Effect of Theraband Exercises on Neck Pain and Forward Head Posture in Various Occupation
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Introduction: Various occupation experience daily neck pain largely due to their awkward postures and high work demand. This puts extra strain on the muscles and predispose to development of faulty posture and muscles imbalance. So to avoid all this problems and exercise plan is needed, which can be easily performed even at the workplace. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of the band exercises on neck pain and forward head posture in various occupation. Methodology: Thirty patients between the age of 25-50 participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to either and experimental (15) or a control group (15). The experiment group participated in Thera Band exercises Programme while control performed conventional exercises for 6 weeks. Evaluation of neck pain done by numeric pain rating scale and forward head posture was measured by digital photography technique. Results: The paired sample t-test results showed statistically significant difference in the pre and post intervention scores of both NPRS (p=<0.01) and CV angle (p=<0.01) in the participants of both the groups. Conclusion: the result of this study suggests that the use of TheraBand exercises may be helpful for reducing neck pain and carting forward head posture in various occupation.
Methods: An comparative study was conducted on 30 patients having neck pain and forward head posture in various physiotherapy OPD and rehabilitation Centre Dehradun. The patient neck pain was measured by NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale) and forward head posture measured by the digital photography technique.
Results: The majority of patient was showing significant reduction in neck pain and extent of forward head Posture.
Conclusion: The result of this study suggests that the use of Thera Band exercises maybe helpful for reducing neck pain and correction forward head posture in various occupation.
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