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3.10.4B.

Therapy for the subclavius. P lying on sicie.

Starting Position: P: lying on left side; right upper arm held against sidc of thorax with clbow ficxed. T: Standing behind P, facing oblique towards P's head.

Grip: T’s right hand grips P’s right clbow. Ts left hand grips P’s right shoulder with the left forearm supporting the dorsal aspect of P's thorax.

Fig. 69 a. Starting Position.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T then asks P to exhale (thus lowering the ribs) while he/she gradually and fully pushes P’s shoulder girdle cranially at the elbow.

Stimulation of Antagonists: T retains grip and asks P to lift the shoulder maximally in the direction just stretched. T resists that movement to stimu-late P's antagonists.

Notę: For alternative techniąue, see Volume I (therapy 2.2.7, p. 28).

Fig. 69 b. Finał Position.

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