Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Lactating Women

Each participant will be given cervical thoracic spine correction exercises in the form of thoracic Roll Stretching Exercises, shoulder Bracing (Shoulder Retraction), superman Pose, chin Tuck (Cervical Retraction), five days a week for 4 weeks

"A dermatograph pencil (COLOURED®) will be used to draw circles with diameters of 2 cm around the application points. Each point will be stimulated for 30 seconds.~The laser will be placed at the specific acupuncture points in shoulder and cervical regions.~Each woman in the study group will be treated by laser acupuncture for 7 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks.~Acupuncture points of the neck:~B10 (Tianzhu), GB 20 (Fengchi), GB 21 (jianjing), and EX-HN15 (jianzhongsgu). Acupuncture points of shoulder: LI 14 (Binao), LI 15 (Jianyu), TE 14 (Jianlio), LI 4 (Hegu),LI16 (Jugu), ST 38 (Tiaoko), SI 10 (Naoshu),LI 11 (Quchi),TE 15 (Tianliao),LU 1 (Zhongfu),~Parameter of laser:~wavelength: 808\[nm\], Operating mode: Continuous wave, Output power: 100 \[mW\], Power density: 333\[mW/cm\], area irradiated:0.3 cm2, Total time per point: 30\[s\], Angle of application:90 degree."