Aplicación de la técnica manual craneosacral en el personal con alteraciones posturales que labora en la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil y presenten dolor cervical y lumbar.

Abstract

Cervical and lumbar pain is one of the main conditions that present the individual, this being one of the reasons for seeking medical assistance. Kyphosis, hyperlordosis and scoliosis are the most frequent alterations. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of manual Craniosacral Therapy in the management of lumbar and cervical pain in the personnel that works in the UCSG. A research work was carried out with a quantitative approach of descriptive scope, with a pre experimental design of the experimental group, of longitudinal type. The sample is of 80 people working in the educational institution, the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil, whose variable characteristics are between 19 and 65 years of age, each for the use of manual technique. The results of this technique in favor of the visual analog scale (VAS) through an initial and final assessment, the improvement in cervical pain with 29% painless, 61% mild pain and 10% moderate pain, pain lumbar 41% had an absolute improvement, 52% mild pain and 7% moderate pain and pain in both areas was 45% painless, 50% mild pain and 5% moderate pain, pain is insufficiently satisfactory complete all the treatment, which the patient had to attend to the therapies twice a week for a month and a half. In conclusion, this study showed that the vast majority of the staff working in the UCSG both academic, administrative, cleaning and security have pain in the cervical region, lumbar and both regions, which made reference that caused them headache and intense pain lumbar. Therefore, a decrease in the pain level of the patients was observed after undergoing the cranio-sacral therapy in which they had to attend twice a week for a month and a half, resulting in improvement in physical condition and the patient's mood. It is recommended that in periods of stress of physical nature and extensive working hours a time of 5 or 7 minutes be established to perform the craniosacral stretching techniques and the patient continue carrying out the self-applied exercises of the craniosacral manual technique.