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Polarity Therapy Volume 1, Book 2 Chart No. 49 - Extension of the Neck in Sitting Position for Headaches, Gas Pressure and Occipito-atlas [Atlanto-occipital] and Foramen Magnum Release.

Countryside Technique

Contact point of the hand laid over the first dorsal [thoracic] vertebrae.



Contact point of the hand laid over the first dorsal [thoracic] vertebrae.

The hands with the fingers and thumbs under the occiput where they fit. The left hand is placed on the forehead above the eyebrows.

The hands with the fingers and thumbs under the occiput where they fit. The left hand is placed on the forehead above the eyebrows. The hands with the fingers and thumbs under the occiput where they fit. The left hand is placed on the forehead above the eyebrows.
The head is pushed back onto the hand which acts as a lift to the head, by the firm support of the bottom of the hand on the vertebra prominence or on the first dorsal [thoracic], depending on the size of the operator's hand and the length of the patient's neck. It is merely a lift by a posterior flexion over the hand. No force or jerk should be used. Repeat several times as a directional stretch to release blocks, pain and congestion.



The head is pushed back onto the hand which acts as a lift to the head, by the firm support of the bottom of the hand on the vertebra prominence or on the first dorsal [thoracic], depending on the size of the operator's hand and the length of the patient's neck. It is merely a lift by a posterior flexion over the hand. No force or jerk should be used. Repeat several times as a directional stretch to release blocks, pain and congestion.