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3.8.1B2. Specific technique to increase rota-tion to the right and lateral flexion to the left of the occiput on the atlas.

P sitting. Dorsal view; see 3.8.1B1 for ventral view.

Fig. 58 a. Starting Position.

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

Grip: The tip of T’s left index finger stabilizes the ventral aspect of the left transverse process of P’s atlas, preventing it from rotating to the right. The rest of T’s left index finger and thumb lie along the posterior arch of P’s atlas. T’s right hand grips the left side of P’s occiput, stabilizing P’s head against T’s chest and right shoulder. P’s left ear should lie comfortably in the palm of T’s right hand, and T’s arm should be positioned to prevent uncomfort-able pressure on P’s mandible.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T applies traction, and then maintaining this traction, moves his/her body to gradually and fully rotate to the right and laterally flex P’s occiput on the atlas to the left. T stabilizes P’s atlas from the ventral aspect with the left index finger and from the dorsal aspect with the left thumb, thus allowing the occipital con-dyles to glide and rotate to the right on the atlas.

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

Notę: The previous techniąue, 3.8.1B1, p. 73 is a yentral view of the same procedurę.

Fig. 58 b. Finał Position.