EFFECT OF MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE, MACKENZIE & SCAPULAR STABILITY EXERCISES IN ALLEVIATING NECK PAIN AND DISABILITY AMONG POPULATION WORKING FROM HOME.

BACKGROUND- Owing to covid-19 outbreak the abrupt shift of corporate as well as non corporate sector jobs from institutional settings to home has raised the cases of neck pain and stiffness, due to the lack of standard set up or workstation. Mackenzie, Muscle energy technique, scapular stability exercises followed by static stretching of neck musculature can be effective in patient with neck discomfort. METHOD- Random sampling was done. Using the single blind approach, subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criterion were randomly assigned to Group A (control group) or Group B (experimental group). Intervention for GROUP A was HOT PACK, TENS, and STRETCHING OF TRAPEZIUS FOLLOWED BY ISOMETRICS. And for GROUP B were STRETCHING OF TRAPEZIUS, MUSCLE ENERGY TECHNIQUE, MACKENZIE and SCAPULOTHORACIC STABILITY EXERCISES. Treatment to both group was given for 3 weeks & 3 setting per week i.e. treatment session for 9 days. An outcome measure used in this study for data collection was NPRS and NECK DISABILITY INDEX. Analysis followed by intervention was done on Day 1st Pre-treatment and 1st, 5th and 9th day Post treatment. RESULT- Intervention for Group A showed significant effect in reducing pain among population with neck pain. But Group B protocols are highly effective in alleviating pain and disability as compared to Group B. CONCLUSION- This study concludes that MET, Mackenzie & Scapular stability exercises was highly effective in reducing pain and disability among population working from home.