Instant effects of neck met stretching and sustained natural apophyseal glides on pain, craniovertebral angle, and neck range of motion in intense smartphone users; A Pre Posttest Quasi-Experimental Study

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Background: The Smartphone has become a necessity for most people. Smartphone are used for both communication and entertainment purposes, such as messages, music, media, internet access, photos, and games.1  Purpose: The aim of the study is to assess the “immediate effects of posterior neck MET stretching along with sustain natural apophyseal glide on pain CVA and neck ROM in subjects with heavy smart phone users.” Subjects & Method: 30 heavy mobile phone users with neck pain were included in this study. Subjects were assigned into two groups by inclusion & exclusion criteria (n=15 per group) Group A (apply MET stretching) & Group B (apply SNAG). Assessment has done CVA through Surgimap smart phone application & through Surgimap system software. For pain measurement, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used in individually). Result: The present study found in within group for MET there was significant improvement in CVA, VAS and Cervical ROM. However, for SNAG group there was also 
significant improvement in CVA, VAS but no significant improvement in left and right rotation at cervical ROM. In between group, no statistical significant difference in CVA and VAS in between MET and SNAG groups.