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Dear Vanessa, > I wonder if cervical traction could aggravate the neural tissues of > someone with underlying ANT/AMT? I think it could and to minimize that risk I think it is very important to check (and treat if necessary) all joints that is situated along the the affected nerve tract (including the crvical spine). > Currently I get pts with ANT/AMT to do gentle neural stretches in a > range that is only at the beginning of their symptoms. I tell them to > hold the stretch for 10 secs and do 3 reps twice daily. Personally I avoid holding the neve stretched, I prefer to use movement to "nudge" it back and forth. > This regime has had fairly good results, but I heard that this has now > changed. Anyone know the latest ideas and any references to back it > up? Well this is slightly off topic, but the information about the muscle-dural bridges between Occiput-C1 and C1-C2 might be of interest, you find it on: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/vhp_conf/hack2/hack2.htm http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ChiropractieJasperse/cervha.htm http://hal.bim.msu.edu/Research/AOA/intro.html All the best, David %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%