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Non-specific techniąue to increase ventral flexion.

Starting Position: P: Supine; head and neck beyond end of couch, shoulders and thorax stabilized with a belt. T: Standing at head of couch.

Grip: T's right hand grips P's occiput, with wrist and forearm supporting P’s head. T's left hand grips P's chin (without pressing on the larynx).

Procedurę: Using this grip. T applies traction with both hands. and then maintaining this traction, moves his/her body in an upward arc to gradually and fu 11 y ventrally flex P’s cervical spine.

Stimulation of Antagonists: T retains grip. T then asks P to look downward and move his/her head further in the direction of stretching. T resists that movement to stimulate P’s antagonists.

Fig. 14 a. Starting Position.

Fig. 14 b. Finał Position

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