Patent ID: 10799416

Abstract:
One embodiment of a self-treating upper neck system for therapeutic mobilization and of the type allowing for restoration of C1-2 rotation by means of placing repeated passive mobilizations to the upper neck. This embodiment accomplishes this by having two stoppers (12a and 12b) that fix the C2 vertebra by placing a force through the posterior aspect of the C2 transverse processes. The force is applied by the patient via an elastic head strap (20) attached to a rope (22) that is looped through pulleys and eventually terminates with handles (24a and 24b) on each side. With the patient resting his/her head on a foam cushion (14) secured to the base of the apparatus (10), they use the rope (22) and pulley system to generate the precise magnitude and direction of forces necessary to repeatedly mobilize the C1-2 segments.