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Specific Strength Training Helpful for Neck Muscle Pain CME – Phoenix Arizona Chiropractor – General Fitness Training | Chiropractic Health Care for Arizona

Specific Strength Training Helpful for Neck Muscle Pain CME

January 10, 2008 — Specific strength training was associated with a marked decrease in neck muscle pain during training and with a lasting effect after the training ended, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the January issue of Arthritis Care & Research.

“The prevalence of neck muscle pain has steadily increased and especially pain from the descending part of the trapezius muscle has been associated with monotonous work tasks such as computer work,” write Lars L. Andersen, MSc, from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues. “Physical exercise is generally recommended as treatment, but it is unclear which type of training is most effective. Our objective was to determine the effectiveness of specific strength training of the painful muscle versus general fitness training without direct involvement of the painful muscle (leg bicycling) on work-related neck muscle pain.”

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