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 Exhale this air with force through the mouth, while the hand continues down the right side and from there across the lower chest.

Inhale and exhale when massaging up over the left leg and hip and across the abdomen in the same way as when the right leg and side were massaged.

Inhale and exhale again the same way, while the right arm is massaging the left arm, side and across the lower chest as when the right arm was massaged.

Breathe again with force through the nose, while massaging inward and upward over the chest.

Retain this air in the lungs, while the backs of the hands are stroking downward on each side of the back and buttocks and while the arms are swinging around to the front.

Exhale this air through the mouth, while the hands are vibrating or pushing the skin over the underlying tissues on each opposite side of the lower chest, or on or underneath the breasts. Continue this movement with the hands and do not release them until the lungs are completely emptied of air.

Analysis and Effects of the Combined Massage Exercise No. 7

This exercise is combined in such a way that there is obtained the movements of the arms, the bending and stretching of the legs and the bending and raising of the body together with the massage of the arms, sides, legs, hips, abdomen, chest and back.

The movements of the legs, the upper body, the arms and hands in applying the massage movements, exercise the muscles and nerves of the whole body, except those of the head and neck. They influence all the internal organs of the body.

The massage likewise influences the muscles, nerves, glands, vessels and organs of the whole body except those of the head,