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2.3.5A.

Therapy for the rhomboidei major and minor. P prone.

Starting Position: P: Prone; right arm hanging free over edge of couch. T: Standing at head of couch. to P's left.

Grip: Ts left hand on P’s right scapula, its thenar eminence along the scapula medial border. T's right hand steadies P’s thorax from P’s left.

Fig. 16 a. Starting Position.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T gradually and maximally pushes in a lateral, ventral and caudal direction against P’s scapula.

Stimulation of Antagonists: T moves left-hand grip to ventral side of P's right shoulder, and uses right hand to stabilize P’s thorax on right side. T then asks P to move further in the direction of stretching, and resists that movement to stimulate P’s antagonists.

Notę: The trapezius, transverse part is also stretched in this procedurę.

If the prone position is inconvenient or uncomfort-able, P may be treated lying on side; see following techniąue, therapy 2.3.5B, p. 34.

Fig. 16 b. Finał Position.

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