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Therapy for the sternocleidomas-toideus.

Very shortened muscle.

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

T: Standing at head of couch.

Grip: Ts hands grip P's head. so that P’s ears lie comfortably against T’s palms with Ts fingers gripping P’s mastoid processes.

Procedurę: Step one: Using this grip, T positions P’s head in fuli ventral flexion, rotation to the left and lateral flexion to the right (or the position where P can easily feel the tension in the shortened muscle).

Step two: T applies traction while gradually moving P’s head and neck to the neutral position.

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

Notę: T should “work" primarily with right hand.

Fig. 62 a. Starting Position.

Fig. 62 b. Finał Position

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