Neck Pain Tool-kit: Step 3

This page is part of the 'Manual Therapy & Exercise for Neck Pain: Clinical Treatment Tool-kit' resource for clinical decision making, which provides evidence, techniques, and dosages for the use of manual therapy and exercise in the treatment of neck pain. Please see the main project page for further information, or to return to Step 1 to identify your patient. Otherwise, proceed to Step 3 below to inform your technique. NeckPainToolkit Step3 Logo.png


  • The techniques utilized in the positive trials investigating the use of manual therapy and exercise for the treatment of neck pain are presented below, organized by patient characteristics

3.1 Neck pain alone
3.2 Neck pain with cervicogenic headache
3.3 Whiplash associated disorder
3.4 Neck pain with radiculopathy

  • Once you have found the techniques most applicable to your patient, click on ‘Step 4-inform your technique’ to see the techniques utilized in the positive studies for that patient population

2.1 Neck pain alone (non-specific)[edit | edit source]

Acute/subacute neck pain[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy[edit | edit source]

Subacute/chronic neck pain[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy and exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy[edit | edit source]
Exercise[edit | edit source]

Unspecified/mixed duration neck pain[edit | edit source]

Exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy[edit | edit source]

2.2 Neck pain with cervicogenic headache[edit | edit source]

Acute/subacute neck pain with cervicogenic headache[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy and exercise[edit | edit source]
Exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy[edit | edit source]

Chronic neck pain with cervicogenic headache[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy and exercise[edit | edit source]
Exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy[edit | edit source]

2.3 Whiplash associated disorder[edit | edit source]

Acute/subacute whiplash associated disorder[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy and exercise[edit | edit source]
Exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy[edit | edit source]

Chronic whiplash associated disorder[edit | edit source]

Manual therapy and exercise
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2.4 Neck pain with radiculopathy[edit | edit source]

Acute neck pain with radiculopathy
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Exercise[edit | edit source]
Manual therapy
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References[edit | edit source]

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