Sub Occipital Inhibition Technique on Postural Balance

With the patient in the supine position and the therapist sitting at the head of the bed with the elbows resting on its surface. The therapist palpates the cervical spinous processes and slides the fingers upwards until contacting the posterior projection of the posterior arch of the atlas. Then, flexing the metacarpophalangeal at 90 degrees slowly raises the skull. The therapist's hands should remain together and the base of the skull should rest on his palms pressing with the index, middle and ring fingers of each hand in a sustained manner, but without causing pain. This pressure must be maintained during 4 minutes.

A superficial contact in the same area as the intervention, to rule out the exteroceptive effect associated with the therapist's contact.