Deep Tissue Massage on Stiff-neck Syndrome

This is a randomized controlled study . The objective is to observe the therapeutic effects of dredging three yang meridians of hand with deep tissue massage on stiff-neck syndrome. Methods: patients with stiff-neck syndrome were randomly divided into meridian group and paste group.The meridian group were treated once a day for 3 days and the paste group therapy was a 3 courses therapy（ one course includes 24-hour rest and 24-hour paste）. After 3 courses, pain was assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS), the therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups in every stage of the therapy and the self-controlled study.The evaluation criteria on stiff-neck syndrome is based on criteria of diagnostic and therapeutic effect of orthopaedic and traumatologic diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine . Cure: Absence of neck-stiff, neck sore and free functional activities. Improvement: partially functional activities with light to moderate pain. Failure: No improvement or alleviation of neck stiff and agony. All data will be analyzed by SPSS 16.0, the statistical difference is considered if the P\<0.05 and the significant difference is considered if the P\<0.01 .