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 THE COMBINED MASSAGE EXERCISE

No. 13

Massaging with each hand simultaneously upward over each opposite thigh, hip, lower side of body and inward and upward over nipples or breasts and upper chest and stroking down each side of the lower back and buttocks; at the same time, bending and raising the upper body.

Detailed Description

Position.—Standing erect, heels about eight inches apart, and feet nearly parallel, legs and feet kept stationary, knees straight.

Without bending the knees, bend the upper body forward and cross the right forearm over the left, or the left over the right, placing the right hand transversely over the front of the left thigh, just above the knee; the fingers of the hand are kept close together and pointing to or around the other side of the thigh. Place the left hand in the same way and at the corresponding place on the right thigh (Fig. 13 A).

Stroke thus upward over the front of each thigh with both hands simultaneously, continuing from there, in the same way upward over hips and lower sides of the body (Fig. 13 B and C), and inward and upward over the nipples or breasts and upper chest, where the hands cross each other and continue outward to their respective sides underneath the armpits (Fig. 13 D, E and F).

Then, barely moving the arms, turn the hands from there around on each side of the back, and without here clutching the