HOYLAKE, ENGLAND. C. 1944-03. THIS RAAF FLIGHT SERGEANT PILOT (FRONT) WAS ADMITTED TO THE RAF ...

HOYLAKE, ENGLAND. C. 1944-03. THIS RAAF FLIGHT SERGEANT PILOT (FRONT) WAS ADMITTED TO THE RAF REHABILITATION CENTRE, SIX WEEKS AFTER SUFFERING A CRUSH FRACTURE OF A SPINAL VERTEBRAE AND WAS STILL ENCASED IN A SPINAL PLASTER OF PARIS JACKET. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF EXERCISES, HE WAS CAPABLE OF ACTIVE MOVEMENT AND SOUND UNION OF THE DAMAGED BONE HAD OCCURRED. THE PLASTER CASE COULD THEN BE REMOVED AND MASSAGE OF BACK MUSCLES AND EXERCISES WITHOUT THE PLASTER CASE WERE INSTITUTED WITH THE RESULT THAT MOBILITY OF THE JOINTS INCREASED RAPIDLY. THE EXERCISES THEN BECAME INCREASINGLY COMPLEX, MORE AND MORE STRAIN WAS IMPOSED ON THE STRENGTHENING BODY UNTIL ABSOLUTELY FREE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE FULL RANGE FOR ALL JOINTS WAS ATTAINED.