Thorasic Spine Adjustment Set-Ups: Upper Thoracic

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo - Doctor Stance

fencer stance on the same side as the adjustment

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo - Patient Position

patinet lies prone with head resting on opposite side cheek

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo - Doctor Contact

hypothenar contact of caudal hand

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo - Patient Contact

transverse process of T1-T3. Cephalad hand contact inferior occiput and applies slight I to S pressure to the occiput

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo - Line of Drive

P-A, I-S, R-L

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo Image of Set-up

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo from Top of Table - Doctor Stance

fencer stance at the top of table, contralateral to patient contact

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo from Top of Table - Patient Position

patient lies prone with head resting on opposite side cheek

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo from Top of Table - Doctor Contact

hypothenar of cephalad hand facing down the spine

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo from Top of Table - Patient Contact

transverse process. Caudal hand contacts inferior occiput applying slight I to S pressure to the occiput

Hypothenar Transverse Process Combo from Top of Table Image of Set-up

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral - Doctor Stance

fencer stance on the same side as adjustment

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral - Patient Position

patient lies prone, head turned away from doctor

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral - Doctor Contact

Thumb contact on the hand farthest from the patient, hand closest to the patient applying slight pressure I to S on the temporal/occiput area

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral - Patient Contact

Spinous process of same side

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral - Line of Drive

P-A, I-S R-L

Thumb-Spinous Push Ipsilateral Image of Set-up

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral - Doctor Stance

fencer position on the opposite side as the adjustment

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral - Patient Position

patient lies prone with head turned away from side of adjustment contact

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral - Doctor Contact

thumb of hand closest to the patient with hand farthest from the patient applying slight I to S pressure on the temporal occiput area

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral - Patient Contact

Spinous process of T-T3 of opposite side you are standing on

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral - Line of Drive

P-A, I-S, R-L

Thumb Spinous Push Contralateral Image of Set-up

Pisiform Spinous Combo - Doctor Stance

fencer stance on the same side as the patient

Pisiform Spinous Combo - Patient Position

patinet lies prone with hands on the arm rest or hanging off the table

Pisiform Spinous Combo - Doctor Contact

Pisiform of cephalic hand

Pisiform Spinous Combo - Patient Contact

Pisiform on the spinous process (you stand on the same side that the spinous is turned to) fingers angled across the spine. Opposing hand is placed on temporal/occiput of the patient applying slight I to S

Pisiform Spinous Combo Image of Set-up

Single Hand Reinforced Pisiform Spinous Process - Doctor Stance

squared stance on the same side that is being adjusted

Single Hand Reinforced Pisiform Spinous Process - Patient Position

patient lies prone with hands on the arm rest or hanging off the table

Single Hand Reinforced Pisiform Spinous Process - Doctor Contact

hypothenar/pisiform of inferior hand. Right, middle phalanx placed on dorsum of wrist posteriorly to pisiform with thumb resting on wrist

Single Hand Reinforced Pisiform Spinous Process - Patient Contact

spinous process of T1-T3

Single Hand Reinforced Pisiform Spinous Process - Line of Drive

P-A, I-S, R-L