Specific Physical Therapy Program for the Computer Programmers: A Case Report

Objective: The purpose of this case report is to describe the specific physical therapy program for the computer programmers with low back pain.Back ground of the study: Lumbar pain syndromes are best treated with a combination of approaches.Multimodal nonsurgical management of low back pain may include manual passive mobilization of joints and soft tissue, neuromuscular reactivation, exercise prescription, sensorimotor training, posture correction, movement or ergonomic re-education, and conditioning exercises.A comprehensive rehabilitation program should stress enhancement of motor patterns and functional tasks rather than focus on specific muscles (Standaert and Herring 2007).The management strategy should be dynamic in nature, meaning that it should alter according to changes in the patient's condition.The clinician should always avoid a Cook book mentality in the management and rehabilitation of the patient and so should design a strategy that meets the specific needs of each individual patient.Case report: Vishal is a 49 years old computer programmer.He has a 06 years history of intermittent low back pain which was not allowing him to work or participate in any recreational activities .When he was trying to pick up any objects the pain was increased Conclusion: The specific physical therapy exercises for computer programmer were used with duration for intervention: 5 days per week for 4 weeks shows improvement