Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain

Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain

The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index.

The best infant feeding practice is breastfeeding, which has both immediate and long-term advantages for mothers, babies, the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. Mothers who are nursing frequently experience neck pain. Because the scapula and neck are closely related, scapular stabilization is becoming more and more popular for patients with neck pain.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. exclusive breastfeeding mothers with immediate to 6-month-old infants.
2. The bilateral cradle position is employed by patients when nursing.
3. Patients had mechanical neck pain.
4. Patients with a body mass index below 30 kg/m²
5. Patients have moderate pain intensity, ranging from 3 to 7 on the visual analogue scale
6. The patients' scores on the Neck Disability Index ranged from 10 to 40 out of 50.

Exclusion criteria:

1. Patients had preterm babies or low-birth-weight babies.
2. pregnant patients
3. Patients had postpartum complications.
4. Patients had inflammation, infection, severe degeneration, congenital deformity, and trauma.
5. Patients had sensory abnormalities or a positive motor reflex.
6. Patients had cancer, metabolic, or systemic diseases.