Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 10 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Dy By OIL on MORRIS ElN I It If youre you're old enough and wIll admit It you will remember the fad of which In earlier years had everybody chewing his food to a fluid consistency before swallowing it The belief was WilS that this was the Important Item in a 3 healthful life Now however our chief need seems to be relaxation from the hl high h strain of modern living As a result many physicians are arc writing on sleep and relaxation with a view to cutting down the tensIon under whIch we live Coupled with the drive of modern industry and the attempt to speed up human beIngs so they may keep pace with the machines come the financial worries that have been n associated with the economIc depression There are all sorts of panaceas for avoIding overstraIn The man who worries usually is told to forgot t It The advice however seldom helps bemuse ause worry constitutes cs a vicious circle You worry first about what is b go o. o Ing to happen and you ou worry later about discontinuing worrying There have been suggestions In the past for changing the attention to some outside object In Coues Coue's system system tem you were told to count knots knol on ona a string while fixing your our mind on relief from worry and tension The newest development ie 10 that b by Dr Edmund Jacobson who has do de n a system for relaxing accord according ng to a definite program He says It is physically impossible to be nervous in any part of your body it if In that part you are completely relaxed Hence he suggests dally daily practice to those who want to relieve themselves from nerve straIn In his system youlie you youlie lie down on a couch or a bed and relax relax re re- lax one group of muscles at a time until you have learned gradual relax all of them t i Dr Jacobson suggests first lying quietly with your e f- f closed for 10 minutes then the forearm To learn how toz the arm first make it tense by the biceps biceps' muscle then cn COn re r. aj verse the process which will relax the arm coy The next step is to relax th the Ie I muscles And so ro yo you p proceed d have final unto until you y relaxed all the Iles cles In your body in Which you OU feel fed any degree of tension ending the muscles of the face lUtI Since the system calls for ha lie on back you your anyWhere 45 minutes to an hour fro fr rn m You are ar fai certain to get a reasonable 11 rest simply by taking u mount amount ot at up p the odors tion When you call calI In YOUr doe doctor to to help you learn the method he c can an DId aid you b by y t the he pOWer also tho tIon The e daily drill certainly ca can n do lit Ut tic i 1 any harm