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Abstract: Background: Badminton is a racket sport for two or four people, with a temporal structure characterized by actions of short duration and high intensity. Scapular dyskinesia was found to have a greater reported prevalence (61%) in overhead atheletes compared with non-overhead athelete (33%). Blackburn exercises are one of the ways to treat shoulder pain and to regain proper mobility and decrease painful movements. These scapular stabilization exercises, based on stretching and strengthening, aim to improve muscle strength and joint position sense. Methodology: Experimental study was performed from May 22 to November 22. A purposive sampling technique was applied to select 23 participants . The scapular assistance test was performed to assess scapular dyskinesia .Blackburn exercises were given to reduce pain and disability in scapular dyskinesia . Results: 23 participants were included in the study. Paired Test was done. The result obtained for blackburn exercises on badminton players in scapular dyskinesia, pain measured by VAS suggests significance as P value obtained was (<0.0001) and T value was (17.1965) .The result obtained for blackburn exercises on badminton players in scapular dyskinesia, disability measured by SPADI suggests significance as P value obtained was (<0.0001) and T value was (13.3955). Conclusion: This study shows that the effect of blackburn exercise is extremely significant to reduce pain and disability in scapular dyskinesia in badminton players measured by VAS and SPADI.