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 turning of the body and the stroking should be done evenly and not jerkingly.

''This exercise done five times will take about fifteen seconds. If counting each time the trunk is turned to either side, it will be ten counts.''

Exercise No. 14 A

(Combined with Rolling of the Trunk)  The massaging over the chest as done in No. 14 may also be done, while the trunk is rolled around in the following way:  Place the feet further away from each other—about ten inches. Begin stroking the chest, as described. Without altering the position of the legs and feet, bend the upper body forward; from there roll and bend it over to the right, continuing rolling and bending it backward, then to the left and around to the front, terminating in a forward bending. Stop here and with the body still bent, roll in opposite direction, that is, to the left, back, right and front. The hands are, of course, stroking evenly across the chest during the rolling. The trunk may be rolled around first two or three times to the right, and then two or three times to the left. Three times each way around is equivalent to five executions. This exercise done five times will take about twenty seconds.

Analysis and Effects of the Combined Massage Exercise No. 14

This exercise is combined in such a way that there is obtained the movements of the arms and the turning of the trunk, together with the massage of the chest and the upper sides of the body.