and feet kept stationary.
[Illustration: EXERCISE NO. 9.
Fig. 9 A. Fig. 9 B.
Fig. 9 C. Fig. 9 D.]
Bend the trunk forward and slightly to the left and place the right hand
transversely on the outside of the left thigh in such a way that the four
fingers are close together and pointed outward and backward (Fig. 9 A).
From there, stroke with the right hand, upward over the side of the left
thigh, hip and lower side (Fig. 9 B) and inward and upward over the left
nipple or breast and upper chest and outward to the right armpit; at the
same time raising the trunk.
When the hand strokes across the upper chest the upper body is bent to
the right, but not forward (Fig. 9 C).
Release the right hand at the right armpit; while the upper body is
still bent to the right, bend it forward and place the left hand on the
outer side of the right thigh (Fig. 9 D) stroking from there upward over
the right hip, lower side and inward and upward over the right nipple
or breast and upper chest, outward to the left armpit; at the same time
raising the upper body. This time, however, the trunk is bent to the
left, as the hand strokes the upper chest outward to the left armpit.
Begin again with the right hand on the side of the left thigh and
continue thus each side alternately.
_This exercise done five times will take about twenty-five
seconds. If counting each time when commencing to stroke from
the side of the hip, it will be ten counts._
NOTE I. When stroking and pressing upward over the side of each thigh,
let the raising movement of the trunk pull the arm and hand up as far as
the motion permits.
Exercise No. 9 A
_Position._—The same as in exercise No. 9.
Here the same movements are done as in Exercise No. 9, but the following
arm exercise has been added:
While the right hand strokes upward over the left side and upper chest,
and the body is raised and bent to the right, the left outstretched arm
is carried or swung around to the back and upward over the head to the
front and down on the outer side of the right thigh, so that it reaches
there when the right arm is released at the right armpit. The right arm
then performs a similar movement, while the left hand is stroking upward
over the right side.
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