A 44-year-old female presents to clinic with complaints of neck pain that has been ongoing for a couple months. She says that she has started a new job and spends most of her day seated behind a desk. She has tried over the counter medications without relief. Vitals are within normal limits. Osteopathic structural examination reveals that her AA joint is rotated to the left. You decide to treat the patient using a HVLA technique. Which of the following best describes the correct HVLA technique to be performed on this patient?