Sex efficiency through exercises : special physical culture for women / by Th. H. van de Velde ; [photos, by E. Steinemann].
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- Publication/creation
- London : W. Heinemann, Medical Books, 1933, ©1932.
- Physical description
- xvii, 163 pages 54 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations
- Contributors
- Velde, Theodoor H. van de 1873-1937.
- Notes
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"With 480 cinematographic and 54 full-page illustrations"
Includes cinematographic supplement of 12 flip films illustrating exercises
- Subjects
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Women's Health
Physical Fitness
Exercise
- Attribution and usage
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Wellcome Collection
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SECOND SECTION
EXERCISES DURING PREGNANCY AND AFTER CHILD-BIRTH
PAGE
Chapter XI 89
INTRODUCTION.
Woman's Fourfold Reproductive Function .... 89
Two Acts have already been Considered in the First Section :
These are Coitus and Birth.
Two Conditions—Pregnancy and Involution, or the Puerperium,
are now to be Considered ....... 89
Expansion in Pregnancy and Involution After Birth . . 89
Similar Requirements : Exercise with Due Care ... 89
The Exercises mentioned hereunder are Generally Applicable in
Both Pregnancy and the Puerperium ..... 89
Need for Great Individual Care on Lines of the Swedish System
of Gymnastics ......... 89
Semi-passivity and Semi-activity ...... 90
Assistance by Doctor, Midwife, Nurse or Gymnastic Instructress 90
The Instructress must Understand Her Patient ... 90
Careful Gradation of Exertion ...... 90
A New Field for the Healing Art, both Institutional and in
Private Practice . . . . . . . .91
Benefits to General Health and Well-being . . . .91
Sellheim's Opinion : Muscular Laxity and Weakness following
Births is the Most Frequent Feminine Ailment To-day . 91
A Vast Territory for Help ....... 92
Chapter XII .......... 94
GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR GYMNASTICS DURING
PREGNANCY.
At What Should the Expectant Mother Aim ? ... 94
Individual Differences of Health and Strength ... 94
No Attempts should be made at Gymnastic tours de force . 94
" Measure " Essential, no Haste or Violence . . . -95
Further General Hints ....... 95
Importance of Correct Breathing ...... 95
Benefits to Metabolism ....... 96
General Benefits from Relaxation and " Suppling " Exercises . 96
Practice and Culture of the Muscular Groups from which Special
Exertion will be Required ...... 97
What Must be Avoided ?....... 97
All Genuine Fatigue and Exhaustion ..... 98
Need for Medical Inspection before Beginning Exercises . . 98
Also for Regular Gynaecological Inspection and Supervision . 98
The Pelvic Articulations already Loosened by Pregnancy should
be Spared Strain ........ 99
The " Suspension-Flexion " Exercise (No. 19, Film 12) is Vetoed
During Pregnancy ........ 99
Need for Care of the Circulation in Pelvic and Lower Limbs . 100