HVLA Beats Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain: “Although both interventions were associated with immediately improved ROM and pain after treatment, HVLA manipulation was more effective than craniocervical flexion exercise in improving ROM and VAS (for chronic neck pain patients)”.

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