Fig. 19.

Walz method. The patient sits straight-backed on a chair while the practitioner stands behind him. The practitioner then places one hand in the axilla making a fist and having his thumb facing upward, making contact with the humeral head. With the other hand, the practitioner holds the forearm of the patient and applies downward traction, usually initiating the reduction. (A) If no reduction occurs, the practitioner can rotate his hand externally in the axilla, pushing the humeral head laterally in the glenoid fossa.(B).