Deep Tissue Massage and Soft Tissue Release in the Management of Chronic Ankle Injury

Abstract

Deep Tissue Massage and Soft Tissue Release have been widely applied for injury rehabilitation. Both types of massage aim to eliminate the muscle tension that precedes or follows an injury. It is not known how effective each method is, and whether a difference between the two exists in achieving a desirable outcome of injuries, especially ankle injuries, which often occur. With this rationale, this study will examine the effectiveness and the differences of the massage approaches in managing ankle injuries. An experimental method was used in this study, involving 40 research subjects with chronic ankle injuries. Convenience sampling was used to recruit subjects, following which informed consent was signed following sufficient explanation about the experiment. Before and after the treatment approaches were carried out, the degree of pain perceived by the subjects was assessed with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the level of ankle function was measured with Adapted Foot and Ankle Ability Measurement (FAAM). Ordinal collected data were analysed with non-parametric Wilcoxon sign rank test to determine the effectiveness of each method, and the U Mann Whitney to estimate the differences between the two methods. The results showed that Deep Tissue Massage and Soft Tissue Release massage decreased pain and increased ankle function significantly (p=0.001), with the effectiveness of 67.5% and 61.1%, respectively ,for decreasing pain and 21% and 24.7%, respectively, for increasing ankle function. There was no significant difference in effectiveness between Deep Tissue Massage and Soft Tissue Release in the management of chronic ankle injuries.

Combine Massage and Physiotherapeutic Exercise for Recovering Pain, Increasing Strength, and Flexibility

“…Next the unbalance between input and output has a high average in causing the later problem [1], in time-honored work or expert associated with posture and long-time taken at some point of working are several reasons of persistent hips, knee, and ankle instability [2]. Knee and ankle disorders can lead to a discount in useful ability, increased dependency, decreased participation in fundamental everyday things to do and extensive fitness to many exclusive researches have been carried out to make up proper how the nature of work or career is very severe on the appearing of the sickness of hips, knee, and ankle [3]. The continual ankle and knee injuries are among the most common accidents sustained and they are additionally among the most severe.…”