Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

Range of Motion for the Cervical Region

Motion	Examiner Position	Model Position	Examiner Instruction	Hand Placement	Muscles Involved	Possible Substitutions	Things to Note
Flexion	standing/ sitting in front of model	standing erect or supine with head and neck in neutral position	Active have patient perform motion Passive examiner performs motion on patient Resistive apply resistance in opposite direction of flexion sitting/	place one hand superior or superoposterior aspect of model's shoulder for stabilization and place the other hand on the posterior aspect of model's head	scalenus anterior scalenus medius scalenus posterior sternocleidomastoid
Extension	standing/ sitting in front of patient	standing erect or supine with head and neck in neutral position
Cervical Right Lateral Flexion	standing/ sitting in front of patient
Cervical Left Lateral Flexion	standing/ sitting in front of patient
Cervical Right Rotation	standing/ sitting in front of patient
Cervical Left Rotation	standing/ sitting in front of patient