Comparison of Kinesio Taping and Cervical Thrust Manipulation in Neck Pain

"Participants in this group will receive treatment through standardised therapeutic kinesio taping along with conventional therapy.~Tape will place over the posterior cervical extensor muscle, from insertion to the origin, with the patient's neck in cervical contralateral side-bending and rotation.~Duration of kinesio tape will be of 48 hours with 50-100% tension.~Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:~Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions."

"Participants of this group will receive treatment via cervical thrust manipulation along with conventional therapy.~For mid cervical spine thrust manipulation, the patient will be in supine lying position,with cervical spine in neutral position.~The therapist will cradle the patients head with the other hand. Gentle ipsilateral cervical side flexion and contralateral rotation will introduce until tension will perceive in target tissues at contact point. A high velocity, low amplitude thrust manipulation, will direct upward and medially in direction of subject's contralateral eye.~Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:~Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This intervention protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up."

"Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include:~Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching Exercises of neck muscles. For sternocleidomastoid stretching, the subject will ask to sit or stand facing forward, exhale and slowly turn your head to right, by keeping shoulder relaxed and down,inhale and return to the center, then turn to look at your left shoulder, ask to hold this position for 30 seconds and do 3 repetitions.~For Trapezius stretching, patient is seated upright, therapist then passively move right ear to right shoulder.~This study includes interventional protocol of 6 weeks. The session will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up."