| Treatment plan |
Exercise protocol |
Duration and frequency |
Rationale |
| Patient education |
To educate about the condition and regarding the importance of exercise and reduction of screen time |
At the initial phase of starting the treatment when the patient visits |
To make the patient actively involve and understand the precautions |
| Pain reduction (Days 1–3) |
Heat therapy-hot pack |
10 minutes twice a day |
To promote relaxation of muscle, decrease the stiffness, and improve healing |
| To prevent loss of strength (Days 1–3) |
Neck isometric exercises in every direction: forward, backward, sideways, rotation |
10 repetitions twice daily |
To improve physical endurance and posture by maintaining the strength and maintaining range of motion |
| To increase the strength (Days 3–7) |
Neck exercises in every direction with the use of TheraBand: forward, backward, sideways, rotation |
10 repetitions once daily |
To improve and maintain the strength |
| Posture correction exercises (Days 3–7) |
Shoulder and neck muscle stabilization exercises: chin tucks, shoulder shrugs, scapular retractions. Introduction of stretching regime for suboccipital and trapezius muscle. |
10 repetitions twice daily |
To minimize the strain on the muscles that cause imbalance |
| Matrix rhythm therapy (Days 1, 3, 5, 7) |
Matrix therapy over the trapezius and splenius capitis muscles as they get tensed while using the mobile phone or screen. |
30 minutes per session |
To reduce the stiffness by increasing the adenosine triphosphate synthesis and regeneration of cell activity |
