To test for a restriction to sidebending in the forward bent position:

• The examiner should grasp the patient's head using the heel of the hands. The examiners fingertips should be placed over the posterior aspect of the articular pillars of the superior vertebra of the motion segment that is to be tested.
• The examiner should then rotate the patients head forward on C1 and forward bend the neck down to the level of the segment that is being tested. Envision the axis of forward rotation as being located at the level of the segment that is being tested.
• While maintaining the cervical spine in flexion, the examiner should introduce translation to the right and to the left. Avoid cocking the head to one side or the other.

Join Dr. Philip E. Greenman, D.O., F.A.A.O., as he demonstrates translational motion testing in the forward bent position and then evaluates the results of his examination.

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