Patent ID: 6896662

Claim:
A method for alleviating discomfort in, or originating in, the cervical spine region of a patient comprising the steps of: removably attaching at least one pad to a rigid posterior force applicator to set a thickness of a combination of said pad and said posterior force applicator to produce a selected lordosis adjustment in a patient experiencing discomfort in, or originating in, the cervical spine region to cause a neutral cervical spine orientation of said patient; disposing an anterior force applicator, having a substantially continuous, rigid frame with an open central region, on said patient with an upper region of said frame approximately at a lower costal region of said patient and a lower portion of said frame approximately at the symphisis pubis of said patient; and connecting said anterior force applicator and said posterior force applicator on said patient with straps at opposite lateral sides thereof to position said posterior force applicator approximately at the L3 vertebra of said patient to effect said lordosis adjustment and said neutral cervical spine orientation, with substantially no therapeutic bracing and support of said patient by said anterior and posterior force applicators.