Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Before Postural Correction Exercise in Adults With Forward Head Posture

Extracorporeal shock waves are non-invasive and simple treatments that are easy to apply to a wide surface and have fewer side effects with low intensity. In addition, there is an advantage of improving blood circulation through an increase in reactive blood flow and creation of new blood vessels.

The exercise program mainly consists of stretching and muscle strengthening exercises, which have shown improvement effects in terms of head vertebrae and pain. In order to optimize the muscle activity between pairs due to FHP, the selected exercise should focus on providing an appropriate proportion of muscle activity for each other as well as muscle strength.