Fig. 13. The Rotary, No. 2.
THE ROTARY No. 2
A transition in technic between No. 1 and No. 3.
Position
Patient lies face upward on closed table, head resting upon forward section. Adjuster stands at side of patient, choosing the side according to the subluxation so as to face across the table in the direction toward which spinous process is to move. Palpation is difficult in this position on account of the increase in the curve of the Cervicals, so that it is best to follow a record previously made.
Having found the subluxation make contact as follows.
Contact
Reach across patient’s neck with right hand for a right subluxation or left hand for a left, and find spinous process. Then draw the middle finger straight around until the palmar surface of the middle finger just below the second joint fits snugly behind the transverse process. Place the other hand under the head and with both hands working together turn the head toward you, chin upraised, and draw the neck into a greater flexion until it is felt that contact is firm and close.