Effect of Kinesio Tape on Neck Pain in Lactating Women

Pain will be assessed through visual analogue scale (VAS) for each woman in both groups before and after treatment. It is usually a horizontal line, 100 mm long, whose ends are labeled as the extreme ("no pain" and "pain as bad as it could be"). The patient is asked to put a mark on the line indicating their pain intensity. Sometimes descriptive, such as 'mild', 'moderate', 'sever', or numbers are provided along the scale for guidance. it is valid and reliable tool to assess pain intensity.

An electronic pressure algometer "Force one gauge- model FDI" (Wagner instruments, Greenwish, CT, USA) will be used to measure myofascial trigger points tenderness by determining the pain pressure threshold using a pressure probe, that's placed on the trigger point. With a 1-cm 2 rubber disc at the end of the device. Pressure will be applied perpendicularly to the skin at constant speed, and the woman will be asked to say stop at the time she started feeling pain.

Goniometer will be used to measure neck flexion range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the external auditory meatus. The stationary arm placed vertically or perpendicular to the floor and the moving arm placed on the base of the nose. The participants will be asked to flex neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical flexion range of motion is usually approximately 80º.

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the external auditory meatus. The stationary arm placed vertically or perpendicular to the floor and the moving arm placed on the base of the nose. The participants will be asked to extend neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical extension range of motion is usually approximately 50º.

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the spinous process of the C7. The stationary arm placed along the imaginary line between the two acromion processes either vertically or perpendicular to the floor or horizontal and parallel to the floor and the moving arm placed over the external occipital protuberance. The participants will be asked to perform lateral flexion of the neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical lateral flexion range of motion is usually approximately 45º.

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the over to the center of the patients' head. The stationary arm placed along an imaginary line between the two acromion processes and the moving arm placed at the tip of the nose. the participants will be asked to perform neck rotation and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical rotation range of motion is usually approximately 80º.

A neck pain questionnaire using nine five-part sections has been devised to overcome this problem. Questions on duration and intensity of pain were good indicators of a patient's global assessment. The questionnaire is easy for patients to complete, simple to score and provides an objective measure to evaluate outcome in patients with acute or chronic neck pain. The questionnaire consists of 9 sections about daily activities. Each section contains 1 question and 5 statements. Each section is scored on a 0-4 scale, 4 representing the greatest disability, and 0 representing the least disability. The total score is obtained by summing the scores for the 9 sections (possible score: 0-36).