Flexion Pivot Manipulation

Position of the therapist:

  • Standing at the long edge of the bench

Position of the patient:

  • Supine lying position
  • Arm in slight abduction supported on the bench

Hand placement:

  • Ipsilateral hand grabs patient’s wrist
  • Supinated forearm of contralateral hand placed as close as possible into the patient’s elbow crease from lateral

Impuls:

  • Elbow flexion by ipsilateral hand