Effectiveness of Dry Needling Shoulder Muscles on a Head Turning Task in Participants Aged 30-45 With Neck Pain

Inclusion Criteria: * Recurrent neck pain (with a minimum of one episode of acute neck pain corresponding to the area covered by the UT muscle in the last three months) * a minimum of one palpable tender, taut band of muscle in the upper trapezius * dry needling naïve * have normal/corrected vision required for the Fitts' task * fluent in English. Exclusion Criteria: * Currently experiencing an acute episode of neck pain, * treatment to the UT or cervical spine in the last 60 days * currently taking pain/nerve medications * presence of upper limb neurological signs or symptoms * any history of pathology, surgery to the cervical spine * trauma or accident involving the cervical spine * having general contraindications to needling (including pregnancy, acute trauma, fever or systemic infection and needle phobia) * local contraindications at the site of the needle insertion (including local infection, open wounds, burns, inflammation, cellulitis, and undiagnosed lumps) * precautions to needling (including history of bacterial endocarditis, heart valve replacement, pace-maker and near joint replacements).