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Introduction: An abnormal movement of the scapula during shoulder movement is termed as scapular dyskinesia and is a forgotten cause of pain and dysfunction. Moreover, structural damage to the cervical spine will also cause neck impairment which leads to neck discomfort. Academicians have to take classes which put them into altered posture during their working hours thus leading to neck pain and disability in and around trapezius. Purpose of study: The aim of the study to find out correlation of scapular dyskinesia, neck pain and neck disability in academicians with trapezitis. Need of the study: Academicians have to performed tasks and work during lectures they will be in altered postures, this study will provide overview of risk of major problem in academicians having trapezitis. This study will help in understanding the impact of scapular dyskinesia with neck pain on neck disability in academicians having trapezitis. So, the need of this study mainly highlights the correlation between scapular dyskinesia with neck pain and neck disability in academicians having trapezitis. Methodology: After taking written consent from the academicians, they were explained the procedure. Scapular dyskinesia, pain and neck function - disability were assessed using lateral scapular slide test (LSST), visual analog scale (VAS), and neck disability index (NDI) respectively. Data analysis for correlation was done through spss. Result: Total 11 Male and 39 Female were included. Data was not normally distributed, so the spearman rank correlation test was used. Significance level was kept at p<0.05. LSST1 has low significance and positive correlation with VAS (r = 0.287, p= 0.043) but not with NDI(r = 0.197, p = 0.170). LLST2 has low significance positive correlation with VAS (r = 0.281, p = 0.048) as well as not NDI (r = 0.217, p = 0.129). However, LLST3 is neither statistically significance with VAS (r = 0.239, p = 0.095) nor NDI (r = 0.203, p = 0.157). Keywords: Lateral scapular slide test, Visual analog scale, Neck disability index