For adjustment of the last two Cervicals or any Dorsal down to the sixth, it is best to turn patient’s head toward the direction of the subluxation. This curves that section of the spine into an arc toward the convex side of which movement may be made more easily than toward the concave. The patient’s hands may lie under the table, loosely, or may reach back and rest upon the buttocks, palm upward. Whichever position secures best relaxation is to be used in any case. This movement may be used with the roll. (See Fig. 30 and p. 285.) [Illustration: Fig. 21. After palpation. Finger ready to guide contact hand to a spinous process.] Position of Adjuster Stand on either side of patient, feet apart for base and poise. The direction of the feet and position of body will vary according to the direction of the adjustment, by the following two rules: Rule 1. For movement of a vertebra _away_ from the side on which you stand, place your arms and hands in such a position that the pisiform bone of adjusting hand, both elbows, and both shoulder joints (shoulders being dropped loosely forward) will fall in the same plane and that the plane of direction in which the vertebra is to be moved. In other words, let the force be applied in a line straight from your body _through_ the vertebra. Always shift your feet to a proper position from which to direct the movement. Rule 2. To move a vertebra _toward_ the side on which you stand, step close to patient’s body and support yourself with one knee against the adjusting table at the most convenient point. Then place arms so that contact point, elbows, shoulders, and the mid-point of the body’s base, between the feet, are all in the same plane. This insures balance during and after the movement and is the attitude from which the greatest and most carefully measured force can be delivered. It will be seen that the desire is always to deliver all force in one plane and thus avoid conflict of forces and waste or misdirection through the predominance of one force over the other, and to use both arms with equal facility in the move. There are at least a hundred ways to hinder this movement by varying the preliminary positions. And no one can know the real efficiency of the move who has not become instinctively adept at taking position. Use of Hands and Arms Use of hands for palpation has been described. (P. 46.) The palpating hand comes to rest with the middle finger on the spinous process of the vertebra to be adjusted. The heel of the hand is raised, the first and third fingers doubled back, and the heel lowered again. Now the middle finger alone is a slender pointer guiding to the contact point. Place pisiform bone of other hand snugly _against_ the process to be moved. The hand should rest in a slight arch, pisiform against spinous, fingers rigid and flexed on hand, last finger firmly anchored, or pressed into the flesh, to prevent slipping. (Fig. 22 shows the position.)