A Randomized Control Trail study will be conducted, at Riphah International University Faisalabad after the approval of synopsis. Purposive sampling will be used to enroll the patients. Patients will be selected according to the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients who will meet the inclusion criteria are allocated into three groups. The patients of group A will receive Routine physical therapy only. Group B will receive manual therapy and routine physical therapy while Group C will receive stretching exercises and routine physical therapy. The outcomes will be measured by the Neck Disability Index, visual analogue scale and bubble inclinometer. The data of patients will be recorded pre-treatment and post-treatment. The comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment data will be done after 3 months. Informed consent will be taken from each patient. Data entry and analysis will be done with Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 20 software.
The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of Mulligan technique versus stretching techniques and versus routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion and functional disability among restaurant chefs presenting with non-specific chronic pain.