An apparatus comprises a contoured block comprising a sculpted palm rest on a top surface and a finger grip indentation on a front side. The contoured block is configured to be grasped by a hand of a user with fingers on the finger grip indentation and a palm on the sculpted palm rest where a thumb of the hand is extendable to guide placement of the apparatus on a patients spine. Pads are disposed on a bottom surface of the contoured block. The pads are configured to form a spinal channel. The pads are further configured for contacting sides of the patients spine with the patients spine being positioned within the spinal channel.
