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WITH HELP OF APPARATUS. 93
touches the wall by which he stands (fig. 56). Then he slowly
rises up on his toes, and while doing so draws a deep inspiration
and goes slowly down again.
The movement does not take place in the lumbar region at all,
but higher up between the shoulders. We have to do with
movable rings, each formed by a vertebra and a pair of ribs.
As now the spinal processes are by the backward bending, small
as it is, approximated to each other, the freer segments of the
rings must come further away and widen the interspaces. The
chest becomes greatly expanded, and the exercise is thus a power-
ful respiratory movement.
Stretching and. Bending of the Knee.
The patient places one foot against the seat of a chair, and
with his hands he takes hold of the back of it (fig. 57).
Fig. 57.
correct position, however, is with the arms straight forwards
the shoulders, and with the hands grasping some fixed
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