Regional Flexion C2-C7 (supine)

Position of the therapist:

• Standing at the short edge of the bench

Position of the patient:

• Diagonal supine lying position
• C1-C2 maximally rotated

Hand placement:

• Fixating hand on C7 with a key grip into ventrocaudal direction with back of the hand resting on the bench
• Working hand placed on arch of C2
• Patient’s head fixated between working hand and therapist’s shoulder/chest

Movement:

• Maximal homonymous 3D movement with the working hand and shoulder with equal components of flexion, ipsilateral lateral flexion and ipsilateral rotation. This is best accomplished by moving the knees from flexion to extension. This movement causes maximal opening of the facet joints of C2 until C7 on the contralateral side