Football Players; Efficacy of Post Isometric Hamstring Stretching With and Without Cross Frictional Massage

Abstract

ABSTRACT… Objectives: Muscles and skeleton work together if any human being wants to roam around. If muscles and joint move to their full range then a free and purposeful action is achieved and goal is met for which movement was performed. If movement abnormality is seen then its underlying cause can be tight muscle especially the hamstring in the lower extremity. Tight hamstring is quite common in normal individuals. This tightness is not desirable and needs to be treated particularly when somebody needs to perform full range of motion without any difficulty. There are numerous choices to achieve this purpose. Different researchers use different choices according to their own thinking. The main theme underlying this research is to find out evidence based treatment option to treat the tight hamstring group. Study Design: randomized controlled trial. Place and Duration: different football clubs of Lahore from March 2015 to June 2015. Methodology: For this research two groups of football players were utilized. One group was selected for post isometric relaxation technique alone while other group received a combination therapy containing post isometric relaxation and cross frictional massage. Result: the p-value for the group 1 was 0.51 while for group 2 was 0.000. Conclusion: After conducting this research a conclusion was drawn that a combination of post isometric relaxation and cross frictional massage showed better results in releasing the tightness of hamstring than alone therapy. So a combination therapy comprising post isometric relaxation and cross frictional massage was a better choice to treat tight hamstring. Key words:Post Isomteric Relaxation, Straight Leg Raise, SLR, Cross Frictional Massage. Article Citation: Islam F, Arshad K, Arif MA, Bashir MS. Post isometric hamstring stretching; Efficacy of post isometric hamstring stretching with and without cross frictional massage football players.

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