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3.10. IB. Therapy for the sternocleidomas-toideus.

Moderately shortened muscle.

Starting Position: P: Supine; head and neck beyond end of couch with the shoulders positioned at couch edge; shoulders and thorax stabilized with a belt; head and neck held in the position where P can easily feel the tension in the shortened muscle. T: Standing at head of couch.

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

Fig. 63 a. Starting Position.

Procedurę: Using this grip, T gradually rotates to the right and laterally ftexes P's head to the left while simultaneously applying traction. (Not to the extreme 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 the right hand.

Fig. 63 b. Finał Position.

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