“THE BREAK” No. 2
For the Atlas only, and for straight lateral displacement of that vertebra.
Position and Contact
Position of patient’s head and of supporting hand exactly as in using Break No. 1. Contact is made with the end of the Atlas transverse on the laterally prominent side. Contact point on hand is second metacarpo-phalangeal joint, or rather, the condyle of the second metacarpal.
Movement
As for Break No. 1.