Principles and practice of spinal adjustment; for the use of students and practitioners . adjustment, one of the others shouldbe employed. In the great majority of cases it will be found that contactwith the transverse processes is much to be preferred to thatwith the spinous processes. The reasons for this are obviousto any one who uses both methods for a time, and comparesthe effects of each. Chief among the reasons why the use ofthe transverse processes as levers is preferable is the fact thatthe force can be directed with greater accuracy. Some chiro-practors disregard the transverse proce
Principles and practice of spinal adjustment; for the use of students and practitioners . adjustment, one of the others shouldbe employed. In the great majority of cases it will be found that contactwith the transverse processes is much to be preferred to thatwith the spinous processes. The reasons for this are obviousto any one who uses both methods for a time, and comparesthe effects of each. Chief among the reasons why the use ofthe transverse processes as levers is preferable is the fact thatthe force can be directed with greater accuracy. Some chiro-practors disregard the transverse processes entirely, even inpalpation, and therefore also in adjustment, and limit them-selves to the spinous processes exclusively. From what hasbeen said in preceding chapters the reader must appreciatethat such methods must fail in some instances. Another im-portant reason for using the transverse processes rather thanthe spinous wherever possible is that by using the formeras levers the possibility of producing soreness following theadjustment is greatly minimized. 320 SPINAL ADJUSTMENT. Fig. 62. Showing the Contact Pointson the Hand. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 321 The final essential to the proper delivery of the thrust isthe point of contact of the operators hand. Fii^. 62 illustratesthese points which are named as follows: 1. The Calcanear contact. 2. The Pisiform contact. 3. The Hypothenar contact. 4. The Thenar contact. 5. The Thumb contact. The indications for the use of each of these various formsof contact are given under the various holds described in thefollowing chapters. CHAPTER II Adjustment of the Cervical Vertebrae The Temporo-Transverse Hold.—Indications.—This holdis the best for general use in the cervical region. It lacks en-tirely the element of harshness present in other holds usedfor adjustment of the vertebrae in this region. It is especially-adapted to correction of lateral, rotary, scoliotic, and supero-inferior subluxations. Position of the patient.—The
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