INSTRUMENT ASSISSTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION VERSUS DRY CUPPING ON UPPER TRAPEZIUS TRIGGER POINTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Participants who will exhibit signs of fibromyalgia syndrome.
• •2. Participants with a specific neck pain such as cervical radiculopathy with neurological deficits (e.g., motor weakness, significant sensory loss), cervical instability, fracture, tumor, infection, or inflammatory arthropathies.
• •3. Sensory problems in the upper or midback regions, heart/circulation problems.
• •4. Participants who will have vascular syndromes such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
• •5. Participants with skin lesions, fragile skin, or a history of bleeding disorders.