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84 SOME OTHER PASSIVE MOVEMENTS:
One hand is placed on the shoulder, the other below the elbow,
as shown in figs. 49 and 50.
The hand on the shoulder acts as a guard, and we can thus
say immediately after a dislocation has been reduced—give this
exercise without any danger of the head of the humerus sliding
out again. Then, also, when the bone is to be replaced, we press
the fingers or the thumb on its head, and guide it on its
course.
The movement may form part of a general treatment. The
patient then sits unsupported on a low stool. The operator
Fig. 50.
places one knee between the shoulders, in order to press the
chest forwards, and thus produce greater expansion of it, and
deeper respiration during the movement.
The patient’s hands are grasped as in fig. 63, and the elbows
during such circumduction are carried well back.
Both arms are rolled at the same time.
Rolling at the Wrist-Joints.
The operator, standing in front of the patient, grasps with
one hand the forearm just above the wrist, while with the other
he takes hold of the patient’s hand, as shown in fig. 51, which
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