If lesions still remain, now is the time to use stronger specific corrective movements. Before leaving the neck, I carefully feel for movement in the occipito-atloid articulation and if necessary do specific corrective work there. While the operator still stands at the head of the table, it is a good time to raise the ribs, a procedure which Dr. Burns tells us is very important in order to stimulate circulation through the marrow of the ribs where red blood cells are formed. Patient still lies on his back. He reaches up his arms above his head and clasps operator around the waist.
Operator draws back slightly.
The pull on the pectoral muscles lifts the ribs in front. Operator assists this action by reaching forward, slipping his fingers under the posterior angles of the ribs, his thumbs under the anterior borders, pushing down on the posterior angles and lifting up on the ribs anteriorly. While the patient is still on his back, palpate for the liver, and, if necessary, do abdominal work. Patient turns on side. Patient lies on right side.