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Pain is an unavoidable strand of joint mobilization when dealing with a stiff joint. During this pandemic, patients who undergo this procedure using face mask, risk masking their facial expressions too. Facial grimaces are the ones that a physiotherapist looks out for when gliding a sore joint to get an input on the force they need to apply to the joint. This observational research was carried out on sixteen patients with upper limb pain and stiffness due to varied reasons. The pain endured during mobilization of painful/stiff joints was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The score was calculated without mask on five consecutive days, and then with mask for another five days. Comparison of the mean VAS scores was done using the Independent sample test. The study showed that the patients experienced more pain during joint mobilization when they were masked. There was an average difference of 15 mm between the mean VAS scoring conditions (p<0.05). Therefore, it was concluded that when patients were wearing face masks, there was a greater sense of pain during joint mobilization than without a mask.

“FACE MASK CAN MASK PAIN TOO”- ALEXITHYMIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC