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INTERVENTIONS FOR NECK PAIN

Exercise includes:

Posture Re-education

Joint mobility exercises (ROM)

Strengthening exercises with machines or manually (includes static)

Active strengthening exercises

Stretching exercises

Proprioceptive exercises

General aerobic exercise

 

Home Exercise;

McKenzie

Endurance exercise (dynamic)

Stabilization

 

Manual Therapies include:

Massage

manual traction

passive mobilization

soft areas/tissues techniques

joint mobilizations

joint manipulations

 

Physical Agents:

Heat

Cold

Mechanical Traction

hydrotherapy

Electrotherapy TENS

Interferential

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field

 

 

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