Effectiveness of Pain Release Phenomenon in Chronic Cervical Pain

Pain Release Phenomenon in Cervical Pain

Abstract

Background: Physical therapy intervention is the mainstay for treating chronic neck pain i.e. Non-specific. Despite the availability of several treatment options, there is a lack of agreement on any specific treatment approach for chronic cervical pain. Objective: To find the effectiveness of the Pain Release Phenomenon in chronic cervical pain for pain and finding how long those results were sustained by the patient. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with a total of 44 patients was conducted in Gulab Devi Hospital and Lifeline Hospital, Lahore for six months. Data was collected using a purposive sampling technique and patients with age between 25 to 45 years having chronic cervical pain for at least two months were included and subjects who had undergone any surgical procedure, having radiculopathy and systemic disease were excluded. After taking written consent from the participants, the pain intensity was measured by a numeric pain rating scale at baseline, then four sessions of pain release phenomenon were applied in a week and the readings were measured after two weeks follow up, then again four sessions were applied in next week and then readings were measured at follow up period after four weeks. The data were analyzed by using SPSS version v20. After assessing the normality by Shapiro Wilk test and Q-Q plot the data were normally distributed as the (p-value>0.05). The repeated measure analysis of variance test was used to analyze the data. The presentation of qualitative variables was in the form of frequency tables and percentages whereas quantitative variables were presented in the form of mean and standard deviation. Results: Patients did not differ in baseline pain and disability level initially. Two weeks and four weeks post-intervention receiving pain release phenomenon showed markedly improved functional status (p-value=0.00, confidence interval=95%) and reduction in the level of pain (p-value=0.00, confidence interval=95%). Conclusion: This study concluded that the Pain release phenomenon is an effective technique in the improvement of movement and function and also in reducing pain in patients having chronic cervical pain over a total of six weeks and the effects of the treatment last over a period given for follow-ups.