Iranian Rehabilitation Journal

en Comparing Primal Reflex Release Technique and Stretching Exercises on Pain and Function in Coccydynia فیزیک درمانی Physiotherapy پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives:</strong> This study aims to find and compare the effects of primal reflex release technique and stretching exercises on pain intensity, functional performance, and pain-free sitting duration in patients with coccydynia.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>This is a randomized clinical trial. A total of 46 individuals were chosen for the sample based on the inclusion criteria, and they were divided into groups A and B. Pre-treatment values of patients for pain assessment were taken by the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DPQ), and pain-free sitting duration (PFSD). Group A received treatment with a hot pack and primal reflex release technique. Group B received treatment with a hot pack and stretching exercises. Each patient received a total of 12 sessions over the course of 4 weeks, 3 sessions per week. After 4 weeks of therapy, both groups were evaluated again. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 21.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Findings revealed that within-group differences were statistically significant (P<0.05) for all variables. In the primal reflex release technique group, the average NPRS value reduced from 5.565±1.4086 to 1.7391±1.09617, the average DPQ value from 129.967±33.102 to 38.000±26.691 and the average PFSD duration increased from 43.043±20.323 to 368.478±160.464. In the stretching group, NPRS reduced from 6.087±1.345 to 3.695±1.490, DPQ from 116.032±35.054 to 60.608±22.186 and PFSD increased from 28.260±11.928 to 94.130±102.154. The between-group analysis also indicated statistically significant differences in NPRS, DPQ, and pain-free sitting duration with P values ≤0.001, 0.003, and ≤0.001, respectively<br> <strong>Discussion: </strong>The study concluded that both the primal reflex release technique and stretching exercises were effective in reducing pain and improving functional status with a marked increase in pain-free sitting duration. However, the primal reflex release technique was found to be more useful than stretching exercises in terms of mentioned outcome measures on basis of their mean differences.</div> <div> <div><div class="msocomtxt" id="_com_1" language="JavaScript" on<illegal tag>mouseout="msoCommentHide('_com_1')" on<illegal tag>mouseover="msoCommentShow('_anchor_1','_com_1')" style="text-align: justify;"></div></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> Coccyx, Muscle stretching exercises, Pain, Reflex 623 632 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1841-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Pakeeza Seemal pakeezaseemal212@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 Yes Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. Aroma Ayub gillaroma4@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. Maria Diilshad mariadilshad20@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. Ayesha Awan ayeshaawan566@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. Arooba Nawaz aroobanawazn@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. Tooba Sameen tubasameen11@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan. M. Shais Khan shais5339@gmail.com 0000-0001-5909-2809 No Sargodha Institute of Health Sciences, Sargodha, Pakistan.