Books and pamphlets teaching the system were first published in 1909 and continued until Maxalding ceased to trade in the late 1970s.
The methods taught had been around since the early 1900s and indeed many of the photos used in the instruction leaflets, even those sold in the 1970s, date from that period.
Maxalding (originally called Maxaldo) was a name created from those of the founders, Maxick (Max Sick) and Monte Saldo (Alfred Montague Woollaston), and first came into being in 1909.
The Maxalding principles are based mainly on exercises and techniques which appeared in his book Muscle Control, written in 1911.
He provided the financial means of promoting Maxick's methods and starting the Maxalding postal course.