Hand-book of the movement cure : a description of the positions, movements, and manipulations, used for preventive and curative purposes, according to the system of Ling & the works of Rothstein, Neumann, & others / by Mathias Roth.

  • Roth, Mathias, 1839-1891.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Hand-book of the movement cure : a description of the positions, movements, and manipulations, used for preventive and curative purposes, according to the system of Ling & the works of Rothstein, Neumann, & others / by Mathias Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.

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    Step-standing position (fig. 29). In this position one leg is bent at the knee, and placed on an elevation in such a way, that the thigh and leg form a right angle, exactly sideways to the trunk, kept at the same time in such a direction towards the longitudinal axis of the body, that 'the thigh forms with it a right angle. Squat-statiding position (fig. 30). This position is similar to the step-standing position, with this difference, that the knee is not directed sideways, but straightforwards, and the foot has no support, but is kept up solely by muscular power. Jump-standing position (fig. 31). This position is similar to the squat-standing position, with this difference, that the upper surface of the thigh forms with the longitudinal axis of the trunk, a more acute angle. In all the above- mentioned leg positions, with the exception of the balance-standing position, one foot stands with the whole sole on the ground. The names mentioned above, when given in the prescription, always in- clude two positions, because the right or left leg si) may be raised, while the other is firmly standing. If these positions are to be executed with one leg, then the word right or left is placed on the prescription before the name of the position, as for instance, right-half standing, right-step- standing, left-squat-standing; left-air-standing, right-hick- standing, dc.