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Position of the therapist:
- Therapist stands behind the patient in a split stance with slightly bent knees
Position of the patient:
- Sitting on the short edge of the bench with knees relaxed
Hand placement:
- A pad is placed on spinal segment T1 and fixated by the therapist’s sternum
- Therapist’s arms are brought forward under the patient’s arms so that the therapist’s fingers can be placed on spinal segment C7
- Patient places their fingers on top of the therapist’s hands and looks up
Direction of the manipulation:
- Ventrocranial by extending the patient’s cervicothoracic junction through knee extension and impuls of the sternum against the pad
