Progressive Exercise Therapy In Rehabilitation And Physical Education

PROGRESSIVE EXERCISE THERAPY IN REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION BY John H. C. Colson FCSP FSRG DipTRG DipCOT Remedial Therapy Representative, NHS Health Advisory Service. Formerly Director of Rehabilitation and Principal, School of Remedial Gymnastics and Recreational Therapy, Pinderfields General Hospital and Frank W. Collison MSRG Head Remedial Gymnast and Clinical Supervisor, Rehabilitation Department, Pinderfields General Hospital. Formerly Head Remedial Gymnast, Orseu Hospital FOURTH EDITION WRIGHT -PSG BRISTOL . LONDON . BOSTON 1983 © J. H. C. Colson, 18 The Russets, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorks, WF26JF, and F. W. Collison, 10 Castle Crescent, Sandal, Wakefield, West Yorks, WF27HX. 1983 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Copyright owners. II i! i I Published by: John Wright & Sons Ltd, 823-825 Bath Road, Bristol BS45NU, England John Wright PSG Inc., 545 Great Road, Littleton, Massachusetts 01460, USA. First edition 1958 Japanese edition 1966 Second edition 1969 Spanish edition 1974 Third edition 1975 Dutch edition 1981 Fourth edition 1983 British Library Cataloguing in Publicatilm Data Colson, John H. C. Progressive exercise therapy in rehabilitation and physical education. 1. Exercise therapy I. Title II. Collison, Frank W. 61S.8'24 RM72S ISBN o7236066SX Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 82-S0781 ,.,.." .. Gr.- Brimin by ............ s.:.. {Printing) Ltd, at The Stonebridge Press, Bristol BS4 SNU and 7HX. 1, I in a mical, yright w The Wise,jor Cure, on Exercise depend. DRYDEN. PREFACE The first edition of this book appeared in 1958. Its main aim was to emphasize the importance of progression in exercise therapy and to provide a compre­ hensive collection of free exercises for all parts of the body, graded and progressed (as the original preface had it) in strength and mobility from the simplest to the most strenuous movement. Since that time two other editions have appeared and the book has been translated into Japanese, Spanish and Dutch. From comments received from students and therapists it is clear that the practical slant of the book has been appreciated. Indeed, it has been heartening to receive so many letters from different countries offering criticism, encouragement and suggestions for future editions. This new edition of Progressive Exercise Therapy, written in collaboration with my friend and former colleague, Frank Collison, has not only been completely revised, but expanded to include new sections on assisted and resisted exercises, functional movement, progressive circuit training and exercises to music. In addition, the section devoted to the exercise therapy of various clinical conditions (which illustrates the way in which the exercise vocabulary may be used when planning treatment programmes) has been rewritten to bring it into line with modem practice. Running the risk of criticism we have included a chapter on the re-educational measures which may be used in the treatment of total hip replacement when the low friction Charnley prosthesis is employed. Unfortunately, the addition of so much new material has meant the deletion of the sections on recreational therapy in the treatment of the mentally handicapped and the mentally ill, which appeared in the previous edition. Limitation of space has also meant that it has not been possible to include any reference to the imp