EFFECTIVENESS OF POST ISOMETRIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUE OVER POST FACILITATION STRETCHING TECHNIQUE FOR PATIENT WITH TRAPEZITIS

Introduction: Trapezitis is an inflammation caused in the Trapezius Muscle which further leads to pain and spasm in the neck. It increases commonly among people who are work at desk and computers, drivers, tailors, painters who uses their neck muscles a lot. MET is an active muscle based treatment approach that involves the voluntary contraction of a muscle in a controlled direction against the counterforce provided by the therapist. Methodology: This is a comparative experimental study conducted at physiotherapy OPD, ACS Medical College and Hospital. Study duration was 2 weeks with 4 session .Patient aged between 20-45 years. The sampling was chosen on purposive sampling. The pre and posttest were Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI) and cervical lateral flexion ROM. In this study, 30 subjects are characterised into 2 groups of 15 subject each .Group A received post isometric relaxation technique and Group B received post facilitation stretching technique. Both pre and post test were measured using VAS,NDI and cervical lateral flexion ROM. Inclusion criteria are age of patient 20-45 years, pain, muscle spasm and tenderness. Exclusion criteria are patient age below 20 years, any cervical injury, recent surgery over cervical region. Result: On comparing pre and post test for both group on VAS,NDI and cervical lateral flexion ROM, post facilitation streching technique show better result than post isometric relaxation technique in reducing pain, neck disability and improve neck ROM. Conclusion: The study concluded that post facilitation stretching technique was more effective than post isometric relaxation technique for patient with Trapezitis.