To Effectively Apply a Manipulation Technique to Improve Cervical Flexion

question 17

Multiple Choice

To effectively apply a manipulation technique to improve cervical flexion, you would:

• A)Position the patient supine with knees flexed and her arms at her side and use a two-thumb contact on the spinous process while pressing in a caudal direction.
• B)Stand on one side of the patient with your body facing caudally and contact the cervical pillar on that side with the second metacarpal phalangeal joint and apply a caudally directed force.
• C)Position the patient prone and use a two-thumb contact on the transverse processes of the superior restricted segment of the three-joint complex and apply a caudally directed force.
• D)Position the patient prone and apply force through the thumbs to slide the superior vertebra in a cephalad-anterior direction.

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