THE AUTHOR
MASSAGE & EXERCISES
COMBINED
A PERMANENT PHYSICAL
CULTURE COURSE FOR MEN
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
HEALTH-GIVING, VITALIZING
PROPHYLACTIC, BEAUTIFYING
A NEW SYSTEM OF THE CHARACTERISTIC
ESSENTIALS OF GYMNASTIC AND INDIAN
YOGIS CONCENTRATION EXERCISES COMBINED
WITH SCIENTIFIC MASSAGE MOVEMENTS
WITH 86 ILLUSTRATIONS
AND
DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES
BY
ALBRECHT JENSEN
FORMERLY IN CHARGE OF MEDICAL MASSAGE CLINICS AT
POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL AND OTHER HOSPITALS, NEW YORK
1920
NEW YORK, N. Y.
COPYRIGHT 1920
BY
ALBRECHT JENSEN
All Rights Reserved
Printed by Brooks & Porter
New York
The human body is like a chain—it is only asstrong as its weakest link.
The strength of the body is destroyed byviolence and idleness, but preserved by exercise.
Big muscles do not always indicate vitality orgood health; many so-called strong men havedied comparatively young. Vitality is ratheragility of mind and body and the ability ofthe latter to withstand and repulse attacks ofdisease.
Good health is the best heritage parents cantransmit to their children.
In this volume I have endeavored to place before the publica novel method of real scientific massage movements combinedwith exercises, so that the benefits of both may be obtainedsimultaneously.
The simplicity of its technic together with its ready personalapplication make it possible for any individual to achieve excellentresults from its use.
The application of scientific massage movements stimulatesthe nerves, tissues, muscles, organs, vessels, glands and cellsmuch more beneficially and effectively than general exercises.Their combined application is physical culture in its most scientificand perfected form.
In working out a practical presentation of this system, itwas noted that the massage movements and the most beneficialexercises could be combined readily and simply (although thismust be done in a prescribed way) and that their balanced, logicalcombination resulted in a method far superior to all othersystems of exercises, not only for the maintenance of health, butfor special therapeutic and physiologic purposes.
The exercises are chiefly intended for use at home, and willbe found to be more advantageous to the individual than anycourse of physical culture offered anywhere. No gymnasticequipment is necessary and no expenditure, save that of thetime required, which will vary mostly from twelve to twenty-fiveminutes daily according to the time, need and inclinationof the i