Early in my career I was very shy about grade five maneuvers in the clinic. I am still very cautious about their use in the cervical spine, and often find thoracic manipulations to be just as useful.
However I felt this demonstration of a lower cervical grade V from our colleagues at USC was worth showing! I particularly like the off-camera "eek!" from the female PT student after the technique.
Nice job Trojans!
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6 years ago
The lower cervical/upper thoracic is the hardest for me, looks like a good technique!
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