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The document presents three case studies involving patients with acute low back pain and neck pain, detailing their symptoms and the recommended positional release therapy techniques for treatment. Case study 1 focuses on a patient with low back ache, while case studies 2 and 3 involve patients with neck pain and associated symptoms, recommending specific techniques for the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. Each treatment involves positioning the patient for maximum comfort and applying pressure to tender points until release is felt.

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Case studyy

The document presents three case studies involving patients with acute low back pain and neck pain, detailing their symptoms and the recommended positional release therapy techniques for treatment. Case study 1 focuses on a patient with low back ache, while case studies 2 and 3 involve patients with neck pain and associated symptoms, recommending specific techniques for the upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. Each treatment involves positioning the patient for maximum comfort and applying pressure to tender points until release is felt.

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Case study-1

Patient with nonspecific acute low back ache. Symptoms less than 3 weeks
without radiation to buttock, thigh or leg. The patient have tender points in
lumbar area. What is the best treatment used for this patient?

1-Positional release therapy for erecter spinae

for 90 seconds with 3 repetitions. The patient is prone with trunk laterally
flexed towards the tender side. The therapist stands on the side of the tender
point. The therapist places his knee on the table and rests the participants
affected leg on the therapist’s thigh. The participant’s hip is extended and
adducted, and slight rotation is used to place the patient in the position of most
comfort

Case study-2

30 years old patient, present to physiotherapy clinic with unilateral pain


starting in the neck and radiating to the frontotemporal region, pain aggravated
by neck movement, restricted cervical range of motion, Presence of tenderness
in the upper cervical spine. What is the best treatment used for this patient?

1-Positional release technique for upper trapezius

The patient is in a supine position, the therapist kept the upper trapezius
muscle in the greatest comfort position, the patient head was flexed laterally
toward the tender points, and his shoulder was abducted 90 degrees. In that
position, the therapist monitored the trigger point with his index finger and
maintained pressure from the thumb on that position until release was felt. This
was repeated for 3-4 times with 20 second relaxation time with every
repetition.
Case study-3

32 years old female , referred to your clinic with pain at the neck

➢ that pain is appeared after heavy bags supported with a belt over the
shoulder in the previous 3 days.

➢ When asking the patient about the nature of pain and the most preferred
position that reduce the pain she answered that the pain is local pain at the
neck and radiating pain to posterolateral aspect of the neck, behind the ear,
temporal area (temporal headaches) up to the zygoma.

➢ which appeared all the day and increased at the night .

1-Positional release technique for upper trapezius

The patient is in a supine position, the therapist kept the upper trapezius
muscle in the greatest comfort position, the patient head was flexed laterally
toward the tender points, and his shoulder was abducted 90 degrees. In that
position, the therapist monitored the trigger point with his index finger and
maintained pressure from the thumb on that position until release was felt. This
was repeated for 3-4 times with 20 second relaxation time with every
repetition.

2-Positional release technique for Sternocleidomastoid:

The patient is in a supine position; the therapist kept the sternocleidomastoid


muscle in a position of greatest comfort and palpate the muscle to find a tender
point with a pincer grasp. Therapist monitored the tender point with his index
finger and maintained pressure on that tender point by turning the neck on the
same side until release was felt. This was repeated for 3-4 times with 20
second relaxation time with every repetition.

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