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Shoulder pain (SP) is the most common problem in workers exposed to repetitive shoulder activity in their occupation. The petrol pump workers, who have repetitive activities of shoulder joint by picking and keeping the nozzle at petrol pump station. This repetitive activity increases the demand on the muscles, ligaments, soft tissues of musculoskeletal system. This activity is carried out in standing posture. So the purpose of the present study is to know the prevalence of shoulder pain in petrol pump workers. So, the aim of the present study the prevalence of shoulder pain in petrol pump workers. A Observational -Cross sectional study done on 100 Petrol Pump Workers selected randomly with the job profile of filling the fuel with nozzle in vehicles 20 -40 years of age working since > 6months, without any shoulder injury, trauma and neurological musculoskeletal problem. Questionnaire was prepared and validated. Non Parametric Test Were Applied. In this study only 49% Petrol Pump Workers people had shoulder pain where as 51% did not shoulder pain had. The study shows that Petrol Pump workers ageing from 31 -40 years who have experience of profession more than 5 years often suffer from shoulder pain which may be associated with repetitive activity of shoulder and faulty posture while working.

Volleyball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Various studies have found musculoskeletal injuries in professional volleyball players, compared to elite players the recreational volleyball players are more subjected to musculoskeletal injuries due to lack of awareness about warm-up, cooldown, proper techniques of the play, and the surface used for playing. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in recreational volleyball players using the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire. It is an observational study within urban areas including 69 (Male) volleyball players of age group between 18-45 with experience of minimum 3 years. For evaluation Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was used, which denoted that there is a prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries observed in recreational volleyball players with highest prevalence in wrist followed by shoulder, elbow, knee, upper back, lower back, neck. This article reviews the specific injuries that are most common as a result of participating in the sport of outdoor volleyball. Reliability for the coefficients of questionnaire was found to be consistent with the Cronbach’s Alpha (.761). Conclusion- The present study identified that there is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries in recreational volleyball players (77.5%). Correlation was highly significant with hip / thigh injuries and were associated with shoulder (.416**) wrist / hand (.369**) lower back (.588**) knees (.659**) and ankle / foot (.465**) injuries. Keywords Volleyball players, Volleyball injuries, Musculoskeletal pain, Musculoskeletal injuries, Outdoor volleyball