They can be easily made by any good upholstering establishment at very little expense. The next thing to be done is to lower the extreme ends of the table so as to conform with the natural posture of the body when lying in bed as the body then assumes a slight natural oval posture. More than an oval posture thus described is incorrect to use with the technique herein illustrated. No. 2 needs very little comment and certainly merits no commendation. A glance at the condition of the spine in such a posture proves the ridiculousness of performing an adjustment upon a patient lying upon an open table.
Every segment is meshed an locked one into the other.
To give an adjustment in this manner is bound to produce pain and is unscientific and cruel. I am glad we are getting away from this inhuman method of adjusting. No. 3 is not so severe as that in illustration No. 2, but must likewise produce pain. The segmental bodies of the vertebrae are tightly wedged together and inflammation with hyperemia may result. The centrum and processes should be free in posture so as to allow them to move easily upon the facets when an attempt is made to move a vertebra.