4. Discussion
neck pain, head and neck issues, Neck disability, disability
SEPARATION
Excessive use of smartphone use may affect behavioral, physical, and musculoskeletal health, including head and neck issues.In this study, ELDOA method which is myofascial stretching technique in comparison with the post facilitation stretching technique was administrated to study groups. In 2018, Stępnik conducted a study on tissue targeted manual techniques which emphasized on fascia of neck region to reduce neck pain and disability. The study was performed on 31 participants with age 25 to 53 years allocated to experimental and control group. Five manual techniques were assigned to experimental group and laser therapy to the control group. Assessment was performed by Neck disability index. The study concluded that there is statistically significant reduction in neck pain and disability up to 8.5 points. Patients reported improvement in ADL’s.ELDOA method is basically postural exercises that could be taught to the patients. These exercises separate the vertebral spaces by generating facial tension at targeted vertebral segment. Separation causes increase in blood flow, disc hydration. Muscles strengthening, improvement in proprioception also achieved through these postural exercises. Retamal et alBrück et alIn 2021 Raja et al