The apparatus used in medical gymnastics is particularly simple, and can, if necessary, very well be replaced by ordinary furniture or improvised apparatus.

The most usual are : -

Low plinth.

High plinth. Usually there are two or more of different heights, 55 to 75 cm.

Stools.

Boom.

Peg-post or wall-bars.

Two poles, preferably movable, or with a distance between them of 70 to 80 cm.

Straps for fixing the patient.

Cushions to lie upon.

For the treatment of spinal curvatures the following are specially used : -

Head-suspension apparatus. (Similar to Beely's or Sayre's well-known apparatus for suspension of the patient when applying plaster jackets, but somewhat modified.)

Correcting belt.

Forward-drawing straps, i.e., a piece of saddle-girth about 70 cm. long, 8 cm. broad, with a handle at either end. All this apparatus can be obtained from E. G. Ekstrand in Stockholm; address, Jernvagsgatan 16.