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Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal

Volume  13, Issue 2, April-June 2020, Pages 61-65
 

Original Article

Effectiveness of Neck and Shoulder Stretching Program among Professionals Working from Home During Covid–19

Bhavna Anand1, Vasu Goyal2

1Teaching Associate, 2BPT Student, Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Amity University, Noida 201301, UP, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/potj.0974.5777.13220.1

Abstract

Objective: To study the effect of neck and shoulder stretching program among professionals working from home COVID– 19. Methodology: 40 subjects within age groups 20–45 years both male and female working from home with subclinical neck pain and shoulder pain participated in the study. Subjects who were working minimum 2 hours on computer with a pain duration of atleast 2 months and pain should be mild to moderate on VAS were included. Subjects were excluded if they had any cervical apin with traumatic causes, any history of fractures, history of dislocated cervical spine, rheumatoid arthritis or PIVD of cervical spine, has undergone cervical spine surgery or were undergoing treatment at the time of testing. Improvement were noticed on VAS score. Results: Significant results were observed among the subjects. We provide information to the subjects regarding the protocol which
they need to follow. Subjects were given some ergonomical and postural guidelines which they need to follow and also subjects were given stretching exercise for neck and shoulder and aslo given isometric exercises for neck. After doing analysis we found that after following the guidelines and exercises for 15 days, subjects experienced less pain as they were experiencing before. Conclusion: Stetching program with postural correction tips is effective in relieving neck and shoulder pain if done continuously and it also relieves the stiffness among the subjects.

Keywords: Ergonomical Guidelines; Isometric Exercises; Subclinical Neck Pain.
 


Corresponding Author : Vasu Goyal