INTRODUCTION: Cervicalgia of mechanical origin is a musculoskeletal dysfunction that affects a lot of people in their daily lives. One of Physiotherapy tools to deal with it is Positional Release Therapy (PRT), an indirect methodology in which tender points and a comfortable position to cure the associated dysfunction are used. OBJECTIVE: This study's objective was to compare the level of pain, the amplitude of movement and the muscular strength before and after performing PRT. METHODS: It was examined following an analytic, interventional and randomized study where two groups, the interventional and the control, were composed of patients diagnosed with cervicalgia under the care of ASCES clinic-school. RESULTS: The results showed a statistically significant improvement in the therapeutic intervention group where examined variables were 100% accurate. CONCLUSION: Based upon our results, PRT has proven to be an efficient and beneficial technique that can be used in already existing treatments of cervicalgia patients with musculoskeletal dysfunction.
Mechanical cervicalgia; Musculoskeletal dysfunction; Posicional release therapy
