Rest And Relaxation Important
The importance of rest and relaxation in securing results from exercise has been fully discussed elsewhere, but it will lie well to emphasize their importance still more in relation to corrective exercise. In practically all cases requiring such treatment there is a lowered vitality, and so the nerve-energy must be conserved and every opportunity given the body to build more. When certain muscles are abnormally contracted, results will be poor until they have been relaxed. In such cases conscious relaxation of the part affected will then be in¬dicated, as well as general rest and relaxation. The subjects of relaxation and recuperation from muscular effort are treated at length in Volume III, Section 1. The statements made in the description cited on the general constitutional effects of exercise apply with equal force to corrective exer¬cise, as discussed in the present section and elsewhere.