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3.7.1A.

Non-specific technique to increase dorsal flexion with rotation to the right and lateral flexion to the left.

P sitting.

Starting Position: P: Sitting; right side of head supported against T’s right shoulder and chest. T: Standing facing P’s right side.

Grip: P’s occiput is fixed between Ts right hand, shoulder and chest. T’s left hand and forearm stabilize P's left shoulder from the dorsal aspect. P’s right shoulder is stabilized against Ts abdomen.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T applies traction, and then maintaining this traction, moves his/her body to gradually and fully dorsally flex while rotating to the right and laterally flexing P’s cervical spine to the left.

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

Notę: The finał position may move the vertebrae into a locked position.

Therefore, T must cautiously use successively smaller forces and movements in approaching the finał position.

Fig. 48 a. Starting Position.

Fig. 48 b. Finał Position.

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