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 Now alternate to the left side. The upper body is still bent to the left, and the left hand is placed on the side of the left thigh, just above the knee (Fig. 4 E). Now massage the left thigh, hip and side and from there across the chest with the left hand, in the same way as the right side was massaged with the right hand. When the hand is moving upward over the left thigh, hip and side, the body is of course bent to the right. After the left side has been massaged, repeat the movements on the right and so forth, alternately.

''This exercise done five times will take about fifteen seconds. If counting every time when commencing to stroke from each side of hip, it will be ten counts.''

Analysis and Effects of the Combined Massage Exercise No. 4

This exercise is combined in such a manner that there is obtained the movements of the arms and the bending of the body sideways, together with massage of the outer side of the thighs, the hips, the sides of the body and the lower chest.

The movements of the body and arms and hands in applying the massage movements, exercise the muscles and nerves of the arms, the shoulders, the back, the sides, the lower chest and breasts and the abdomen. They also slightly influence the liver, the stomach, the intestines and kidneys.

The massage influences the muscles, nerves and vessels of the outer side of the thighs, the hips, the lower sides of the trunk and the lower chest, as well as the liver and the heart.