This exercise done five times will take about half a minute. If counting each time when commencing to stroke each leg it will be ten counts.
Note I. The raising of the trunk should be the force, which here pulls the arms and hands over the leg.
Note II. In bending to massage upward on each leg, the latter can also be bent and raised as high as possible. In that case the leg is pushed downward through the hands, while these are pressing on it, the muscles of the thigh or hip thus being exercised and influenced more than if the leg is raised or bent only a short distance. On the contrary, if the leg is placed only slightly forward with but little flexion of the knee, as explained in the detailed description, the upper body has to be bent further downward in order that the hands reach the lower leg at the ankle. In this way, the muscles of the abdomen and back are exercised and influenced to a greater extent.
If the exercise is done only five times it should be executed as explained in the Detailed Description; if done ten times or more, both ways may be used about an equal number of times each.
Exercise No. 3 A
Position.—Lying supine on the floor or bed.
Exercise No. 3A.
Fig. 3A—A.