Lead Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Collaborators

Age

18 - 45 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•DEERS Eligible
•Age 18 and 45 year old (inclusive)
•Neck pain duration ≥ 3 months without neurological signs and have been seen by a provider.
•Conventional treatments have not decreased neck pain
•Neck pain ≥ 4 on a 0-10 point numerical rating scale (0 = "no pain", 10 = "maximum pain")
•Forward head posture, indicated by forward placement of the head relative to the shoulders.

•History of a tumor in the cervical spine and/or head/neck region within the past 6 months.
•Infection involving the cervical spine and/or head/neck region within the past 6 months.
•Generalized medical disorders that would weaken the vertebrae or other tissue structures within the cervical spine region.
•Fracture that is acute and/or still healing
•Spinal deformities (e.g. Fixed kyphosis, Ankylosing spondylosis)
•Medical and/or psychological condition that would preclude safe participation