Background: The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that breastfeeding is a normal and appropriate technique of giving infants the nutrients they need for healthy growth. It is advised that breastfeeding begin during the first hour of life and continue for the infant's first six months of life. Because breastfeeding demands recurrent use of the upper extremities, women are frequently seen staring at their babies during feeding sessions with continuous neck flexion postures, which in most cases results in neck and back pain in the mothers. In developing countries like India mothers may find it difficult to breastfeed well due to their lack of understanding about the proper posture technique. Thus, this study was planned to treat the postural pain and disabilities in nursing mothers who underwent caesarean section and normal delivery through non-pharmacological approaches and ergonomically designed practices.

Methods: 30 nursing mothers aged between 18 to 35 years diagnosed with postural pain and disabilities when they underwent feeding session were included in this study. Subjects were divided into two groups based on Simple Random Sampling and the data was collected. The subjects were assessed for neck and back pain with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). For neck and back disabilities, the subjects were assessed with Neck Disability Index (NDI) and Oswestry Low Back Disability Questionnaire (OLBPQ) respectively. Home based Intervention and ergonomically designed practices were given for total 2 months and the subjects were re-assessed for pain and disability by filling questionnaire.

Results: The findings of the present study indicated a significant effect of both non-pharmacological approaches along with ergonomically designed practices and ergonomically designed practices alone in treating pain and disabilities among nursing mothers. However, statistically it is proved that improvement is more in nursing mothers who are treated with both non-pharmacological approaches and ergonomically designed practices.