PRINCIPLES
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

WEIGHT-BEARING FLEXION
     BODY WEIGHT CONTRIBUTION TO BACK PAIN
     APPLICATION IN DAILY LIVING
          Picking Up Objects
          Physical Labor
          Driving
          Coughing
          Seated at Work
          Squatting
          Lifting Heavy Objects
TRACTION
RELAXATIONAL BREATHING
FLEXION IN TRACTION
ROPE-ASSISTED TRACTION
     Lumbar and Lower Thoracic
     Cervical and Upper Thoracic
NARROW-ARC ROCKING
THERAPEUTIC CIRCUMDUCTION
     Sequential Arching Therapeutic Circumduction
EXTENSIONS
EXTENSION IN TRACTION
WEIGHT-BEARING EXTENSIONS
WEIGHT-BEARING HYPEREXTENSION
SEQUENTIAL SEGMENTAL EXTENSIONS
     The "CASCADE" Technique
     The "INCH-WORM" Technique
DYNAMIC POSITIONING
DYNAMIC EXTENSIONS
DYNAMIC FLEXION IN TRACTION
SELECTING THE IDEAL DYNAMIC POSITION
EXTENSION MAINTENANCE
PREFERENTIAL STRENGTHENING
MOBILIZATION
THE CHIROTATIONAL TWIST
HYPERWEIGHTING IN EXTENSION
ROUTINE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
MORNING MAINTENANCE
     Lumbar--Morning Extensions
    Cervical-- Morning Extensions
    Thoracic--Morning Extensions