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Title: BEFORE AND AFTER THE BABY

Reference number: 5603

Date: 1948

Production company: Movement Therapy Films

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 20.00 mins

Description: Overview of twenty one ante and post natal exercises through the combination of detailed intertitles and physical demonstration.

Filming takes place at Rottenrow Maternity and Women's Hospital as well as Sandy Road Child Welfare and School Clinic, Glasgow.

Credits: THIS FILM IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HOSPITALS, CLINICS and MEDICAL SCHOOLS, ON HIRE OR PURCHASE
apply THE SECRETARY
"MOVEMENT THERAPY FILMS"
299 WEST GEORGE STR.,
GLASGOW C2. Central 0790

Shotlist: Reel 1
BEFORE AND AFTER THE BABY. A MOVEMENT THERAPY FILM OF TWENTY ONE ANTE AND POST NATAL EXERCISES. GLASGOW AUTUMN 1948 (0.12) FROM "MATERNITY EXERCISES" REVISED BY MARGARET MORRIS, C.S.M.M.G. IN COLLABORATION WITH M.RANDALL, S.N.R., S.C.M.,T.M.M.G. 1930-1931. FIRST PUBLISHED by W.HEINEMANN MEDICAL BOOKS, 1936 : SECOND EDITION 1948 (0.25) THIS FILM IS INTENDED for SHOWING AT ANTE AND POST NATAL CLINICS TO AROUSE INTEREST AND the DESIRE TO COOPERATE IN EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS... TO ASSIST MIDWIVES and NURSES WHO ARE TEACHING THE EXERCISES...AND TO SHOW MEDICAL STUDENTS THE USE OF EXERCISES IN MATERNITY WORK (0.40) PART 1. ANTE NATAL EXERCISES PREPARATION FOR CHILDBIRTH, CLINIC PATIENTS AT SANDY ROAD CHILD WELFARE AND SCHOOL CLINIC, GLASGOW. 1 RECEPTION, 2 EXERCISES: "BREATHING" "TRUNK TURNING", 3 DOCTOR'S EXAMINATION (0.52) ext. Sandy Road Clinic, women enter (1.19) women sitting in classroom, nurse at front instructs them on breathing and posture exercises (2.48) female doctor taking blood pressure of a patient (3.02) PRIVATE PATIENT, MRS MARTHA ARNOTT (FORMER TEACHER OF MARGARET MORRIS MOVEMENT) PERFORMED IN HER NINTH LUNAR MONTH. FULL ANTE NATAL SCHEME GENERAL EXERCISES. IF THESE ARE DONE ANTE NATALLY, BESIDES IMPROVING HEALTH and POSTURE, THEY GREATLY HASTEN THE RECOVERY OF the MUSCLES POST NATALLY (3.18) 1st Exercise "BASIC BREATHING" BREATHING EXERCISES ARE PERFORMED LYING, SITTING OR STANDING. NOTE THE CONTRACTION of THE ABDOMINAL WALL on EXPIRATION TO STRENGTHEN PARTICULARLY THE TRANSVERSUS MUSCLES (3.28) pregnant woman exercising, side and front profile (4.10)2nd Exercise "PELVIC TILTING" FOR DRAWING UP the CONTENTS OF THE ABDOMEN. 3rd Exercise "PELVIC TURNING" FOR LOOSENINGthe LUMBAR SPINE AND STRENGTHENING the OBLIQUE MUSCLES OF THE ABDOMEN (4.18) pregnant woman exercising on floor with occasional help from nurse (5.41) TWO TRUNK TURNING EXERCISES: TO KEEP THE MUSCLE SENSE TO THE STRETCHED MUSCLES, PARTICULARLY THE OBLIQUES, 4th Exercise "SITTING TRUNK TURNING" 5th Exercise"KNEELING TRUNK TURNING" pregnant woman exercising (6.23) TWO MORE ADVANCED EXERCISES FOR POSTURAL CONTROL & BALANCE. 6th Exercise "FIRST AND SECOND GREEK POSITIONS" 7th exercise "TWISTED BALANCE" (6.31) pregnant woman exercising (6.57) EXERCISES TO PREPARE FOR THE DELIVERY. 8th Exercise "PELVIC JOINT STRETCHING" TO STRETCH THE PELVIC JOINTS, RELAX THE PELVIC FLOOR AND INCREASE THE CIRCULATION (7.04) pregnant woman demonstrates (7.44) 9th Exercise "EASY RELAXATION" AN EXERCISE TO TEACH CONSCIOUS RELAXATION SO VITALLY IMPORTANT for EASY AND NATURAL CHILDBIRTH AND TO AVOID FATIGUE (7.53) pregnant woman lying down demonstrates and apparantly falls asleep (8.13) LABOUR EXERCISE: TO OCCUPY the PATIENT DURING the FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR and to GIVE CONFIDENCE and CONTROL OF RELAXATION (8.22) pregnant woman demonstrates with aid of a chair (8.58) 10th Exercise " DELIVERY" TO PRACTISE THE POSITIONS FOR DELIVERY, AND THE BEST POSITIONS FOR RELAXATION OF THE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS (9.06) pregnant woman demonstrates with aid of nurse (9.58) 359ft

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11th Exercise "LACTIC" TO PREPARE FOR BREAST FEEDING, AND TO PREVENT CONGESTION (0.04) pregnant woman demonstrates by stretching her arms (1.17) Part 2 : POSTNATAL EXERCISES HEALTH AND FIGURE RECOVERY. HOSPITAL PATIENT AT THE MATERNITY AND WOMAN'S HOSPITAL ROTTENROW, GLASGOW. MRS DONELLY, FOUR DAYS after DELIVERY OF TWINS. "BASIC BREATHING" : LYING TO STRENGTHEN the STRETCHED ABDOMINAL MUSCLES (1.29) Mrs Donelly demonstrates with aid of nurse (1.58) 12th Exercise "FOOT AND HAND" LYING. TO INCREASE THE CIRCULATION and STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES of the FEET AND LEGS, TO AVOID WEAKNESS ON GETTING UP (2.09)Mrs Donelly demonstrates with her feet and hands (2.27) 13th Exercise"PELVIC FLOOR TENSING" FOR STRENGHTENING THE PELVIC FLOOR AND HELPING THE RETURN OF THE UTERUS TO NORMAL (2.37) Mrs Donelly (3.06) "BASIC BREATHING" ON THE ABDOMEN TO HELP DRAINAGE OF THE UTERUS AND FURTHER STRENGHTEN THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIC MUSCLES (3.18) Mrs Donelly lying on her front (3.38) "LACTIC" BREAST FEEDING EXERCISE. THE ALTERNATE STRETCHING and COMPRESSING of the DUCTS AND OTHER VESSELS ASSISTS THE FLOW OF MILK, and also RELIEVES CONGESTION (3.48) Mrs Donelly stretching arms and chest (4.14) She is brought her newborn babies (4.30) MRS DONELLY practising the EXERCISES in her OWN HOME. "PELVIC TILTING" STANDING FOR CORRECTING BAD POSTURE AND FLATTENING THE ABDOMEN (4.38) Mrs Donelly at home (5.01) "TRUNK TURNING" SITTING TO STRENGTHEN the OBLIQUE MUSCLES of the ABDOMEN BY THE TURNING MOVEMENT, and THE TRANSVERSUS MUSCLES BY PULLING IN THE ABDOMEN ON EXPIRATION (5.11) Mrs Donelly demonstartes on chair (5.31) 14th Exercise "CAT MOVEMENT" forLOOSENING the SPINE and ASSISTING THE RETURN OF THE UTERUS TO ITS NORMAL POSITION (5.38) Mrs Donelly arches her back on the floor before checking on the sleeping twins in cot. C/u babies face (6.21) PRIVATE PATIENT MRS ARNOTT, 5 WEEKS after THE BIRTHof HER SON. 15th Exercise "SPINAL EXTENSION" TO STRENGTHEN the MUSCLES of THE BACK and IMPROVE POSTURE. NOTE : omit in cases of marked "hollow back" (6.39) woman on floor in swimsuit demonstrates (7.24) "BASIC BREATHING" STANDING SHOWING the FLATTENING of the ABDOMEN AND THE RETURN OF THE FIGURE TO NORMAL (7.31) woman demonstrates (7.44) 18th Exercise "FOOT AND ANKLE" TO STRENGTHEN THE FEET AND ANKLES, and IMPROVE POSTURE IN WALKING (7.51) woman standing on tip toes, c/u feet (8.25) 19th Exercise "POSTURE BALANCE' TO CORRECT HOLLOW BACK and IMPROVE POSTURE and BALANCE. 20th Exercise "ADVANCED BALANCING" A MORE ADVANCED EXERCISE TO KEEP THE INTEREST OF YOUNG and ATHLETIC PATIENTS (8.36) woman demonstates (9.09) 21st Exercise "WINDMILL" FOR GENERAL HEALTH AND MOBILITY (9.15) woman demonstrates (9.29) woman at home with baby in blanket (9.39) ecs (10.02) 361ft