COMPARISON OF SELF MYOFASCIAL RELEASE TECHNIQUES USING FOAM ROLLER AND LACROSSE BALL IN INDIVIDUALS WITH HAMSTRINGS TIGHTNESS
- Intern, Chaitanya Medical Foundations College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
- Assistant Professor, Chaitanya Medical Foundations College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
- Principal, Chaitanya Medical Foundations College of Physiotherapy, Pune, India.
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Background:Hamstrings tightness gives rise to pain in heel, knee and low back. Self myofascial release(SMR) techniques have gained popularity within fitness and rehabilitation communities as a holistic means for prevention/treatment of pathologies. SMR methods includes release with foam roller, roller massage sticks and lacrosse ball.
Aim:To compare immediate effect of foam roller and lacrosse ball for self-myofascial release on hamstring flexibility.
Setting and Study Design: This Experimental study was carried out at Pune.
Materials and Method: 32 individuals, 18-30 years, both genders, with Hamstring Tightness(Active Knee Extension deficit > 25°), divided in two groups. Group A(n=16) performed foam rolling and Group B(n=16) performed self-release with lacrosse ball.
Results: Group A showed statistically significant difference (p<0.001) as compared to group B.
Conclusion:Self-myofascial release with foam roller showed statistically significant difference in improving Hamstrings flexibility as compared that with Lacrosse balls.
[Jash Desai, Madhur Kulkarni and Shilpa Parab (2020); COMPARISON OF SELF MYOFASCIAL RELEASE TECHNIQUES USING FOAM ROLLER AND LACROSSE BALL IN INDIVIDUALS WITH HAMSTRINGS TIGHTNESS Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Sep). 772-778] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
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