BMJ  2003;327 (30 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7413.0-b

Ordinary activity is as good as exercises or relaxation for neck pain

Dynamic muscle training and relaxation training are no better for neck pain or neck related disability than ordinary physical activity. Viljanen and colleagues (p 475) randomised 393 women office workers with chronic neck pain to dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity (controls). The range of motion for rotation and lateral flexion in the neck region improved slightly more in the training groups than in the control group, but no other differences in neck pain were found between the three groups at three, six, or 12 months. Neck pain is common, affecting an estimated two thirds of people during their adult lives.

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