With the hand in position and the head supported by the Hook Support, bend the head laterally, keeping the face upward, until it is felt that further movement would strain the muscles.
Deliver the movement in a straight lateral direction, quickly and entirely with the contact hand.
“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.