Abstract: A novel side-posture table for use by chiropractors and other members of the healing arts in order to relieve the patient from the pain and suffering resulting from displaced portions of the upper-cervical section of his or her spine. A novel headrest portion is provided, with respect to which the head of the patient can be painlessly immobilized, thus enabling the chiropractor to apply adjustic thrusts as may be necessary in the proper treatment of a patient without the patient's head tending to move undesirably at such times, which motion would have the effect of greatly diminishing the value of the adjustment being made. Inasmuch as accurate and very precise movements of the atlas vertebra are to be brought about, the design of our machine is such as to enable the patient to lie on either side, facing the direction appropriate for his circumstances.