Technic and Practice of Chiropractic

by Joy Maxwell Loban

Fig. 7. Morikubo Move. For correction of a lateral and rotated Atlas (L. A.). Pisiform contact with anterior transverse.

SPECIAL TECHNIC

MORIKUBO MOVE

A movement for the correction of a lateral and rotated Atlas, indicated for use only when the Atlas is recorded as R. A. or L. A. The position of the patient’s head renders the transverse process inaccessible unless it be anterior on the side from which adjustment is to be given.

Position of Patient

Place two sections of the bifid bench together so as to secure the effect of a solid bench with an upward sloping front. Have patient lying on back with back of head resting firmly on bench, chin slightly uptilted. Then turn patient’s head so that it faces sidewise and rests flatly on the side of the least prominent transverse. This exposes the anterior transverse in front of the tendons of the sterno-mastoid muscle.

Use of Hands

Stand leaning over head of bench and carefully place the pisiform bone of adjusting hand upon the tip of the transverse process, being careful to push aside the sterno-mastoid tendons if they interpose themselves between the pisiform and the process. The fingers of the adjusting hand extend downward toward the clavicle and rest lightly, very lightly, upon the patient’s neck. With the other hand firmly grip the wrist of the adjusting hand, fitting the pisiform of the upper hand into the hollow below the styloid process of the radius.