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Inclusion Criteria: Subjects with non-specific neck pain who had localized neck pain felt it anywhere along the cervical spine, from the superior nuchal line to the first thoracic spinous process. Neck pain between 3 and 8cm on a visual analogue scale. Subjects suffering from chronic (\> 12 weeks) neck pain. Subjects with forward head posture with craniovertebral angle (CVA) angle less than 50 degrees. Subjects with rounded shoulder posture as shoulder angle \< 52. Subjects must not have received any pharmacological medication related to their musculoskeletal condition as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or muscle relaxant for at least three months prior to enrolment in the study. Subjects must not have involved in any form of physical therapy or structured postural correction programs within the 6 months prior to study - Exclusion Criteria: 1. Musculoskeletal diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases, and a history of surgery that could affect the experiment. 2. History of cervical spine injury or surgery. 3. Neck pain secondary to other conditions (e.g. Neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases). 4. Spondylosis and spondylolisthesis 5. A neurological disease, infection. 6. Inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine. 7. Poor general health status that would interfere with the exercises -