Abstract
Background: Low back pain has a signicant impact on functional capacity, as pain restricts occupational activities and is a major cause of malingering. Acupressure is originated from China basically and it is in use from ages in every disease and disorders to treat participants with manual acupressure and after a time electro acupressure came into introduction. Frederick Matthias Alexander, founder of the Alexander technique and it uses enhanced kinaesthetic awareness and voluntary inhibition to prevent non-benecial movement pattern. Aim:To nd out the effect of acupressure pen with alexander technique in low back pain among bus drivers. Objectives:To decrease pain sensitivity To improve exercise tolerance and endurance To compare the experimental group to the control group Method: Thirty participants were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were treated with acupressure pen for three days/week and AT for ve days/week Results:The data was analyzed using SPSS Version22. Parametric test was used. In group A improvement was seen. Conclusions: Acupressure pen along with Alexander technique are effective to reduce low back pain and improve daily life activities among bus drivers.
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