With the palms of both hands resting against the side of the neck and thumbs extended at right angles to hands, make contact with both thumbs on one vertebra as follows: If vertebra is to be rotated toward patient’s left, place right thumb against spinous process on its left side and left thumb upon right transverse process from behind it. Press firmly with the palm and fingers of each hand against the vertebrae above, gripping around neck and base of skull so as to hold all parts together. Movement The move is delivered simultaneously with the two hands, forcing spinous process toward the right and transverse in an anterior direction. The head must be raised from the bench and wholly supported by the hands and the head turns with the vertebra. Uses A powerful comparatively easy move which has the advantage of wide applicability and of avoiding the change of posture of the patient which mars many Cervical moves. [Illustration: Fig. 16. Posterior Cervical move.] ANCHOR MOVE No. 2 Position Same as for No. 1. Contact For a left subluxation to be moved toward the right, place the left thumb upon the right side of the spinous process so that it hooks over the spinous in position to draw or pull the spinous. Place right thumb against the end of the left transverse as much on the anterior side as possible so that it may exert a _prying_ force in a posterior direction. Movement Simultaneous application of force with the thumbs tends to rotate the vertebra as does No. 1, but unlike No. 1 the tendency is to bring the vertebra out in a posterior direction instead of driving it more anteriorly. Uses This move is applied to rotated Cervicals which are anterior, more on one side than on the other. POSTERIOR CERVICAL MOVE Uses For a posterior Cervical below the Atlas. The common and careless practice of moving such a vertebra with the Rotary, or the dangerous practice of using the Recoil may be avoided by this move and much better results obtained. Position Patient in position C, head projecting well beyond bench so as to allow for a dropping backward of the head. Palpate as for the Rotary and hold palpating finger on tip of spinous process of posterior vertebra while contact is made. Contact Contact point is middle of radial surface of first phalanx of first finger and is placed against the tip of the spinous process, directly between it and the floor, as the patient lies. Hand is held rigid and edgewise, fingers together so that the contact finger is well supported. Completing Position