Identifier: treatiseonorthop1910whit (find matches)
Title: A treatise on orthopedic surgery
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Whitman, Royal, 1857-
Subjects: Orthopedics
Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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Opposite bend standing, trunk raising, resisted. The following exercises have been selected as best adaptedfor this purpose. Each one should be performed five or moretimes according to the strength of the patient. LATERAL CVBVATUBE OF THE SPINE. Fig. 152. 209
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14 Prone lying, diving. 210 OBTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. (a) OprosiTE Standing, Head Bending Backward, Re-sisted.—The patient stands before a wall or a shoiilder-higlihorizontal bar, on which the hands are placed with the armsextended. The head is bent forward, and is then forced back-ward, the latter movement being resisted by the hand of the sur-geon. This exercise is designed to strengthen the posteriorcervical muscles. (h) Opposite Bend Standing, Trunk Raising, Resisted.—The patient stands with the upper part of the thighs in con-tact with a table or horizontal bar. The hands are placed behindthe neck and the body is bent forward on the hip-joints as inthe first exercise. The surgeon, standing behind, places hisright hand over the posterior dorsal prominence and his left overthe lumbar projection. The patient then raises the trunk to theerect position against the combined resistance (Fig. 151). Witha little practice the surgeon leams to give an outward twistingmotion to his hands while

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