Clinical Effects of Upper Cervical Translatoric Mobilization in Patients With Headache

"Upper cervical translatoric spinal mobilization: a 30 minutes treatment consisting of 30 series of translatoric mobilizations of the upper cervical spine with 10 rest between sets. For that purpose, the patient is positioned in supine, with the cervical spine in neutral position. The therapist place a hand dorsally at the level of the vertebral arch of C1 with the metacarpophalangeal and radial border of the index finger. The other hand is placed posteriorly under the occiput, with the shoulder positioned anteriorly on the patient's forehead. The mobilization force is directed dorsally from the shoulder until the therapist feel a marked resistance and then apply slightly more pressure in order to perform a stretching mobilization."